Well the restaurant is open! Haven't been up that way lately myself, but Spurrier's Gridiron Grill is up and running, and
the Yelp reviews (with amateur, crowdsourced photos) are starting to come in.
As a huge SOS fan who wants nothing but success for him, I'm still afraid the restaurant promoters got overly ambitious and made the place way too big. They definitely appear to know what they're doing, though. The decor looks fantastic, Spurrier's memorabilia is showcased in museum-quality displays, and the presentation of the food items is clearly done with an eye toward Instagramability.
Here are some peoples' photos stolen from the aforementioned Yelp reviews:
Apparently this is a display of the helmets of every team SOS has been associated with, as player or coach. Until seeing this photo this afternoon, I never knew SOS ever had any affiliation with my Miami Dolphins. I looked it up and it turns out that between being cut by the Bucs in 1977 and going into coaching in 1978, SOS was briefly signed by Denver (hence the Broncos helmet) and then Miami, but never played in any games for either of those teams.
With the caveat that I haven't visited The Motherland lately, I'm confident this is the only joint in town that has The Macallan 12, 18, 25 AND a bottle from the "Rare Cask" collection sitting on the shelf, ready to pour.
Looks like a nice sunset view from the outdoor deck. Can't go wrong with that.
"Spurrier's Gator Greats." I guess this is SOS's own personal Walk of Fame, with players deemed worthy by him? I like the idea, and love that he inducted himself. ;)
What's this? Only my favorite Fuchsing fish, that's what. Blackened red fish, which as everyone knows is hard to get in a restaurant outside of Louisiana. Yeah, I need to start planning a trip. Ima get off 75 and make a beeline for this place, Fuchs checking into the hotel.
Another thing I love is corn chowder and that is a good-looking bowl of it right there.
To be continued.....