The Groovy Grouper's Guidebook

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The Groovy Grouper's Guidebook

Seafood Restaurants

The Bay combines great food, excellent service, and amenities for families. Enjoy live local music while dining on a sandy beach overlooking the bay while the children play.
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The Bay
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The Bay combines great food, excellent service, and amenities for families. Enjoy live local music while dining on a sandy beach overlooking the bay while the children play.
Bayou Bill's is one of our favorite places for seafood.
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Bayou Bill's Crab House
23100 Front Beach Rd
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Bayou Bill's is one of our favorite places for seafood.
Open-air eatery with an upstairs terrace offering regional seafood plates, cocktails & live music. This restaurant has a fun atmosphere and yummy food and is across from the Ed Walline beach access.
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Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar
1875 S Co Hwy 393
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Open-air eatery with an upstairs terrace offering regional seafood plates, cocktails & live music. This restaurant has a fun atmosphere and yummy food and is across from the Ed Walline beach access.
This restaurant has amazing food and views. Not only are you on the beach with amazing views, you can sit inside in the air conditioning and look out at the gulf! The food is a little more expensive $$$, but you are paying for excellent service, amazing seafood food, gulf views, and AIR CONDITIONING! They have a deck we’re you can sit outside and a walkway to the beach. We love this place. We recently ate then walked outside and watched a fabulous sunset. ❤️
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Captain Dave's On the Gulf
3796 Scenic Hwy 98
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This restaurant has amazing food and views. Not only are you on the beach with amazing views, you can sit inside in the air conditioning and look out at the gulf! The food is a little more expensive $$$, but you are paying for excellent service, amazing seafood food, gulf views, and AIR CONDITIONING! They have a deck we’re you can sit outside and a walkway to the beach. We love this place. We recently ate then walked outside and watched a fabulous sunset. ❤️

Our favorite places

The Whale's Tail is one of our favorite breakfast spots. If you get there around 8 am-ish, you can always get a table overlooking the beautiful gulf. The prices are very reasonable and the food is great. You can stay and play on the gorgeous beach. We have never encountered an issue with parking.
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The Whale's Tail Beach Bar & Grill
1373 Scenic Gulf Dr
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The Whale's Tail is one of our favorite breakfast spots. If you get there around 8 am-ish, you can always get a table overlooking the beautiful gulf. The prices are very reasonable and the food is great. You can stay and play on the gorgeous beach. We have never encountered an issue with parking.
Bayou Bill's is one of our favorite places for seafood. and It's right around the corner from the house.
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Bayou Bill's Crab House
23100 Front Beach Rd
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Bayou Bill's is one of our favorite places for seafood. and It's right around the corner from the house.
Enjoy FREE daily events for the children and adults. https://www.baytownewharf.com/ Baytowne is a blast! There are many restaurants, activities for children and adults, shopping and bars. At night, enjoy live music and drinks. Our favorite place is the dueling piano bar at Rum Runners. On Tuesdays from May 24th through August 9th, enjoy breathtaking fireworks show over the Lagoon at 9:15 pm.
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The Village of Baytowne Wharf
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Enjoy FREE daily events for the children and adults. https://www.baytownewharf.com/ Baytowne is a blast! There are many restaurants, activities for children and adults, shopping and bars. At night, enjoy live music and drinks. Our favorite place is the dueling piano bar at Rum Runners. On Tuesdays from May 24th through August 9th, enjoy breathtaking fireworks show over the Lagoon at 9:15 pm.

Food Places We Recommend

The food and the service are great! We highly recommend the Brisket Burnt Ends Indian Flatbread. So yummy!!! https://eatmachotaco.com/
Macho Taco Cantina
2525 US Highway 98W
The food and the service are great! We highly recommend the Brisket Burnt Ends Indian Flatbread. So yummy!!! https://eatmachotaco.com/
Hungry Howie's is close to the house. The pizza is great and affordable. If the delivery time is too long, we just drive 5 mins to the store and grab it.
Hungry Howies Santa Rosa
2078 U.S. 98
Hungry Howie's is close to the house. The pizza is great and affordable. If the delivery time is too long, we just drive 5 mins to the store and grab it.
Great local affordable option! Serving breakfast and daily lunch specials, everything is homemade.
The Caf
3008 US-98
Great local affordable option! Serving breakfast and daily lunch specials, everything is homemade.

City/town information

Santa Rosa Beach, FL has the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. The sand is so white and the water is the bluest! The beaches are incredibly unique. Santa Rosa Beach is quiet and not overcrowded.
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Santa Rosa Beach
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Santa Rosa Beach, FL has the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. The sand is so white and the water is the bluest! The beaches are incredibly unique. Santa Rosa Beach is quiet and not overcrowded.

Nearby Beaches

3.9 miles from the house. Ed Walline Public Beach Access is a very easy drive and is the closest to the house. Arrive early for the best parking. This beach is beautiful. You can rent an umbrella and chairs. There is a bathhouse available.
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Ed Walline Public Beach Access
4447 W County Hwy 30A
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3.9 miles from the house. Ed Walline Public Beach Access is a very easy drive and is the closest to the house. Arrive early for the best parking. This beach is beautiful. You can rent an umbrella and chairs. There is a bathhouse available.
Santa Rosa is truly beautiful and peaceful. A great family vacation spot. They have a picnic area before you descend the stairs to the beach. Not a lot of parking so get there early. The beach didn't feel crowded at all. Nothing like when we go to Destin, Panama City, or Gulf Shores at the same time of year. Outdoor showers for getting off the sand are located by the public restrooms. The beaches were very clean. By far the cleanest public beach I have been to on the gulf coast.
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Gulfview Heights Beach Access
186 Gulfview Heights St
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Santa Rosa is truly beautiful and peaceful. A great family vacation spot. They have a picnic area before you descend the stairs to the beach. Not a lot of parking so get there early. The beach didn't feel crowded at all. Nothing like when we go to Destin, Panama City, or Gulf Shores at the same time of year. Outdoor showers for getting off the sand are located by the public restrooms. The beaches were very clean. By far the cleanest public beach I have been to on the gulf coast.
Beautiful beach with clear water and gorgeous sand. Had clean restrooms and a hose to clean off with at the top of the hill. Is not handicap accessible (stairs only) and is not very public friendly with extremely limited parking. We saw cops patrolling and ticketing persons not parking in designated spots. Be sure to arrive early to find parking!
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Blue Mountain Beach
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Beautiful beach with clear water and gorgeous sand. Had clean restrooms and a hose to clean off with at the top of the hill. Is not handicap accessible (stairs only) and is not very public friendly with extremely limited parking. We saw cops patrolling and ticketing persons not parking in designated spots. Be sure to arrive early to find parking!
This beach by far has to be one of our favorites. We don't like big party crowds. This beach was a lot calmer and more family-friendly. I highly recommend it to anyone who's looking to truly relax on a beautiful beach.
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Dune Allen Beach Access
5707 W County Hwy 30A
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This beach by far has to be one of our favorites. We don't like big party crowds. This beach was a lot calmer and more family-friendly. I highly recommend it to anyone who's looking to truly relax on a beautiful beach.

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Leave early!

If you are traveling toward Destin or Panama City, the traffic gets heavy the later it gets. What can be a 20-minute drive can turn into an hour quickly.