The Craft Bar Pensacola

The Craft Bar Pensacola is inside Wine World on Bayou Boulevard in Pensacola’s Cordova Park area, so a single stop covers dinner and a shopping trip. Wine World hosts two restaurants, The Craft Bar and The Wine Bar & Market, alongside a large selection of spirits, beer, wine, cheeses and gifts, and it was voted Pensacola’s best liquor store by VIP Pensacola in 2023. Both are part of Wine World Restaurant Group, the employee-owned Emerald Coast company founded in Destin in 2000.

The Craft Bar’s kitchen, led by Chef Max Morrison, puts artisan twists on pub food with regionally sourced ingredients and a from-scratch approach. Local favorites include half-pound burgers, fresh Gulf seafood and hand-cut fries with house-made dipping sauces like spicy ketchup, IPA mustard and malt vinegar aioli, and the fried chicken has been voted the best in Okaloosa County. The bar pours 30 craft beers on tap, including hard-to-find specialty brews, alongside seasonal craft cocktails made with house-made components, mocktails and wine. Every Craft Bar location has outdoor seating and welcomes well-behaved dogs. The Pensacola menu also includes wood-fired pizza.

The weekly lineup includes Burger Monday from 5 p.m. to close, free-to-play trivia every Tuesday at 7 p.m. with more than $100 in prizes, and a Healthcare Worker Appreciation Day on Thursdays with 10 percent off regular-priced menu items. There is also a happy hour and a Sunday brunch menu. The Craft Bar Pensacola is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Call 850-806-2395 or follow @thecraftbarpensacola for new taps and events. In 2024, Tasting Table named Pensacola one of the best U.S. cities for beer lovers and mentioned The Craft Bar among the local hangouts with dozens of rotating beers on tap.