Good Places to Eat at Panama City Beach

Paula · #1 05-19-2005, 06:35 AM

Does anyone have recommendations for good places to eat in Panama City Beach? This would include cheap-but-good-and-relatively-clean "dives" and nicer places to eat.

sunshine · #2 05-19-2005, 08:05 AM

Hunt's Oyster Bar in Old Panama City is worth the drive - sit at the counter and they'll keep shucking oysters for you until you cry uncle. Their 3 cheese and cajun oysters are also great. My friend says they have a wonderful grouper sandwich, but why do that if you're at Hunt's. http://www.huntsoysterbar.com/

RiverOtter · #3 05-19-2005, 08:19 AM

Very different type of restaurants in PCB, but very tastey

We've had good luck with:

Bayou Bills (Next to the Wynn Dixie at 98 and Front Beach Rd)
Hamiltons
Captian Andersons
Dan's Old South BBQ

seagrovelover · #4 05-19-2005, 09:13 AM

Bayou Bills is good, went there the past couple of years....Captain Andersons is fun, we went during the day for lunch and the kids loved watching the boats(nice cold drinks!!) :wink:

JB · #5 05-19-2005, 09:26 AM

Haven't been down that way in years. I avoid 98 like the plague. But there used to be a really good place at Baypoint called Canopies. Very good.

Waterman · #6 05-19-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Paula

Does anyone have recommendations for good places to eat in Panama City Beach? This would include cheap-but-good-and-relatively-clean "dives" and nicer places to eat.

Want to impress? Take your family to the BOAR'S HEAD in PCB!

katie blue · #7 05-19-2005, 11:55 AM

We were tipped off to Dusty's Oyster Bar, a favorite with the locals. It's quite a scene in there, that place has more heart and soul than most places on earth. Stones on the jukebox, waitresses with hearts o'gold, yes, you might even see a mullet or two.

Boy, do they take their oysters seriously there. Very seriously--they're literally oyster-shucking champions. And to our tastes, we don't know if grouper gets any better than how they prepare it. (not to mention the wampus bread and slaw.) Ask for it "lightly blackened" and you're in heaven. $12.99 for the dinner, can't beat the price really.

It's possibly the most authentic place on earth. Just love the food there.

hutch · #8 05-19-2005, 12:39 PM

If you are looking for good southern home cooking. (peas, butter beans, fried chicken, cornbeard). Try Granny Cantrell's on 23rd street. Close to Home Depot. Very crowded at lunch hour 11:00-1200 due to local workers. Buffet all you can eat. :laughing1

the hutch

Paula · #9 05-19-2005, 05:06 PM

This is all very helpful! Thanks.

I went to Dusty's in early May and loved it. Had oysters and oyster stew. And you're right that the waitress was great. It has a bit of a "dive" feel -- extremely casual and not pretentious at all and that, aside from the oysters, is the charm of the place. I bet it gets quite crowded. My experience at Dusty's is what made me want to seek out other places at PCB. But I, too, would probably avoid 98 during peak months -- off season, I like to explore the areas outside of 30A more.

My family also likes Thomas's donuts in PCB, about 5 miles from Rosemary Beach. Another place that would qualify as a "dive" (or old fashioned beach shack). The donuts are good old-fashioned donuts and very inexpensive.

RiverOtter · #10 05-19-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Paula

This is all very helpful! Thanks.

I went to Dusty's in early May and loved it

. Had oysters and oyster stew. And you're right that the waitress was great

. It has a bit of a "dive" feel -- extremely casual and not pretentious at all and that

, aside from the oysters, is the charm of the place

. I bet it gets quite crowded

. My experience at Dusty's is what made me want to seek out other places at PCB. But I, too, would probably avoid 98 during peak months

-- off season, I like to explore the areas outside of 30A more

.

My family also likes Thomas's donuts in PCB

, about 5 miles from Rosemary Beach. Another place that would qualify as a "dive"

(or old fashioned beach shack). The donuts are good old-fashioned donuts

and very inexpensive

.

Thanks Paula, didn't know about the donut place. Since we're in Seacrest that'll do just fine

Paula · #11 05-19-2005, 09:02 PM

Thomas's is a small white building with blue trim I think (a shack not building) on the left (assuming you're driving from Seacrest) about 5-6 miles. I don't drink coffee so I couldn't tell you if the coffee is any good. You can get donuts and then head to the beach. Nice cheap old-fashioned breakfast.

kurt · #12 05-19-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Paula

Thomas's is a small white building with blue trim I think (a shack not building) on the left (assuming you're driving from Seacrest) about 5-6 miles. I don't drink coffee so I couldn't tell you if the coffee is any good. You can get donuts and then head to the beach. Nice cheap old-fashioned breakfast.

Drink coffee. You can sleep when you're dead.

RiverOtter · #13 05-19-2005, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kurt

Drink coffee. You can sleep when you're dead.

I see everybody came back after CSI

Word Up! on the coffee

Elvis · #14 05-19-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hutch

If you are looking for good southern home cooking. (peas, butter beans, fried chicken, cornbeard). Try Granny Cantrell's on 23rd street. Close to Home Depot. Very crowded at lunch hour 11:00-1200 due to local workers. Buffet all you can eat. :laughing1

the hutch

mmmmmmmmmm . . . they got any banana and peanut butter sammitches?

Paula · #15 05-20-2005, 06:23 AM

I'll drink a special coffee now and then (capuccino, espresso, or coffee with a special breakfast or dessert), but I've switched to green tea for every day -- I'm working on spending at least 50 years at the beach so I'm taking care of myself. Although the word is coffee is good for people, too, but who knows.

Wish I could help with great places for a peanut butter and banana sandwich, but I don't know of any. Does Martha Stewart have a good recipe for one?

Smiling JOe · #16 05-20-2005, 08:11 AM

The best source for a meat and three in PCB is Mike's Diner on Front Beach road.

The best place for blue crabs,, when in season, is Bill's Crab House(shack?) Thomas Dr.

Hunt's Oyster Bar was great before the fire, but now in the new location, I think it lost everything. I prefer the Captain's Table, just up the street from the old Hunt's.