We were watching ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’ on the food channel one night (the food channel is becoming addictive) and they were doing the show from a seafood place in Mayport. We decided to watch the show and see name of the restaurant.  They were at Singleton’s Seafood Shack right before the ferry and they just raved about the food.

Plus, the place looked neat.  So we decided that Singletons would be our next ‘destinations’ trip.  Leaving early (it is an hours drive to Mayport), we set out driving up A1A on our road trip (would have been more fun by boat, but conditions didn’t favor it).  We enjoy Mayport and will just take a trip and ride the Ferry across the St. Johns River. In all the time that we have been doing this, we never notice Singletons. Part of the reason is because it is a Shack, a big shack but still a shack..in an old fishing village…at the mouth of the St. Johns. Being already prepared for what it would look like, we went in and we felt like we were home.  It has been in business for 67 years which explains some of the down home feeling.  We ordered mahi-mahi and just enjoyed the view.  The food came quickly and the taste…wow.This was probably the freshest fish I have had in a long time.  I would swear it was caught the day before (it is a fishing village), so we settled down and ate a meal that made the trip worth while.  As I was asking for permission to film and do the story, John (manager and bartender) said ‘don’t miss the model boat museum’.  So we went to the other end of the restaurant and went into the museum. What we saw just made our jaws drop. Even if you didn’t like the food, it would have been worth the trip just coming to the museum. Every where you looked are beautiful handmade wood model shrimp/fish boats along some antique outboards, a weird mummified fish and just enough stuff to keep you in there for awhile. Its a great place to hang out while you get your food. As you can tell from the picture, people are too busy eating the food to even talk. I highly recommend the trip to Mayport and Singletons. Just take A1A north until it deadends into the river. You can go by boat and it is the docks just before the ferry terminal. The video will be available Sunday. Bon Appetite.