Schooners Beach Club
Schooners
Calls itself the last local beach club, with a daily sunset cannon countdown as a local tradition.
Located on Gulf Drive at the eastern end of the beach, this open-air beach bar calls itself the last old-style open-air beach club on the Gulf Coast. Every evening at sunset, a cannon is fired and the whole crowd counts down together. The kitchen buys seafood from local captains each morning. Popular dishes include grouper sandwiches, fried grouper baskets, fish tacos, crab cakes and seafood okra soup, which is served with smoked Gouda grits. It is open seven days a week and is liveliest at sunset. No formal reservations are needed. Burgers and tacos cost about $13 to $20, and seafood mains cost more.
Opening hours
Daily about 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, sometimes later on weekends
Nearby sights
- Capt. Anderson's Marina
- St. Andrews State Park
- Shell Island
- Historic St. Andrews
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- WonderWorks Panama City Beach
- Shipwreck Island Waterpark
- M.B. Miller County Pier