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Restaurants in Panama City Beach
Except for fast-food joints, there aren’t many national-chain family restaurants in Panama City Beach (you’ll find those along 15th and 23rd sts. over in Panama City). There’s a branch of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Pier Park, 16230 Front Beach Rd., (margaritavillepanamacitybeach.com; 📞 850/235-7870).
Pay attention to the restaurant hours here: many places close in winter. Even if they’re open, many close early when business is slow; call ahead to make sure.
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Billy's Oyster Bar and Crab House
More a lively raw bar than a restaurant, Billy and Eloise Poole's casual spot has been serving the best crabs in town since 1982. These are hard-shell blue crabs prepared Maryland-style: steamed with Old Bay seasoning. Unlike at crab houses in Baltimore, however, Billy and Eloise…$$Panama City Beach - Seafood
Captain Anderson's Restaurant & Waterfront Seafood Market
Since 1953, this famous restaurant has been attracting early diners, who come to watch the fishing fleet unload the catch of the day at the busy marina on Grand Lagoon. It's so popular, in fact, that you may have to wait 2 hours for a table during the peak summer months; the three…$$$Panama City Beach - International
Firefly
Welcome to the city’s top date night restaurant, an eatery where you can dress up a without feeling out of place. Try to snag a table outside: a grand old oak tree, wrapped in hundreds of twinkly lights, presides over the arched inner courtyard and makes the ambiance quite special.…$$$Panama City - Southern
Josiah’s Southern Cuisine
Oxtails, and turnip greens, and fried grouper, oh my! This lunch-only, 8 table hole in the wall is serving up some of the most soulful food in the region. It take a bit of time to dine here because they cook everything fresh to order….but that’s the reason why you want to come here.…$Panama City
