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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johndaw16" data-source="post: 2768996" data-attributes="member: 12033">Eddie's PlaceA description of Eddie's[sblock]Eddie's is one of the favorite eateries out on the Stilts, ranking right up there with the likes of Atomic Noodle or Phat Bird Soup.  It's menu is best described as an unlikely cross between greasy spoon breakfest diner and a British fish and chips pub.  Eddie the owner, is a genial if somewhat tactless Stilts native.  Born and bred out in the FAZ's hes been around the block once or twice and appreciates the relative peace of the Stilts and the stability of his restaurant.  Eddie's menu specialties include fried catfish, crabcakes, French fries, silver dollar pancakes, a fish and egg sandwich, and endless pots of coffee.  Eddie keeps a healthy stock of domestic liquors and an even larger collection of the more "colorful" local brews.  The entire establishment could fit inside a common trailer home with room to spare.  Longer than it is wide, the restaurant is mostly taken up by a long wooden bar topped with beaten copper.  A half dozen mismatched barstools line the bar, held together largely by copious amounts of tape.  The entire kitchen consists of a deep fryer, fridge, a large gridle, a single burner propane stove, and a handful of coffee pots.  All this is crammed tightly behind the narrow bar along with a jerry-rigged terminal.  On the wall above the bar are a pair of ancient oars, the sole piece of "atmosphere" in the place.  Eddie's doesn't have a front door or even a front wall, instead the front wall lifts up and out and creates an awning supported by aluminum rods when the place is open.  Stuffed into the left rear corner, as an after thought, is a tiny round table made from a hubcap and two narrow tall-backed chairs.  Hanging from the ceiling along a track is heavy moth-eaten curtain that can be pulled around the table to offer "privacy" to any patrons who seek it.  One small square window looks out from Eddie's perch upon the edge of the stilts, looking out onto the Bay and the mud flats.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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