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Restaurant · Rosemary Beach
Edward’s Fine Food & Wine is a family-friendly restaurant on Main Street in Rosemary Beach offering seafood, steak and a broad wine selection in a relaxed setting. Guests can dine inside or in the courtyard. Tables are generally seated first come, first served. The restaurant reported reopening after the storm on October 10, 2026 with a limited menu and staff; check its latest updates before visiting.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
It’s Heavenly is a dessert shop in Seaside’s Central Square, recognizable by its blue awning. The menu includes ice cream, locally made Italian gelato and sorbet, strawberry shortcakes, gourmet cookies and hand-spun milkshakes. Lavazza coffee and espresso are also available, with opening hours varying seasonally.
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Hotel · Miramar Beach
Courtyard by Marriott Sandestin at Grand Boulevard is a hotel near the shopping, dining and entertainment at Grand Boulevard Town Center. Guests can choose rooms and suites and enjoy an outdoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center and on-site dining. The hotel also offers meeting space and complimentary on-site parking.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
A regional beach access in Santa Rosa Beach with parking, restrooms, a picnic pavilion and a boardwalk. Lifeguard service is seasonal.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
Coffee shop in Seagrove Beach serving locally roasted organic coffee, fresh pastries, and breakfast and lunch options, with a porch overlooking Eastern Lake.
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Restaurant · Destin
Whataburger’s Harbor Boulevard location in Destin serves made-to-order burgers, chicken sandwiches and breakfast items near the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Stahlman Avenue. The restaurant offers a dining room, drive-through, curbside pickup and delivery, with 24-hour service listed by the official location page.
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Restaurant · Destin
Fudpucker's Beachside Bar & Grill is a locally owned Destin restaurant and family entertainment destination operating since 1982. Its colorful venue on Emerald Coast Parkway combines casual dining, drinks, live entertainment and a souvenir shop with the on-site Gator Beach alligator attraction. The menu includes seafood, burgers, sandwiches, salads and desserts.
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Beach · Destin
Pompano Access is a public Gulf beach entrance at Pompano Street and Scenic Highway 98 in Destin’s Crystal Beach neighborhood. The city lists free admission, showers and access from dawn to dusk. Its pedestrian walkway leads from the neighborhood street to the sand, making it a convenient nearby beach entry.
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Restaurant · 30A
Stinky’s Fish Camp serves Gulf seafood with Cajun and Southern influences in Dune Allen Beach. The menu features oysters, fish, shrimp and changing specials, with lunch, dinner and weekend brunch offered in a relaxed setting along Scenic Highway 30A. The restaurant is beside a coastal dune lake at 5960 West County Highway 30A.
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Attraction · Destin
Regatta Bay Golf & Yacht Club welcomes public play on its Robert C. Walker-designed course in Destin. The club offers golf instruction, practice facilities, a clubhouse and a TrackMan simulator studio. The operator’s October 14–15 update lists only the front nine open, with the back nine reopening date to be announced.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
Frost Bites is a walk-up shave-ice stand on Seaside’s Airstream Row at 2215 East County Highway 30A. The vintage trailer serves Hawaiian-style shave ice, frozen custard, floats and combinations of the two. Order at the window and enjoy a cold treat while exploring Seaside’s town center.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
Southern specialties come with a twist at this warm spot that gives classic recipes a modern spin.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
Barbecue counter on Seaside’s Airstream Row serving smoked-meat sandwiches, classic sides, frozen desserts, beer, and beach drinks from a surf-themed Airstream trailer.
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Restaurant · Destin
Coastal restaurant and café at Crystal Beach in Destin. The café serves breakfast and lunch, while the evening restaurant offers Gulf seafood, sushi, and other dinner dishes, with seafood supplied by Harbor Docks Wholesale Seafood Market.
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Restaurant · Santa Rosa Beach
Coffee shop on Seaside’s Central Square serving locally roasted organic and fair trade coffee, specialty teas, pastries, and quiches.
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Restaurant · Destin
El Jalisco is a Mexican restaurant at Destin Commons on Legendary Drive. Its menu includes tacos, fajitas, chimichangas, nachos and grilled chicken dishes, with beer, wine and margaritas in a casual dining room. The Destin location offers dine-in service, online pickup ordering and catering.
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Restaurant · Destin
Everything Bagels is a New York-style bagel shop and deli on U.S. 98 in Destin. It offers bagels with flavored cream cheeses, hot breakfast bagel sandwiches, cold deli sandwiches and sweet specialty bagels. Takeout and catering are available; contact the shop directly for current ordering options.
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Beach · Santa Rosa Beach
Dogwood/Thyme Beach Access is a neighborhood beach entrance in Seagrove Beach. It lies on Scenic Highway 30A between Dogwood and Thyme streets, about two blocks east of Seaside and four blocks west of County Road 395, with a route down to the Gulf beach.
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Hotel · Miramar Beach
Hyatt Place Sandestin at Grand Boulevard is a modern hotel near the shopping and dining of Grand Boulevard and Baytowne Wharf. The property offers guest rooms, an outdoor pool, and Wi-Fi, with Miramar Beach and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park a short drive away.
