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Bugaloo's Conch Shack

  • November 17, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by jilldg1 from New York, New York
Bugaloo's Conch Shack

There are two requirements at Bugaloo’s, a breezy beach hut on the south side of Provo:

1) that you like conch;
2) that you like beer.

Because that’s all you’ll find on the menu.

Luckily, we fit the bill. We rocked up to Bugaloo’s in the late afternoon after a day on the beach, our hair stiff with salt and clothes limp and wrinkled.

Bugaloo’s wants to be the island’s best little beach dive, except that it’s too charming. As a friend told me, “Two years ago, going to Bugaloo’s meant having to pee in the parking lot.”

Today, after a renovation that spruced it up with spices of color like blue-green shutters, the little white open-air cottage gives you a great view onto the beach, where Bugaloo’s employees wade into the water to pull beautiful, elegant conchs out of the nets they’ve set up. Next door is an outhouse, with hotel-worthy bathrooms of granite and marble tile.

But back to the reason you come to Bugaloo’s: the conch. It was hard to eat the poor animal after seeing its large, shiny, elegant shell—a piece so beautiful it would suit a swanky bathroom as well as a beach. But conch is nothing short of delicious. And yes, the poor critter shows up on virtually every menu on Provo, but not like the conch you’ll eat here. Heck, Bugaloo’s only serves one dish… no wonder it’s so good.

When we visited, the options were:

Conch salad (raw, for the sushi enthusiast);
Stir-friend conch;
Sauteed conch (cooked with vegetables in a coconut-milk sauce);
Conch fritters; and
My personal favorite—cracked conch, which is flattened and deep-fried in the local Turk’s Head beer.

But even better than the conch was the crowd, an authentic mix of locals and tourists, and Bugaloo himself, who made an effort to sit down at each table, introduce himself, and answer questions about the food.

From journal Provo--Get in While the Getting's Good

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