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ST. AUGUSTINE: The gumbo, fried chicken, crab cakes, SARASOTA: Yoders $
Floridian $$ pulled pork, and pot roast. There’s American
Southern also an excellent Sunday brunch. 3434 Bahia Vista St, 34239
72 Spanish St, 32084 Tel (941) 955-7771 Closed Sun
Tel (904) 829-0655 Closed Tue lunch TALLAHASSEE: Yoders has been serving Amish
Head to the Floridian for Southern Cypress Restaurant $$$ treats since 1975, including big
comfort – pickled pepper shrimps, Southern American breakfasts, delicious fried chicken,
chicken, and waffles – along 320 E Tennessee St, 32301 and pies. No alcohol.
with sandwiches, salad bowls, Tel (850) 513-1100 Closed Sun
and vegetarian choices. dinner & Mon ST. PETERSBURG: The Moon
This chef-owned restaurant Under Water $$
ST. AUGUSTINE: boasts of a sophisticated menu Pub/British
Costa Brava $$$ featuring kumquat-glazed duck 332 Beach Dr NE, 33701
International breast, pecan-crusted grouper, Tel (727) 896-6160
95 Cordova St, 32804 and some of the best shrimp This trendy pub with 17
Tel (904) 810-6810 and grits in town. traditional and craft beers on
Spanish and Mediterranean tap serves excellent fish ‘n’ chips,
specialties get a contemporary along with burgers and curries.
twist at this refined restaurant-
lounge housed inside the historic The Gulf Coast DK Choice
Casa Monica Hotel.
DK Choice TAMPA: Columbia $$$
Restaurant
ANNA MARIA ISLAND: Cuban
The Panhandle Beach Bistro $$$ 2117 E 7th Ave, Ybor City, 33605
American Tel (813) 248-4961
DESTIN: Marina Café $$$ 6600 Gulf Dr, Holmes Beach, 34217 Florida’s oldest restaurant
Seafood Tel (941) 778-6444 has grown to fill a city block,
404 Harbor Blvd, 32541 One of Florida’s top-rated but has maintained the quality
Tel (850) 837-7960 restaurants, Beach Bistro is a of its Spanish-Cuban menu and
In an elegant nautical dining room great spot for a romantic meal, signature dishes such as paella
with outdoor deck seating and with beautiful sunset views over and snapper Alicante. Flamenco
great harbor views, formal cuisine the sea. Delicacies on offer dancers add to the charm.
such as steaks and seafood is include Floridian grouper with
paired with delicious wines. cashew-toasted coconut crust,
bouillabaisse filled with lobster
FORT WALTON BEACH: tail, and sliders of sirloin, foie gras,
Pandora’s Steakhouse $$$ and Béarnaise on a sweet roll. The Everglades
Steak House & the Keys
1226 Santa Rosa Blvd, 32548
Tel (850) 244-8669 Closed Mon CLEARWATER BEACH: KEY LARGO: Mrs. Mac’s
This family-owned steak house Frenchy’s South Beach Café $$ Kitchen $$
is famous for its steak grilled American Seafood
over a wood-burning open pit. 351 S Gulfview Dr, 33767 99336 Overseas Hwy, MM 99.4, 33037
Seafood options and a children’s Tel (727) 441-9991 Tel (305) 451-3722 Closed Sun
menu are also available. This casual beach café is known The menu here features good-
for its tasty specialty grouper old down-South cooking, such as
DK Choice sand wiches. It also serves chili, conch chowder, crab cakes,
she-crab soup, salads, and
fresh fish, and home-made pies.
PANAMA CITY BEACH: seafood platters.
Firefly $$$ KEY WEST: Seven Fish $$
American American
535 Richard Jackson Blvd, 32407 632 Olivia St, 33040
Tel (850) 249-3359 Tel (305) 296-2777 Closed Tue
Firefly provides a unique dining A corner bistro where mahi mahi
experience beneath a giant oak and meatloaf share the menu
tree with twinkling lights, and with banana chicken, and crab
is a great choice for a romantic and shitake mushroom pasta.
meal. The menu features she-
crab soups, rack of lamb, double- DK Choice
cut pork chops, and lobster tail.
Martinis in the Library Lounge, KEY WEST: Café Sole $$$
a sushi happy hour, and a kids’ Caribbean
menu are on offer. 1029 Southard St, 33040
Tel (305) 294-0230
This small café has at its helm
PENSACOLA: Five Sisters a talented chef whose unique
Blues Café $$ menus combine the best of
Southern American Provence and Florida, such
421 W Belmont St, 32501 as lobster bisque and French
Tel (850) 912-4856 onion soup, conch carpaccio,
Enjoy live music and relish Seafood dish at the highly acclaimed and duckling a l’orange.
traditional specials including Beach Bistro on Anna Maria Island
For more information on types of restaurants see pages 28–9
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