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December 1, 2005

Getting hooked on Captain's Catch Seafood

By Marva Hamilton

Now that the weather has turned colder and it’s just the two of us at home, sometimes I just don’t feel like cooking.

While I know my way around the kitchen, and friends compliment me on my spaghetti sauce and jerk foods, sometimes its just nice to go out. And besides, the more I can keep my kitchen neat and clean the better.

So on a recent Saturday I told my husband — who had been sitting around waiting for a nice, hot meal — that we were going out. That’s when I remembered friends telling me about Captain’s Catch Seafood Restaurant on New Haven Avenue in Milford’s Woodmont section. What better time to try it?

What we discovered is that owners Tom and Dawn Ramadon really know how to make you feel at home in their two-year-old restaurant.
Captain’s Catch is a cozy, casual place where you can sit down for a nice lunch or dinner or get the food to go. And whether you eat in or out, you’ll get easy-to-use plastic utensils.

The décor, highlighted by a cheerful two-tone blue with fish ornaments and lobster baskets on the wall, lets you know you’re in a seafood restaurant.

And there’s plenty of seafood: fish and chips, clams, sea and bay scallops, shrimp and tilapia, among others.

And if seafood’s not your thing, don’t worry. The menu is filled with many alternatives: beef or turkey burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, soups and plenty of other reasons to come back. In fact, there are 20 kinds of sandwiches. My friend’s daughter, Melissa, who loves spicy foods, told me the Firehouse cheeseburgers were excellent.

But one of the best reasons to come back is their trademarked Old-Fashioned Frozen Custard. Dawn and Tom think they make the best custard in Connecticut and I’d have to agree.

My husband started his meal with a bowl of delicious chicken and rice soup before enjoying fresh fried sole with French fries, cole slaw and cornbread.

I decided on the tasty New England clam chowder, which is my favorite soup, and moved on to a nice tossed salad before digging into fried codfish with sides of cole slaw, French fries and cornbread. And for dessert I ordered — naturally — the custard, which I got to go and even shared a little later that evening with my husband.

Captain’s Catch Seafood Restaurant is at 1366 New Haven Ave., Milford. Call 876-7707.

Posted by getout on December 1, 2005 8:05 AM