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- travelin - 10-17-2001 cpurvis here, vacationing on the Gulf Coast w/ a long, boring story about inaccessible email & WineBoard password. Thus the newbie masquerade...will spare the details...here's my question: Any of you have favorite restaurants in the Destin / Ft. Walton Beach area? Thanks in advance. Will post on anything of consequence after returning to the e-homestead. cp - winoweenie - 10-18-2001 Looks to me like a devious plot to double up on the posts and catch IK. WW - Innkeeper - 10-18-2001 If you happen to be exploring the countryside one day, highly recommend Richardson's Pit Bar-B-Que in Iron City, GA. It is on Rt 84 in between Dothan, AL and Bainbridge, GA. [This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 10-18-2001).] - Drew - 10-18-2001 This is a very nice restaurant overlooking the Santa Rosa Harbor in Destin with a great menu and wine list...expensive. Marina Cafe 404 Highway 98 East Destin, FL 32541 850-837-7960 Also next door and very nice with a good wine list is the: Flamingo Cafe 414 Highway 98 East Destin, FL 32541 850-837-0961 Moderate to expensive If you like the best fried oysters anywhere on earth go to this locals restaurant where the best wine is Corbet Canyon...(don't go for the wine) It's on Rt. 20 outside of Fort Walton Beach. Nicometo Seafood & Steak Restaurant 1027 John Sims Parkway East Niceville, FL 32578 850-678-5072 Drew [This message has been edited by Drew (edited 10-18-2001).] - hotwine - 10-18-2001 CP, Drew had also commented favorably back in Feb this year about the Flamingo Cafe in Destin, that overlooks Destin Harbor: "Beautiful restaurant, with a nice, and reasonably priced, wine list." He had the '96 Gallo Frei Ranch Zin there for $31. (Jackie, the search function now works great!) - Innkeeper - 10-18-2001 Didn't we have a lot of site activity earlier this year or last with a lady who was setting up a wine bar in that neck of the woods? - travelin - 10-18-2001 Thanks for the recs. Made notes to file on Iron City bbq & other options. But soon as I read Drew's "best fried oysters anywhere" comment I knew where to go. Nicometo Seafood & Steak Restaurant was a great local joint...oysters lived up to the billing, fried shrimp was great & hush puppies were excellent. Avoided the wine as instructed: Inglenook is the house pour & Corbet was indeed on the list. Stuck with iced tea. Key lime pie dessert was good too. cp - Drew - 10-19-2001 CP, glad you enjoyed the oysters. Nicometo's is a place that really borders on a "hole in the wall"! and those oysters...I don't know how they do it. Perfectly fried on the outside and steamy just poached consistancy on the inside, large and succulent...I'm drooling right now. I've spent considerable time in that area and have noticed that it's just not a wine town. Sams Club down the road from Nicometo's has a decent changing selection if you're a member, CP. You should drive across the midbay bridge and visit Destin, Sandestin etc. and that length of sandbar. Very beautiful. Drew - travelin - 10-20-2001 Drew, we made it across to the sugar sand strip a couple days ago...Destin & on to Seaside...gorgeous beaches & a great day, but w/ 4 small children in tow, not a wine day. My brother is stationed here, so hopefully we'll make it back before he moves. At least he now knows where to look for wine! cp |