THINGS TO DO/ PLACES TO EAT

RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND SANDWICH SHOPS

Seaside
Shades
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imply a moderate price "joint"...gourmet burgers and a wide range of other choices....park right in the Seaside Village area AND now just outside Rosmary Beach with free high speed internet access... try the tuna... it's great!

Bud & Alleys
Seasides finest restaurant has been an attraction for more than 15 years.  Nightly specials keep residents and visitors on a continuous trek to the restaurant, as does the Gulf view from the Tarpon Club dining room.

Inlet Beach
Spicy Noodle
Not far at all from Seacrest and a nice casual family joint.. .on 98.

Seagrove Beach
Yanni's Seagrove Grill 
From one of our renters- "It is on 30A in a small strip mall.   It was wonderful, not to pricey, and the kids could eat for 1.99-4.99!!!!!  Also----they must not have their liquor licences yet---everyone brought their own bottles of wine in and they served it.  I had the filet with lump crabmeat and my husband had the fresh grouper with crabmeat----GREAT!"

Café Thirty-A
A full menu including seafood, beef and chicken dishes...also gourmet pizza....pricey...some people will dress up....elegant atmosphere. Tuesdays at the cafe are martini nights.  After a cocktail or two, try the pan-seared yellow fin tuna, the seared golf shrimp, or the oven roasted black grouper.

Angelinas
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oderate price Italian...pizza, pasta and salads...very good! 

Wheelhouse
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erves breakfast, lunch and dinner...not very expensive...more of a country restaurant.

Watercolors
Fish Out of Water
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ne of the most beautifully decorated restaurants in the area...pricey ....more dressy with great water views. Celebrates Southern art and nature with a fire-and-ice theme, anchored by an exhibition grill kitchen and an ice bar bearing fresh seafood and suchi specialtiies

Rosemary Beach
Summer Kitchen
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cute little café with great salads and gourmet sandwiches...they do a more elaborate dinner menu ...but we haven't tried it y
et.

Meze
A Mediterranean restaurant that offers fantastic kabobs, unusual salads and numerous entrees you won't get anywhere else along 30-A.

Grayton Beach
Red Bar
Another "joint"..popular hangout, eatery...mainly a bar with reasonable food.  Don't forget to visit the "Zoo Gallery" gift shop outside the restaurant.

Basmati
Very expensive Asian Fusion food.

Destin
The Donut Hole 
Well known for breakfast. 

SHOPPING

Seaside
Seaside has the largest number of shops in the area. You will find art galleries, gift shops, resort clothing and more.  Seaside is about 7 miles from Seacrest.  There is also a gourmet food market in the village. Also there is a brand new food market in the Watercolors shops, 1/2 mile further west of Seaside.

Seagrove Beach
There is a small strip shopping center 1/2 mile west of the house on 30-A where you will find some small eateries and very nice ladies clothing.  Bike rentals and golf are available.

Grayton Beach
We already mentioned Zoo Gallery near the Red Barn....this is a don't miss gift shop. Also there is a shopping village just north of 30-A that has a number of gift and clothing shops.  There is also a great sandwich shop, Greek restaurant and Chinese take out and a Gym. You can pay $10 for the day to work out there.

Sandestin and Destin
This is about a 40 minute drive (with light traffic), west on 98.  There are nice shops at the famous Sandestin resort. A few miles further west is the famous Outlet Mall (upscale)....very large.

GOLF
Camp Creek Golf Club- Tom Fazio design... top area course is just 2 minutes away from "Fore-Getaboutit".

NATURE WALK
Grayton Beach State Recreation Area- one of the area's finest stretches of beach, features 1133 acres of coastal vegetation and beautiful Western Lake.  A self guided nature trail system gives visitors a close look at ecological diversity

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