Splash An Ocean Grill   

Gleaming with bright blues and greens and tempered with faceted glass, Splash! An Ocean Grill shines like the sun hitting the water's surface. The food here provides a 'reel' underwater adventure ranging from appetizers like mussels in a Tuscan broth to entrees grilled over slabs of oak wood and served with liqueur-infused sauces and freshly sauted vegetables. Yes folks, it's all about the seafood, with all fresh fish dishes grilled and topped with your choice of sauces, which might include cognac lobster cream sauce or tropical fruit salsa. Among the usual seafood offerings are tuna, salmon, trout and succulent sea scallops. And there's a great surf and turf option if you're caught somewhere between land and sea on what to order. Nightly specials jazz things up even more and their creativity is the main reason Splash! has been consistently recognized by local newspapers as one of the best dining experiences in Hillsborough County. Splash! is admittedly far away from just about everything, except perhaps a few suburbanites you might know living close by, but Chef Griffith Lohrmann literally goes the extra mile to get Gulf-fresh catches, so that even land-locked grocery-getters can enjoy the splash of the ocean.