Happy Snapper Seafood Restaurant

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A tiny, family-run seafood joint on South Orange Avenue that guests keep calling a hole-in-the-wall gem. The grouper sandwich is the order regulars defend, the deep-fried whole snapper arrives crackling, and the blue crab bisque earns its own following, all cooked, as one guest put it, perfectly, not over salted or over spiced. Seating is limited because the room is small, and that is part of the deal.

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