Joe Patti's SeafoodSeafood market · $$ · Warehouse district, South B Street
A working seafood market since 1931 and the best royal red shrimp in town. Buy them at the counter, pay a dollar a pound to have them steamed on the spot, and eat them standing up.
524 S B St, Pensacola, FL 32502
The Fish HouseSeafood restaurant · $$$ · Seville Harbour, downtown waterfront
Order the Grits a Ya Ya, smoked gouda grits under Gulf shrimp with bacon and spinach, which is the single most famous plate in the city. Everything else on the board is fine, but that is what you came for.
600 S Barracks St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Pearl & HornSeafood restaurant · $$$ · West Intendencia Street
Chef George Lazi cooks Gulf seafood through a Georgian lens, and it is the most interesting kitchen in Pensacola right now. Get the oysters and the whole red snapper.
1504 W Intendencia St, Pensacola, FL 32502
The Grand MarlinSeafood restaurant · $$$ · Pensacola Beach
The one beach restaurant worth the drive over the bridge, with a real oyster bar and daily boat specials. Ask what came in that morning and order that.
400 Pensacola Beach Blvd, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
Breakfast in Pensacola
Five Sisters Blues CafeRestaurant · $$ · Belmont-DeVilliers
Sunday brunch in the historic Belmont-DeVilliers district, the old heart of Black Pensacola, with live music and no pretense. Fried chicken, collards and mac and cheese, and go at 10 when they open.
421 W Belmont St, Pensacola, FL 32501
George Bistro + BarAmerican restaurant · $$$ · North 9th Avenue
French technique on Panhandle ingredients, and weekend brunch runs 9 to 2 both Saturday and Sunday. The French toast and the shrimp and grits are the two to fight over.
6205 N 9th Ave, Pensacola, FL 32504
Polonza BistroBistro · $$ · North Palafox, downtown
Small downtown room, open 8 to 3 daily, and the crawfish etouffee Benedict is the reason people keep coming back. The bloody marys are legitimately good too.
Sunday brunch at the end of Palafox with the marina right there, doors at 10. Easy, unfussy, and the best water view you will get without leaving downtown.
997 S Palafox St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Top Tables in Pensacola
Jackson's SteakhouseSteak house · $$$$ · Downtown, Palafox St
Pensacola's top special-occasion steakhouse in a restored 1866 building downtown.
400 S Palafox St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Restaurant IronRestaurant · $$$$ · Downtown, Palafox St address; also North Palafox, downtown
The best kitchen in Pensacola, and the cast iron seared 20 ounce prime ribeye with black garlic butter is the plate to order. Forbes put it on their 50 Best Southern Restaurants list and it
22 N Palafox St, Pensacola, FL 32502
The Grand MarlinSeafood restaurant · $$$ · Pensacola Beach
Upscale seafood with water views, a classic special-night pick on the beach.
400 Pensacola Beach Blvd, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
Late Night in Pensacola
Seville QuarterRestaurant · $$ · Downtown, Government St
Multi-room bar and entertainment complex that keeps downtown Pensacola going late.
130 E Government St, Pensacola, FL 32502
McGuire's Irish PubIrish pub · $$ · Aragon
Legendary Pensacola pub open late with burgers, steaks and its own brewed beer.
600 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Sandshaker LoungeLounge bar · $ · Pensacola Beach
Home of the Bushwacker, a beach dive bar that runs late.
731 Pensacola Beach Blvd, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
Healthy in Pensacola
Vibes and Smoothies$ · Downtown
Fresh smoothies and bowls, the go-to healthy quick stop downtown.
Ever'man Cooperative Grocery and Cafe$ · Downtown
Co-op grocery cafe with genuinely healthy, scratch-made options.
Garden and GrainBar · $$ · Downtown
Fresh, produce-forward menu in the heart of downtown.