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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/1/2011 - 4:35pm
I remember eating here all the time when I was young. They had this HUGE scale right outside the front door. My father would always talk me into weighing myself before and after I ate. He would always tell me I had gained a lot of weight. I'm sure that would be considered child abuse these days, but I knew it was all in jest. They had the best shrimp plate in town. It was split inside into two separate dining rooms, and I think it was past it's heyday, because I never remember it being busy enough that they used both dining areas. The other cool thing I remember is that the restaurant was made out of the cool block type construction. I remember climbing it and looking down through the windows at everyone eating. My father just about wrung my neck.
Submitted by JFElliott on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:23am
I remember getting take-out flounder there a lot. Bullock's was right behind Tip-Top, but was usually so busy it was hard to get waited on!
Tip-Top had great seafood. I remember the large scale too!!
Submitted by durhamite (not verified) on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 7:36am
It had a really cool Pacific Island motif. I remember those rafter tails that were cut to look like fish heads. I never got to eat there, so it is interesting to see that they extended inside. Quite an interesting design.
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