When asked about the most successful menu additions of 2018, Whiskey Joe’s Tampa (No. 98) selected its fire-grilled oysters. The Gulf oysters are topped with garlic butter and Parmesan before being grilled over an open flame. And on its appetizer menu, the indie offers its Joe’s Rocking Oysters, which are stuffed and baked with cornbread, roasted corn, andouille sausage, crab meat and pepper jack cheese, and topped with a cheese sauce.

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