Pete's Fish & Chips
And now, the shortest writeup in the history of Skillet Doux:
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Fish and Chips | Dominic Armato |
Any questions, or are we good?
Pete's Fish & Chips | |
www.petesfishandchips.com | |
Multiple locations in the Phoe-- you know, does it really matter? |
I like my filet o fish the old fashioned way- in a greasy bun, slice of american cheese, and dollop o' tartar sauce.
Posted by: 1000yregg | January 23, 2010 at 04:31 AM
Hahahahaha... never buy fish'n'chips in a landlocked city. You'd think living in Bal'mer and Boston would have taught you that! :-)
Posted by: mar | January 23, 2010 at 06:20 AM
Mar... I've had great seafood in places far more inland than Phoenix. While I like the poetry of the notion that it's hard to come by good fish in the desert, I suspect the problem is Pete.
Posted by: Skillet Doux | January 23, 2010 at 06:20 PM
Looks like Pete's last name is Paul and his wife is supplying the fish... or are those frozen hash browns on top and the fish is hidden below?
Posted by: gilmore | January 24, 2010 at 04:46 AM
Gilmore... nope, that's the fish on top. Actually, come to think of it, this is mislabeled. The chips aren't pictured. Sitting underneath the fish are some fried shrimp, which were more of a joke than the fish. Here's a photo of one, extracted from its cocoon:
Fried Shrimp
And they charged me for tartar sauce.
Posted by: Skillet Doux | January 24, 2010 at 08:25 AM
I would never, NEVER have guessed that a shrimp resided inside that fried shell. What a sad looking piece of food.
Posted by: gilmore | January 24, 2010 at 03:44 PM
Can we all start singing the "Give me back that Filet-o-Fish" song now?
Posted by: anon man | January 25, 2010 at 08:21 AM
Ah, I see Pete's goes out of their way to source the obscure square-fish, which, when filleted, forms perfectly square pieces. I think you were lucky to come across this gem!
Posted by: Joanna | January 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Joanna - the square fish is closely related to the tilefish and boxfish.
Posted by: gilmore | January 28, 2010 at 12:20 PM
This is the most hilarious post in the whole blog.
p.s. I can actually smell JoJos from the pix. Amazing.
Posted by: zsparks | January 31, 2010 at 03:02 PM
Gilmore, Mrs. Paul doesn't make any fish that ugly! That is a Save-A-Lot Fish Fillet.
Posted by: zsparks | January 31, 2010 at 03:04 PM
Ah, Pete's... nemesis of my chow cred. Even more of a guilty pleasure than the 2:30 AM drunken Filiberto's run. At least when you go to Fili's there's the excuse of alcohol. To say the food is average at best at Pete's is giving them credit. Still, every now and then, the Pete's red sauce level in my blood gets low, and I find myself there in the blink of an eye. Tartar sauce? Putting tartar sauce on the fish at Pete's is like getting a Double-Double at In-N-Out with mustard and ketchup instead of their spread.
Posted by: the Cosmic Jester | January 31, 2010 at 10:56 PM