Perdido Key Area Restaurants

Food snobs can scout out highbrow resorts at Perdido Key resorts and hotels, but the real local flavor is found at the key’s casual eateries. Think delicious and simple - barbecue, pizza, boiled lobster - and wear your flip flops to friendly, family-style beachside patios. For bistro fare and the standard assortment of national chains, try nearby Pensacola.

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Character's Caribbean Cafe
14110 Perdido Key Drive
Perdido Key, FL 32507
(850) 492-2936
The best casual eats on the key are served up at this fun and friendly restaurant. Character’s specializes in burgers, steaks, and seafood, but don’t miss their black bean soup. For local flavor, try the fresh triggerfish or the fried mullet--the menu’s only fried item. A hub for local musicians and visiting Nashville songwriters, weekly acoustic songwriter nights draw appreciative, mellow crowds.

Flora-Bama Lounge, Package & Oyster Bar
17401 Perdido Key Drive
Perdido Key, FL 32507
(850) 492-0611
A famous roadhouse and music venue, the ramshackle Flora-Bama lies right on the Florida/Alabama line, and features live music, seafood, and a raw bar. Home of the world-famous "Mullet Toss" and "Polar Bear Dip", the ‘Bama hosts a yearly songwriter’s festival that brings famed writers to the island for concerts, clinics, and jam sessions.