Harbour Point Shrimp House Inc

Tried the alligator!  Fantastic as well!

Really this is a 3.5!

I was quite impressed with the menu of this dive-y takeout joint ~ so I ordered all I could with my $36
~fried alligator
~fried shrimp
~fried orange roughy
~seafood gumbo
~spinach and pasta

The reason for the 3.5 and not the 4 simple ~ the shrimp ~ they were totally covered in thick breading ~ sometimes I had a hard time telling the head from the tail. Way to much.

The gator was a little better then okay ~ I was surprised it was as good as it was being so far from the gulf.

The spinach and pasta was edible ~ but I should have known better ~ this a fry pit

The orange roughy with a squeeze of lemon was 4 stars! The meat was light and melted in my mouth. It stood on its own. No sauce needed. I almost wished I could trade it all in for just a few more pieces.

The seafood gumbo was the bomb! This was also a solid 4 stars. The roux was just the right color and seasoned beautifully. I would have preferred my rice on bottom instead of mixed in ~ but it was so good that it was easy to ignore the foul.

All in all a good place to get some fried fish. If you are remotely close swing by ~ if need be eat in your car ~ grab some nice white wine or a couple of beers and have a fried picnic in the forest preserve ~

though I had a 25minute drive to my destination and the food was still nice and warm.
Good eats!

Good place for fried-anything-seafood in the middle of an otherwise dreary area... the place looks kinda sketchy but it's actually decent... the owner is as nice as can be..   he came out and chit chatted with us and everything.

we had fried lobster, which was very good... they're kinda lobster nuggets or something....   and buffalo shrimp are pretty good, too!

it's obvious that this isn't your ordinary "fried anything" type place though...  the owner really is trying to do something different from everything else in the area... he has items on his menu you wouldn't find anywhere else... and does things really well, he doesn't just throw things in a fryer and hope for the best.