Florida's THE Beach invites you to Fall Food Festivals

October 19, 9:01 PMOrlando Florida Vacation ExaminerRochelle Paul

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Enjoy the freshest seafood there is along THE Beach (Photo
courtesy of Coastal Vision 3000/THE Beach)

According to THE Beach folks - We follow the seafood diet. We see seafood and we eat it. Imagine sitting along the Gulf of Mexico, home to incalculable numbers of fish, many teaming and schooling to become a fresh fish meal for your delight. THE Beach is not only home to sugar-white sand, but welcomes to those sandy shores the Gulf and its residents, and multiple times a year, puts on a culinary show to highlight these deliciously delectable delights.

October is National Seafood Month and the folks along THE Beach are ready. Food and festivals run long and hard along these 227 miles of shoreline, each offering a unique taste-turn of seafood dishes - and more.

But the seafood adventures - and food fun in general - last the whole year round here.

(Photo courtesy of Coastal Vision 3000/
THE Beach)

Taste of THE Beach - November 5-8, 2009
Hours: Events at various times and locations over four days
The newest of the Northwest Florida food festivals, Taste of THE Beach is like a progressive dinner, stretching 3  gulf coast counties over 4 days of eating, sipping and sampling. Southern Wine & Spirits will be the exclusive distributor for Taste of THE Beach, providing wine for this culinary and cultural fund raiser. Wine diners, walk-about food events and good company are all a part of the Taste. For more information, visit their website. Admission for each event varies.
 

(Photo courtesy of Coastal Vision 3000/
THE Beach)

46th Annual Florida Seafood Festival - November 6 & 7, 2009
Hours: (Eastern Time Zone) Friday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Battery Park, downtown Apalachicola, 888-653-8011
Florida’s first and oldest seafood festival, established in 1963, sets up shop in downtown historic Apalachicola, at the mouth of the Apalachacola River. highlighting the two-day event is the Oyster Shucking Contest, followed by the Oyster Eating Contest. Participants (of the very hungry kind) have been known to eat 300 oysters in the allotted 15 minutes. Heaping helping of seafood prepared by local residents, arts and crafts, live music, blue crab races, a parade, the blessing of the fleet, and the crowning of Miss Florida Seafood Festival all are a part of this joyful-tummy-filling event.

More food can be found throughout THE Beach:

(Photo courtesy of Coastal Vision 3000/THE Beach)

The Fish House
600 S Barracks St., Pensacola, 850-470-0003,

Cub’s Crawfish
11125 Lillian Hwy, Pensacola, 850-456-7551
Skopelos by the Bay
670 Scenic Hwy, Pensacola, 850-432-656

Jerry’s Cajun Café
6205 N. 9th Ave., Pensacola, 850-484-6962

Barracuda’s
8469 Gulf Blvd., Navarre, 850-939-0093

AJ’s Seafood and Oyster Bar
Hwy. 98 on the Destin Harbor, Destin, 850-837-1913,

(Photo courtesy of Coastal Vision
3000/THE Beach)

Pandora’s Steakhouse
1226 Santa Rosa Blvd., Fort Walton Beach, 850-244-8659

Floyd’s Shrimp House
1450 Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, 850-420-5522

Angler’s Beachside Bar and Grill
1030 Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, 850-796-0260

Café Thirty-A
3899 East Scenic Hwy 30 A, Santa Rosa Beach, 850-231-2166

Captain Anderson’s
5551 N. Lagoon Dr., Panama City Beach, 850-234-2225

Saltwater Grill
11040 Middle Beach Rd., Panama City Beach, 850-230-2739

Andy’s Flour Power Bakery 
3123 Thomas Dr., Panama City, 850-230-0014

Dockside Café and Raw Bar
Marina Drive off Highway 98, Port St. Joe Marina, 850-229-5200

Papa Joe’s
301 B Market St., Apalachicola, 850.653.1189