The Emerald Coast Guide
Dive Bars
Every great beach town has a great dive bar. The Emerald Coast's best dives are unpretentious, ice-cold, and usually full of locals who've been coming since before you knew this place existed. Pull up a stool.
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The Sandshaker
Home of the Bushwacker
Live music
Open daily
Dusty’s Oyster Bar
Fresh Gulf oysters in a lively dive-bar setting
Established 2012
Fresh Gulf oysters
Lively atmosphere
Salty Goat Saloon
Live music every night, no cover charge
Live music
Locally owned
No cover charge
Coyote Ugly Saloon Panama City Beach
Late-night bar chain on Front Beach Road
Late-night hours
Live entertainment
$$
Hurricane Oyster Bar & Grill
Grayton's dollar-bill dive for cold oysters
Casual dining
No Reservations
Takeout
Coasters
Downtown dive bar and live music venue
Craft cocktails
Live music
Stinky’s Bait Shack
Bait, tackle, and cold drinks on the water
Coffee
Full bar
Live Bait & Tackle
Boathouse Oyster Bar
Destin Harbor oyster bar and live music since the 1990s
Live music
Oyster bar
Waterfront
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