Alright, what's the spot you've got to hit when you go to the beach? Who has the coldest beer, shrimp po-boy and fries that'll make you slap your mama? Who shucks the coldest, saltiest oysters? Coolest sunsets on the beach? Music?
It must be a dive or a hole in the wall joint or just somewhere that's not a cookie-cutter franchise.
At Bay Point Marriott (Yeah, I know - Franchise) in Panama City, they've got a little bar/grill sitting way out on a pier in the Bay. Limes. Been going there for years and taking in a sunset with fried grouper fingers, fries, cold beers and always a guy with a guitar playing good tunes. All the while, the boats are coming in from the gulf.
Just outside of Seaside on 30-A, between Destin and P.C. there's a dump of a convenience store on the corner. Seagrove Market. If you walk through to the back, it opens up into a separate, little grill where they'll put a serious shrimp, oyster or grouper po-boy and fries on you. A couple of Landsharks...okay 3 Landsharks and it's good times. No scenery, just kick-ass, fried beach food and cold beer.
Anyone?