We have enjoyed Salty's for special occasions through the years. But Friday we got a seafood meal for two in a net bag to prepare at home. It came boxed attractively with frozen packets. After twelve minutes in simmering water, we dumped it onto a platter, poured the sauce into a bowl for dipping toasted French bread, and enjoyed a wonderful meal of shellfish, corn on the cob, mini potatoes -- all finger food. It was deliciously spicy, not at all overwhelming.

We each ate a lot! Great with chilled white wine and dark beer. We had leftovers for two so the cost of $60 was VERY reasonable.

The Alaska king crab legs were so (expletive removed) delicious! So were the sweet corn, prawns and colorful potatoes. One was actually a dark purple yam. OMG OMG

When I picked it up I had a yearning to dine there again. Great atmosphere and service. Signs on the floor said "Swim six feet apart." -- stuff like that makes it fun. The diners were safely spaced apart from each other.

I grabbed a few postcards advertising their other take-out offerings. One is to pick three of five dishes for $30.00. We'll probably try it soon.

Thank you, Salty's folks, for enriching our lives!

Yesterday we tried to our great satisfaction! the Game Day take-out, pick three of 5 dishes, Sundays only. You can see from the pictures where we got the cocktail shrimp, the cheeseburger and fries, and the hot wings, though of course, Salty's being Salty's, the menu items have cute names like "flappers." LOL

Wow, it's good food! The mistake we made was to order a side of fries as well, not knowing what the portions would be like. For $30.00 it seemed like a very good deal. My wife mentioned that the burger on the regular menu is $13.00, which sounds about right for an upscale place like Salty's. Is it a half-pounder? We both had our fill. Anyhow, I had the leftover fries reheated in the oven at work and enjoyed them quite a bit. There's a choice of sauce for the wings and we went for the classic. I love Tabasco, so their Cajun kind of sauce was fine for me, but hot! Next time we'll try the Korean BBQ sauce, sweeter and make with soy sauce. The shrimp was fresh and lightly dusted with parsley. It came with traditional cocktail sauce, while with wings came with a tasty ranch dressing.

It was so perfect to have a picnic there at Alki. In the summer, forget it. It's so crowded that parking is a real problem. But this time of year parking was easy and we found a couple of tables, but forgot to bring a tablecloth, so we opted to share a bench with the food between us. We had brought our own cans of Diet Coke.

We had chores to do at home Sunday afternoon but the sunshine and the delicious Salty's food inspired us to play hooky. We spent the rest of the daylight wandering around University Village shopping mall. With Salty's in your day, the living is good! I can leave work early today and clear the leaves from the yards before it rains tomorrow.

Next we'll try the Tuesdays only special! Oh boy. You'll have to wait to hear about it. My favorite is still "Friday Dinner is In the Bag," all of that shellfish, sausage, corn on the cob, YUM.

I hope that you can try some of these Salty's specials while they are still available.

A few weeks have passed and I'm back to praise and celebrate Salty's Thanksgiving for Two takeout / heat at home package. It was super-economical; we shopped around. For us, this is a new face of Salty's -- usually reserved for those VERY SPECIAL occasions.

We had the turkey and ham combo with mashed potatoes & gravy, dressing (stuffing), roasted winter veggies, dinner rolls with butter, and pumpkin pie. I'm like WOW the ham! Sweet and delicious! WOW, the dressing, what a perfect classic! WOW the gravy! Being from the Midwest, this whole experience for me resonated with decades of wonderful memories elicited by the tastes created by Salty's culinary geniuses.

Here are some pictures, added at the end. They include cheese and dessert that we added to the menu. The pumpkin pie from Salty's came with a special whipped cream, yum!