The Yearling

Thursday, April 7, 2016 - Citra, FL

This afternoon we decided we go out to lunch.  We were told a restaurant we needed to eat at while we were here is The Yearling.  And we are getting down to the end.  The Yearling is only open Thursday through Sunday and we have plans for the weekend.  And we will be leaving the area on Friday next week.

When we saw the place we were not very impressed, but the parking was completely full.  We had to park across the street.  When we got inside we asked if it was ok to park there and they said it would be fine.  :)

We only had to wait about 10 minutes for a table.  While we were waiting I walked around the place.  It is very cool inside.  Mike took a picture of me after we got our table and tried to get as much of the surrounding in the picture as possible.

All of the books are for sale.

Mike also took a picture of one side of the menu.

We order alligator for an appetizer.  Before ordering it we asked the waitress what alligator tasted like and she said it is hard to describe.  "It tastes like alligator".

I am not one to try different things, but I actually did try it and I liked it.  When the waitress came back, she asked how we liked it.  Mike told her he thought it tasted like bearded dragon and that I thought it tasted like iguana.  :)  She looked at him kinda funny and we laughed.  I told her she was right it tasted like alligator.  :)

This was on the other side of the room.

This is better picture of the entrance.

It is a very good place to eat and I am really glad we took the time to come here.  :)  We did take a wrong turn on the way back home and ended up in Gainesville.  It ended up being a 2 hour lunch, but well worth it.

When we got back Mike needed to hussle to the vet to drop Gracie off for the weekend.  We will be headed for Lakeland, FL in the morning to go to Sun N Fun.  He also needed to get down to Ocala to pay for the work we had done on the truck and get the keys before they closed.

Once he got back we played some pickleball, then went back down to Ocala to pick up the truck. 

It was another wonderful day!