Scooters Fun, Food & Spirits neighborhood bar-restaurant in Hobe Sound

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Scooters Fun, Food & Spirits is on Bridge Road in Hobe Sound.

At the doorway to Scooters sits an vintage Hotpoint electrical range proudly bearing an indication that reads, “My wife doesn’t like me drunk. I don’t like her sober.” Consider it a mission assertion.

Scooters is a neighborhood hangout that takes its “fun, food and spirits” slogan critically. It’s a mash-up of Cracker Barrel kitsch, sports activities bar buzz, and small city tavern consolation.

Striped partitions, sturdy wood cubicles with shiny pink Formica tables, and pink metallic pendants set the scene. Shelves are coated with a hodgepodge of objects that don’t make sense, however collectively they appear proper.

Having simply been thrifting, my mates and I commented that a few of the gadgets doubtless had been there because the Reagan administration. But, to their credit score, the employees was actively dusting and sprucing the knickknacks.  

On the tables, tin trays corral the condiments, and a roll of paper towels reminds you issues would possibly get a bit messy. The bar is a hive of exercise with a number of televisions competing to your consideration whereas the bartender someway manages to maintain up with the demand for chilly drinks, wings and neighborhood gossip. In an adjoining room, pool tables stand prepared for pleasant competitors.

The menu is a parade of consolation meals with perspective. Kick-starters vary from wings to beer-battered mushrooms to rubbish fries. The latter is a pileup of chili, cheese, bacon, onions and jalapenos that may require a health care provider’s notice. From there, the lineup contains soups, salads, platters, burgers and sandwiches.

Our lunch started with onion rings ($5.14), that are the crown jewels of fried greens. The rings had been scorching golden halos, crispy sufficient to interrupt aside.

The hen Philly sandwich ($10.29) featured tender items of hen, grilled onions and gooey melted Provolone in a wrap. Bread and roll decisions can be found. Indulgent candy potato fries had been substituted for normal French fries ($1.50).

The hen fajitas ($11.65) arrived on the desk with a dramatic hiss and plume of steam. Tender smoky strips of hen, inexperienced peppers, and onions had been served with comfortable tortillas, rice and beans, bitter cream and salsa, and a beneficiant serving of chopped tomatoes, lettuce and shredded cheese.

The scorching Italian combo ($9.19) was a strong, layered creation piled with capicola, salami, pepperoni, provolone, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and black olives drizzled with Italian dressing. For further would possibly, it is served on a ciabatta roll for $2.50. It felt like a deli hero bought dressed up for Saturday evening and glad my cravings.

Speaking of cravings, the grand finale was a Scooter Sundae ($6.25). Picture this: vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two glazed Krispy Kreme donuts, drizzled in caramel sauce, and topped with whipped cream. We couldn’t presumably eat this, we mentioned, as we demolished it.

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Scooters is much less a restaurant and extra an establishment. It’s a vigorous, no-frills, fairly priced spot the place the meals retains you fueled, and repair is brisk and unfussy. It’s a theme park for anybody who believes that paper towels make excellent napkins, and dessert ought to contain donuts as structural parts.

Scooters Fun, Food & Spirits

• Cuisine: American
• Address: 8913 S.E. Bridge Road, Hobe Sound
• Phone: 772-546-6235
• Hours: 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday-Friday; 11 :30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday-Sunday
• Alcohol: Full bar
• Online: scootersfunfoodandspirits.com

Lucie Regensdorf dines anonymously on the expense of TCPalm. Contact her at Lucie@theloveofcooking.com.