![]() ![]() With much trepidation, I picked up the sandwich and took a bite. But when my Hickory Cheeseburger showed up, it came with fries anyway. The red wine vinaigrette dressing I ordered was garlicky and delicious. In attempt to not go totally overboard, I opted for a side salad instead of french fries. When he assured me they were made fresh, I just couldn’t say no. I was about to order a salad, along with my Mai Tai, when I decided to ask our waiter if the burgers were fresh or frozen. Having been down the path of chain restaurant burgers, my better intuitions told me to avoid getting a burger here. But we wanted to sit, relax and have a drink, so we went in and got a table. Unfortunately during the day, there aren’t really options for table service dining other than Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. City Walk is the area that connects the two Universal parks and is filled with food, shopping and clubs. I suggested we exit the park and check out the food options in Universal City Walk. While at Universal Studios celebrating my 1 year anniversary my wonderful wife Cara, we worked up a sizable hunger after an afternoon of thrill rides. Capitalizing on the myth of this magical burger, prepared in a fashion that no self respecting burgerist would enjoy, both of them carry the magical burger named in the song. Well somewhere along the lines, the people at OSI Restaurants decided to make these 2 very popular songs into dining establishments, Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise. Bart’s, Ma Ruby’s in the Bahamas and the leader in the claims, Stanley’s Welcome Bar in Tortola. Several restaurants lay came to being that burger. But the experience was so good, it inspired the song. They approached a local bar and ordered a cheeseburger which, as legend goes, was over cooked and served on a burnt bun. Their boat came ashore on Tortola in the US Virgin Islands. The story goes like this, Jimmy was out on a boat trip gone bad with only peanut butter to live on. ![]() Perhaps that is why his greatest hits, “ Songs You Know By Heart” was the ONLY CD my father owned. Drinking, sitting in the sun and eating cheese burgers? This is the life we all yearn to live. While I can’t say I am a fan of this South Floridian’s “island escapism” style music, you can’t deny the popularity, nor the sentiment of the songs. If you have been to a Frat bar, college house party, Florida, wedding, bachelorette party, an ocean oasis, the beach, the “19th hole” or listened to a classic rock or easy listening station, you have heard Jimmy Buffett sing his #1 hit about being drunk on margaritas. Don’t lie, whether you like it or not, you know every word to the song… ![]()
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