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Restaurants in Pensacola
Like all of Florida, seafood is a big deal in Pensacola. But because of its Panhandle locale, the influences are less about the Caribbean here, and more about Low Country and NOLA cuisine. Overall, you'll eat well in Pensacola if you go to one of the locally-owned restaurants or one of the many food trucks here. There are also a lot of national chains, if you need to eat quickly and on a budget.
- Southern/Spanish
Brother Fox
“Chopped” winner chef/owner Darian Hernandez has a live fire approach to cooking that has made this place sizzling hot. Start with coal-roasted oysters with garlic compound butter and beer brine, and continue with a low country shrimp boil “a la espana,” a palate pleasing party of…$$Downtown Pensacola Dharma Blue
Though there’s no one definition for the concept of “Dharma”, acting in a virtuous manner is one of them. And that’s what you do when you dine here, because the restaurant donates a portion of every bill to an organization that feeds the hungry in Pensacola. Occupying a cozy…$$Downtown Pensacola- Southern
Five Sisters Blues Cafe
A lively downtown eatery in a restored 1913 building, Five Sisters Blues Café, named for by the owner’s mother and her sisters from Kentucky, features a Creole-accented Southern menu and live blues music at brunch. Menu highlights include gumbo, fried green tomatoes, fried okra,…$$Downtown Pensacola - Seafood
Flounder's Chowder & Ale House
Fresh fish cooked ever which way, accompanied by live reggae: that’s the lure at Flounder’s Chowder House, on the boardwalk overlooking the Santa Rosa Sound. Their best offerings include the Maine lobster and chargrilled tuna, grouper, and mahimahi. If you’re lucky, a big smoker…$$Pensacola Beach - Steaks
McGuire's Irish Pub
Every day is St. Patrick’s Day at this eccentric pub, where signed dollar bills are tacked to every bit of wall and ceiling space that isn’t already home to a moose head, or a framed newspaper item (or map) extolling the wonders of Ireland. The menu is delectably Irish, with Irish…$$$Downtown Pensacola


