The Thirsty Marlin

The Thirsty Marlin Menu

(727) 784-3469
1023 Florida Avenue, Palm Harbor, FL 34683
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Appetizers


Cheese Fries
$8.49
With monterey jack cheese and smoked bacon bits, baked and served with ranch dressing for dipping.
Marlin Fried Clams
$7.99
Real hand battered clam strips fried until golden. A generous portion to satisfy even the pickiest seafood lover.
Marlin Rings
$8.75
Dipped in thirsty's homemade batter, served golden brown in a large basket. "enough for the whole school.
Fresh Fried Green Beans
$9.99
Hand dipped and fried, served with a spicy ranch.
Oysters on the Half Shell
$17.95
Served cold with cocktail sauce, horseradish, crackers and a lemon wedge, "o's how i love o's".
Barbados Buffalo Chicken
$9.99
Whole boneless, skinless breast cut into strips, deep fried 'til golden, rolled in thirsty's wing sauce and served with bleu cheese and celery. "for a new splash, try this 1 with flamingo sauce and ranch dressing".
Pulled Pork Onion Ring Nachos
$9.25
Handmade onion rings topped with our tender pulled pork, monteray jack cheese, oven baked and drizzled with our Caribbean Barbeque sour cream; ranch on the side.
Cracked Conch
$12.95
A true marlin specialty flown in from the turk and cacaos islands. Pounded until tender and gently fried until golden. Served with lemon and a bahamian sauce for dipping.
Smokin Fish Spread
$11.99
Served key West style with carrots, celery, lemons and crackers.
Flying High Marlin Wings (10)
$12.99
Soon to be famous marlin wings. Buffalo: hot, medium, mild, Barbeque, jerk, blackened, garlic parmesan, Thai style chili.
The Scorned Woman
$10.99
7 of the hottest, best, most delicious buffalo style shrimp off the gulf of Mexico. Served with bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks.
Key Largo Calamari
$10.99
Lightly seasoned and deep fried fresh calamari served with marinara sauce. "the correlation to the true meaning in life".
Fried Green Tomatoes
$9.99
You said it - lightly breaded and fried, topped with bleu cheese crumbles, chopped vine ripe tomatoes, green onions and bahamian sauce for dipping.
Tuna Sashimi
$15.95
Fresh ahi tuna served rare crusted with sesame seeds with a center of Asian slaw, pickled ginger, soy and wasabi. "life on the outrigger".
Jerk Chicken
10.99
Tender jerk chicken strips done shorty's way. Served with Caribbean sauce.

$Soups and Salads


Sesame Tuna Crusted Asian Salad
$14.99
Fresh garden greens, cucumbers, tomatoes and red onions in a cucumber wasabi dressing. Topped with sesame seared tuna cooked your way with wasabi and soy on the side.
The Marlin Cobb Salad
$13.99
Crisp romaine and iceberg lettuce, with vine ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, green bell peppers, red onions, monterey jack cheese, fresh egg and crisp bacon. Topped with warm grilled chicken and croutons. Served with garlic bread.
Tarpon Springs Greek Salad
$11.99
Louie gave us this one. Served traditional with potato salad on the bottom, peppers, kalamata olives, vine ripened tomatoes, green bell peppers, red onion, beets and feta cheese. Served with homemade Greek dressing on the side.
Lobster Bisque
$4.99
Rich and creamy. A marlin favorite.
Real Bahamian Conch Chowder
4.99
Thirsty the marlin brought this recipe across for us to share. "blue ribbon winner in the conch chowder cook-off of 1999".

$Sandwiches, Wraps and Quesadillas

All sandwiches are served with lettuce, tomato and onion, chips, slaw and a pickle spear.
The Cluckin' Philly Cheese Steak
$11.99
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken. Secretly seasoned, cut into strips and grilled with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Topped with bacon and provolone cheese.
Lobster Wrap
$12.99
Garlic herb wrap with a sensational lobster salad recipe from coral sand's harbor island Bahamas!
Salmon Dill Wrap
$12.99
Fresh blackened salmon, shredded lettuce and tomatoes, rolled in a dill flour tortilla with skillet dill sauce and herb garlic.
Thirsty's Grouper Reuben
$16.95
Original with grilled grouper, Thousand island dressing, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese on pumpernickel rye swirl bread.
Prime Rib Quesadillas
$13.99
Fresh thin sliced prime rib grilled in a flour tortilla with sweet caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms and monterey jack. Served with salsa and sour cream.
Thai Chicken Wrap
$10.25
Crispy chicken, spicy peanut sauce, Asian slaw, all wrapped up in a peppery Thai wrap. "a real rush. Spicy, crunchy and delicious".
Grouper Wrap
$15.95
Grouper with fresh chopped green bell pepper, red onion, vine ripe tomatoes, lettuce and crumbled bacon bits in a garlic herb wrap.
Thirsty's Cheeseburger in Paradise
$9.95
Half pound fresh ground beef char-grilled on our mesquite wood fired grill, placed on a toasted onion roll and topped with 100% real kraft American cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion "a treat for the true parrot head".
Ultimate Cluckin' Sandwich
$11.99
Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breast served char grilled, smothered with grilled onions and mushrooms. Topped with bacon strips and provolone cheese on a toasted onion roll. "another blast from the past, straight from ozona".
Thirsty's Original Buffalo Chicken
$11.99
Thirsty's Grouper Sandwich
$16.95
Truly fresh grouper, hand cut in our kitchen, served blackened, broiled, char-grilled or deep fried, on a toasted onion roll.
Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas
$13.29
Mild, medium or hot served with blue cheese crumbles and caramelized onions.
Lobster Quesadillas
$13.99
Fresh bahamian lobster chunks blackened on a flour tortilla with monterey jack cheeses and sweet caramelized onions. "this is why you will come back to Florida soon! ".
Magnificent Mahi Mahi
$14.99
Fresh mahi mahi served your favorite way. Blackened, fried, broiled or grilled to perfection.
Philly Steak and Cheese
$11.99
We start with our fresh baked amoroso's roll direct from Philadelphia, thin sliced ribeye, onions, green peppers and white American cheese.
Chicken Quesadillas
12.99
Fire grilled breast of chicken in a flour tortilla with our special blend of cheeses. Served with salsa and sour cream.

$Burgers

All burgers served with fries.
Buzz Burger
$12.99
Fresh ground beef topped with jalapenos, sauteed onions, mushrooms and Swiss cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato and onion. "Mr. Thirsty's on his 6th drink before the wheels of the plane leave the ground!
Triple Decker Grilled Cheese
$7.99
Stacked high, full of provolone, Swiss and American cheeses with vine ripened tomatoes and smoked applewood bacon.
Bacon Double
$9.99
Twin quarter pound griddle grilled patties topped with American cheese and smoked applewood bacon.
Maytag Sizzler
$12.99
Half pound of fresh ground beef cooked on our mesquite wood fire, char-broiled and topped with real maytag bleu cheese crumbles and crisp bacon. Served on an onion roll with lettuce, tomato and onion.
Mushroom Swiss
$12.99
A version of our cheese burger in paradise with sliced, sauteed button mushrooms and melted Swiss.
Cedar Key Portobella Sandwich
$11.99
Marinated portobella mushroom grilled to perfection, served with lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions, provolone cheese and garlic mayonnaise on a toasted hoagie. "guaranteed to put your head out the sun roof! Your heart in the right place".
Southern Belle
$11.99
Fire grilled half pound burger, topped with a fried green tomato, melted bleu cheese crumbles, sweet caramelized onions and crisp apple wood smoked bacon finished with our bahamian sauce drizzle.
Rodeo Burger
$12.99
8 oz. fresh ground beef topped with cheddar cheese, smoked apple wood bacon, onion straws and our sweet baby rays Barbeque. Saddle up boys.
Turkey Club Twist
$9.99
Fresh spinach wrap, smoked turkey, crumbled bacon, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, white American cheese, all wrapped up and served with ranch dressing.
Pressed Cuban Sandwich
$9.95
"Ybor city's finest" fresh roasted pork and real pit ham sliced thin, stuffed into fresh Cuban bread with pickles, mustard, mayo and Swiss cheese. Pressed until golden and served hot.
Blackened Prime Rib
$14.95
Fresh black Angus prime rib done hot and spicy with au jus on the side for dipping. Smothered with grilled onions, mushrooms and melted provolone cheese.
Shorty's Jerk Pork Sandwich
$10.95
Fresh, slow roasted, hand pulled pork done jerk style with a sweet and spicy taste of the islands. Served on a toasted onion roll with lettuce, tomato and onion. "try this 1 flamingo style".
Brandi's French Dip
11.99
"French. I don't think so. " this all American classic has thin sliced roast beef stacked high on a toasted hoagie roll with sauteed onions, mushrooms and provolone cheese. Served with au jus for dipping.

$Tacos


Casa Blanco Fish Tacos
$14.99
Soft, fresh, flour tortillas filled with blackened fish, sriracha mayo, guacamole, homemade salsa puree and shredded cabbage. Served with beans n'rice. Makes you dream of isla mujeres.
Two Caribbean Shrimp Tacos
14.99
Soft, fresh, flour tortillas filled with blackened shrimp, sriracha mayo, guacamole, homemade salsa puree and shredded cabbage. Served with beans n' rice.

$Thirsty'S Tackle Box


Port Side Salad
$4.99
A traditional mix of crisp iceberg lettuce, fresh romaine, vine ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, green bell pepper, pepperoncini and sprinkled with monterey jack cheese, secret marlin skin crunchies and bacon.
Black Beans and Rice
$3.25
Homemade black beans over yellow rice, topped with monterey jack cheese, green onions and sour cream.
House-made Rice Pilaf
$2.99
Thirsty's Southern Style Corn
$2.99
Deep fried to perfection.
Miss Bliss
$2.99
Fresh red bliss Idaho potatoes cooked and mixed into the tastiest of salads.
Homemade Southern Slaw
$2.99
Thirsty's Famous Fries
2.99

$Thirsty'S Favorites


Shorty's Reggae Pasta
$18.99
"Yes mon. " our Jamaican friend gave us this recipe. With penne pasta, blackened shrimp, diced vine ripe tomatoes, feta cheese, roasted garlic and white wine.
Grouper Atlantis
$26.99
Curacao Cedar Plank Salmon
$19.99
Fresh North Atlantic salmon cooked atop a real cedar plank until moist and medium, topped with sweet caramelized onions.
Caribbean Jambalaya
$18.99
5 fresh key West pink shrimp, jerk chicken, sausage, roasted red peppers and yellow rice in a light and savory Caribbean sauce. A true marlin original. "brought back from romora bay club in the West indies".
Blackened Bacon Wrapped Scallops
22.99

$Tantalizers


Thirsty's Fiesta Chicken
$15.99
Scallops St Thomas
$23.99
Thirsty starts with the freshest, sweetest sea scallops. Served fried or blackened.
Filet Mignon
$26.99
8 oz. buckhead beef filet char-broiled to perfection on our wood fired charbroiler and topped with a portobella mushroom green peppercorn sauce.
Black and Bleu
$25.99
12 oz. of USDA Buckhead beef New York strip steak, seared in our homemade blackening spice, then broiled with bleu cheese crumbles. "order this 1 anytime. It's 5 o'clock somewhere! ".
Romora Bay Cracked Conch
$23.99
A true marlin specialty - fresh conch pounded until tender and served golden fried with bahamian sauce for dipping. "thirsty says try this one".
Crab Legs
$28.99
One pound of pippin' hot steamed Alaskan snow crab legs. Served with drawn butter. "nothing beats a great pair of legs".
Monsoght Mahi Mahi
$22.99
Fresh hand cut filet of mahi mahi served fried, broiled, blackened or grilled on our wood charbroiler. A classic marlin feast for our seafood lovers. Served with a bahamian sauce for dipping.
Blue Water Fried Shrimp
$18.99
8 large shrimp, hand battered, deep fried and served with bahamian sauce for dipping. "just the thought of that blue water makes you smile".
Rumba's Ribs
$19.99
Tail Walk Chicken
$16.99
Grilled chicken breast, tender and moist, topped with sauteed portobella mushrooms, caramelized onions, smoked applewood bacon and monterey jack cheese. Served with baby ray's Barbeque for dipping. "can i get an amen for a pickup truck! ".
Coconut Fried Shrimp
$19.99
8 large gulf shrimp, hand battered, rolled in coconut and deep fried to perfection. Served with our homemade pina colada sauce.
Blackened Grouper
$25.99
Thirsty's original hand cut grouper, hot and spicy, tender and delicious.
Thirsty's Fish and Chips
$16.99
Thirsty's fresh catch, hand battered and deep fried until golden. Served with crispy fries, cole slaw and bahamian dipping sauce. "i saw a guy roller skate naked through the crosswalk in Santa Monica. " - fruitcakes.
Marlin Fried Grouper Cheeks
17.99
"Hey mom, check this out! " a half pound of tender cheeks deep fried until golden, served with bahamian sauce for dipping.

$Fruit Cakes


J.J. Gandy's Key West Lime Pie
$5.99
Fresh from our kitchen and a #1 winner in tampa bay.
Marlin Fried Cheesecake
$6.99
Cheesecake deep fried and served on a bed of freshly crumbled oreo cookies, then topped with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.
Chocolate Marlin Explosion
$7.99
Fresh moist chocolate decadence cake served with 2 scoops of premium vanilla ice cream. Topped with syrup, whipped cream and cherries.
Vanilla Ice Cream
$2.99

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