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BELOW YOU WILL FIND: Restaurants & Grocery Stores in Cape San Blas, Port St. Joe, Apalachicola, St. George Island, Indian Pass & Carrabelle, Florida, Guest Recommendations on Where to eat, Where to find fresh seafood.
There are plenty of great restaurants in Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, Apalachicola, Mexico Beach and Port St. Joe:
(To help you decide where to eat, you will find menu's to many of the area restaurants in the Guest Information Book located in each of our Barrier Dunes Condos. There will also be a recommendation sheet from previous guests in this Guest Information Book!)
Cape San Blas / Indian Pass
- The Loggerhead Grill - Formerly Beachcombers (1 mile from C30 junction) 980 Cape San Blas Rd 229-9703 Pizza at Beachcombers was great! Jeanette and Bill, WI 1/05, Recommended by The Stewarts, Indianapolis, IN-April 2005, The crab cakes were the best I've ever eaten...Brian Bell 8/06.
- Conehead’s is located .2 miles (a 5 minute walk) from Barrier Dunes. You can enjoy breakfast, or a GREAT burger (among other things) and an ice cream cone. They also have gift items!
- Indian Pass Raw Bar Rt. C-30 227-1670
Wendy says "Our favorite, very informal and the kids love it."
We enjoyed Indian Pass Raw Bar--if you can get Gator to shuck a few oysters :-) (Fritz and Cathy, Aspen CO 11/04) The Raw Bar was good--an interesting Place (Jeanette and Bill, WI 1/05)
Great Place! (Alan and Angela, 5/05), The Raw Bar was "an experience"
! Not what we expected! (The Stewart, 4/05)
Apalachicola, FL (also called Apalach by the locals!):
- Apalachicola Seafood Grill and Steakhouse 100 Market St. 850-653-9510. Very casual atmosphere --home of the worlds largest fish sandwich! Closed on Sundays! Located under the only traffic signal in Historic Downtown Apalachicola, FL. New hours: Mon. - Sat. 11 - 4.
- Bay City Lodge Bay City Road 850-653-9294
- Boss Oyster 123 Water St. 850-653-9364. Waterfront setting--Eat with a view of the bay and the boats! ! Apalachicola Bay oysters served 17 different ways, all kinds of seafood. Open Lunch and Dinner. Boss' in Apalachicola is a great place! (Alan and Andrea, GA 5/05). We ate there twice and really liked it! (The Shook's, GA 10/05) Breakaway Restaurant Waddell Road 850-653-9988
- Caroline’s On The River 123 Water St. 850-653-8139
- Chef Eddie’s Magnolia Grill 99 11th St. 850-653-8000
- Delores’ Sweet Shoppe 29 Ave. E 850-653-9081
- Magnolia Grill. 133 Avenue E. 850-653-/000. Oak grilled steaks and seafood, lobster, rack of lamb. Extensive wine list and exquisite deserts.
- Old Time Soda Fountain 93 Market St. 850-653-2606. Cute Old Fashioned Store! Has lots of shells, T-shirts and other gift items! The kids enjoyed poking around the shop and we enjoyed our cones too! (The Jackson's 7/05)
- Owl Café 15 Avenue D 850-653-9888. Relaxed dining featuring thoughfully prepared local seafood, steak and pasta and an excellent wine list. Open lunch and dinner--closed on Sunday.
- Papa Joe’s Oyster Bar & Grill 301 Market St. 850-653-1189 Our favorite restaurant was Papa Joe's in Appalach. (Fritz and Cathy, Aspen, CO 11/04)
- Red Top Café 238 W. Hwy 98 850-653-8612. Famiy style restaurnat serving steaks, seafood, sandwiches, chicken and kid's meals. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Closed on Sunday and Monday.
- Risa’s Pizza 83 Market St. 850-653-8578
- Seafood Reef 511 W. Hwy 98. 850-653-9228. Fresh seafood broiled, steamed or fried. Steaks, burgers, salad bar. Open 7 days a week from 11-9.
- Steamer's Raw Bar. 518 Hwy 98 West. 850-653-3474 *Allows dogs on leashes on outside patio!
- Tamara’s Café Floridita 17 Avenue E. 850-653-4111. Delicious Caribbean/South American dishes served in a charming and romantic old-town setting. Featuring fresh seafood, homemade desserts and daily specials. Located in historic downtown Apalachicola, 1 block east of the flashing light.
- The Gibson Inn 57 Market St. 850-653-2191. Casual fine dining in a freiendly, relaxing atmosphere. Features fresh seafood, steaks and pasta. Located in the Historic Gibson Inn in the heart of Apalachicola.
- The Great Wall 133 W. Hwy 98 850-653-8888
- The Hut Restaurant 426 W. Hwy 98 850-653-9410 "From Lynn 'Last night we ate at The Hut. It was delicious.' ", Very fresh seafood (The Lattners 5/05) NOTE: Currently closed!
Mexico Beach / St. Joe Beach, FL: (all area codes are 850 and Mexico Beach is on Central Standard Time!)
- Gulf Sands Restaurant 8010 W. Hwy 98 647-5013
- Half Shells 1304 Hwy 98 648-2000 . Offering fresh seafood.
- Beach Pizza 3200 Hwy 98 648-4600
- Regans Pub & Oyster Bar 8066 Hwy 98 647-2800
- Sharon’s Café 1100 Hwy 98 648-8634
- The Fish House 3006 Hwy 98 648-8950
- Toucan’s Restaurant 812 Hwy 98 648-8207. Located on the beach and has an outdoor volleyball court. Fun for the kids! All you can eat shrimp every Thursday night! It was so so compared to Boss Oyster and Sunset Coastal Grill! The Shooks 10/05. Right on the beach with an outside sand volleyball court to entertain the kids (and adults)--fun atmosphere! The Jacksons 10/5
Wonder Bar 8141 W. Hwy 98 647-9920
- Sea Level Café 8141 W. Hwy 98 647-9920
Port St. Joe, Florida:
- Butler’s Restaurant & Lounge 287 Butler Bay 227-1386 Butler's is closing in July due to progress. WE were glad to go there once more! (Alan and Angela, GA 5/05)
- Hungry Howie’s 418 Monument Ave. (Hwy 98) 229-9222
- Linda’s Restaurant 203 E. 4th St. 227-1109
- Peppers. New Mexican Restaurant on Reid Ave. I've heard excellent things about it!
- Ryan’s Sugar Shack 236 Reid Ave. 229-7121
- Sub Shop 401 Monument Ave. (Hwy. 98) 227-1323
- The Great Wall 501 5th St. 227-9999 Very mediocre Chineese! (Wendy Jackson 1/05)
- Dockside Café (Port St. Joe Marina) 340 W. 1st St. 229-5200 Wendy says: "It had good variety and a children's menu. The kids had fun because they could see the deep sea fishing boats coming in and look at what they caught.", We really enjoyed it! (The Rushbrooks 4/05)
- Sunset Coastal Grill 602 Monument Ave. (Hwy 98) 227-7707 Wendy says: This restaurant was a little more formal than most restaurants in the area. Would recommend for families with older children or couples. We had the "This and That" which was a collection of seafood and the Pepper Crusted Tuna, both were very good! A nice place for "grown-ups". (Jeanette and Bill, WI 1/05), Best dinner we had all week! (K. Simms, Atlanta, GA 5/05). We ate there twice and really liked it! (The Shooks 10/05)
- Beluga Café 108 Cell St. 227-3500
Carrabelle
- Crooked River Grill 151 Laughing Gull Lane. 850-697-9070.
- Julia Mae's 1558 Highway 98 W Carrabelle, (850) 697-3791. Wendy says: Julia Mae's is closed! We never ate at Julia Mae's and Carrabelle is a haul (about 50 miles) from our place. But it is many folk's favorite restraurant. It's was a causal, family oriented fish house with awesome home made pies. Maybe they will reopen somewhere else.
Where to buy fresh seafood to take home or cook while you are on Cape San Blas
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Allen's Seafood . (850)653-9882. Family owned and operated! We offer fresh local seafood~ Fish, Oysters, Shrimp, and Crabs. Call or E-mail us allensseafood@mchsi.com. We pack for travel with advance notice . Located 3 buildings down from Steamer Restaurant on the way to Apalachicola!
GUEST COMMENTS:
We recommend Beachcombers, Butlers, Toucans, The Hut, Sunset Coastal Grill and Owl Cafe (had a burger at lunch..... (Bette Grogans, Kathy Simms and Janice Waters 4/30 - 5/7/05)
Toucans in Mexico Beach was good...(The Palmiscino Family May 2005)
Butlers Fisherman's Platter and Carolines Fried Shrimp...(The Maxwell's)
Nearby grocery and convenience stores:
Although Cape San Blas is quiet, peaceful and without the dense high rise condo’s of Destin or Panama City, it does not mean that you can't find “the basics” on the Cape. We are sorry to say that The Entrance on Cape San Blas has closed-sold thier land, but there are still 2 outlets on the Cape San Blas, FL for groceries and other “beach basics”:
- Scallop Cove: You can get gas, convenience store basics, general beach and camping and fishing supplies, beer wine and some produce. You can also rent anything you need for your beach vacation: Canoes, kayaks, crab traps, fishing supplies, videos and much, much more! Scallop Cove rents grills and diver down flags if you have the need! It also has hot dogs, seafood gumbo and hand-dipped ice cream cones if you need a snack!
- The Tradin' Post: It's near between Scallop Cove and offers much the same as Scallop Cove.
Wendy says: They make their own pizza for carry-out, just call them at 229-8775.
- Piggly Wiggly: If a full-service grocery store is more of what you need, on the way into Cape San Blas, FL you can stop at the Piggly Wiggly in either Port St. Joe, FL (20 min) or Apalachicola, FL (25min.). Great place to stop on your way in!
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The Indian Pass Raw Bar is close by and a favorite of locals and the Jackson Family! Very casual!
Of course, you can always catch your own dinner in a variety of ways:
Surf fishing right in front of Barrier Dunes!
Crabs caught right on the Cape San Blas, FL beaches in front of Barrier Dunes!
