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Bistro Bijoux is great on the Wharf side. Graffiti is pretty good as well.

If you drive over to 30A, Red Bar, Bud and Alleys for the view, Fine dining would be Fish out of Water and Cafe 30A as my top picks.

And stop at the donut hole for key lime donuts is a must.

When you make it to Destin - so much of it is great. A lot of what I have listed is more on 30A or in Sandestin good views, great seafood. But a touch expensive.
1. 30A cafe
2. the Donut Hole
3. Fish out of Water
4. Red Bar
5. Stinky Fish
6. McGuires
7. there's a Brennan's
8. Bistro Bijoux in Sandestin
9. Graffiti's
10 Bud and Alley's
11. Borago
12. Onano

there's a start - I want to head over right now!

chocolate bourbon pecan pie or bread pudding with any "adult" anglaise

or maybe a wonderful vodka sauced penne.

Beer in chili or any braised meat.

Guess I cook with booze more often than I thought.

A few other recs:

Angelettes or Canopy Roads for Breakfast.

Black Bean for cuban.

Just ate at Kool Beanz the other day - which is always a good spot for dinner. Can't believe i forgot that one.

Welcome!

Tally gets a bad rap sometimes in food, but there are some good spots.

Cypress, Clusters and Hops, Sage, and Food Glorious Food are all good dinner options. Marie Livingstons is a local steakhouse, which I thought was good, but i have seen less than stellar reviews.

For more casual food we typically do Ricardos for Italian, El Tapatio for Mexican (no not like other places for serious mexican but their salsa is awesome). Pizza is usually Momo's.

Seafood: stinky's is great and i think they are still in the process of rebuilding their former place, so while atmosphere is still lack - where they are now is temporary. A little out of town in Sieneyard and further down towards the water either Hook Wrecked Henry's or Angelo's.

Even though we are so close to GA, bbq isn't the best, but I do like Piggys.

Also if you make it up to Thomasville, Liams is supposed to be amazing, we always talk about going but have yet to do so.

Marketwise - fresh market is good, there is no trader joes, whole foods etc. But we do have a good coop grocery, New Leaf Market which has a great selection and good prepared foods. There are 2 local CSA's as well. And depending on your neighborhood, Publix is usually pretty good

Hope this is a good start for you! Welcome to Tally!

For me, it more depends on the sauce if i want cloud like or a little more density.

Wish I had the patience to learn to make them from scratch - love the gnocchi.

Ted's Bulletin in Barracks for Breakfast (homeade poptarts for starters), lunch, adult milkshakes, whatever.

Zaytinya or Jaleo - for little bites. But my faves for goond dinners out are either cafe atlantico or Acadiana

Agreed with rays for best burger. Never found pizza to rave about in dc.

But cruise thru easternmarket for some wonderful finds, and leave the pizza to the cities where its worth it.

Every once in awhile i really miss living in DC...

Sadly I followed Kelly's mistake and oversalted tonight's dinner. Wonder who I didn't want to share with...

usually a combo - we may share a few, but then everyone get something(s) they really want just for themselves.

Girl scout thin mints and cheezits. Also, the bucket of cheese balls, not to be confused with cheese puffs which are a sad imititation and I try to avoid unless its an emergency.

Leftover grilled veggies which included zucchini, yellow squach, eggplant, tomatoes and red onion. Tossed with a balsamic vinegarette, mint leaves and feta cheese. Perfect summer food.

I need to get better about remembering to take pictures before its all eaten!

thanks for the ideas - looking forward to trying it out this weekend!

Agree with Pancake Pantry, Rotiers, Calypso Cafe and Caffe Nonna. Loveless is also amazing. Would add in McDougals for fried chicken and Arnolds for meat and three. Granted for me, Nashville trips requires at least one stop to SATCO, west end cheap eats for Tex Mex. Love the queso.

I don't know of too many choices for fine dining but these were great mostly cheap eats that I enjoyed while working in the city for 10 weeks. Would go back in a heartbeat and explore more.