WILL RESPONDS:
Mr. Johns:
Thanks so much for reading our on-line fanzine and taking the time to write us! I do remember the Oyster Shanty but regretably never stopped by there as I was a denizen of the Interbay area of Tampa. One of the shortest lived chain restaurants I ever remember was npt far from there. It was called Big Bird fried chicken at Hillsborough Avenue and Armenia back in the summer of 1978. I believe it was in business for about a week! For years my friends and I would joke that "that'l last about as long the Big Bird restaurant!" when we saw some new get poor quick scam open its doors for bidness and fold in no time flat.
Ah, the sweet taste of old Tampa memories.
Thanks so much again for writing and helping add to the history of what once was...
William Moriaty
"La Floridiana"
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