During our recent visit to Tampa, we found The Lucky Dill. After the short walk from our hotel, we sat on the patio despite the chill in the air. There are patio heaters available, but it wasn’t cold enough for us to need them.
The biggest stand out to me for The Lucky Dill is the menu. It is a gigantic menu. It took us a bit of time to sort through all of it, even though Chris had looked at the menu online before we left the hotel.
We started with Matzo Ball soup and The Lucky Dills (fried pickles). The soup had a delicious broth with a beautiful matzo ball at the center. The pickles are a must-have, with a crispy pretzel crust and almost creamy interior. The Zesty Cool Ranch dipping sauce was a nice touch with the sweet hot bottle cap pickles.
Chris ordered the Second Ave. Special, a huge corned beef and pastrami sandwich loaded up with chopped liver. The sandwich was so big we could easily have shared one and still had leftovers to take with us. It was delicious. Personally, I would have liked more Russian dressing, but that is just nitpicking.
I originally wanted the Knuckle Sandwich, a prime rib sandwich that looked like it would be amazing, but our terrific let me know that there had been some problems with it, so instead, I ordered the Harlem Shuffle. The fried chicken sandwich, topped with a four-cheese mac & cheese and pickled jalapenos, served on loaded cheddar jack bacon Belgium waffles with a white cheddar drizzle was a tasty treat, but again I would have liked more sauce.
The highlight of the meal for me was definitely the pickles and the service. The entire staff was friendly. We had visits from both the manager and the chef during the course of our meal. This is definitely a spot that we will visit again. As we were leaving we realized that there is a nightclub there as well. We took enough of Chris’s sandwich with us to enjoy it again for lunch the next day.
Cost for a cocktail, two shots, two beers, soup, appetizer and two sandwiches about $82.
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