Post 20 Sushi

Post 20 Sushi opened in May 2024 directly on Boggy Bayou in Niceville, giving diners a water view that few sushi counters on the Emerald Coast can match. Boggy Bayou is one of the tributary waterways that feeds into Choctawhatchee Bay, the same body of water that defines the coastline running through Niceville, Valparaiso, and on toward Destin, so the setting connects the restaurant directly to the bay system that shapes this entire stretch of the Florida Panhandle.

The restaurant opened in memory of Sushi Mike, the local nickname for longtime area sushi chef Mike Ledford, who spent years building a following among Niceville diners before his death. Naming a new waterfront sushi bar after him gives Post 20 Sushi a specific local story that separates it from a generic seafood-and-rolls menu, and longtime residents who remember Ledford’s cooking are likely to treat a visit here as something closer to a tribute than a routine dinner out.

The restaurant sits at 306 Bayshore Drive, on a short stretch of waterfront road in Niceville that also carries other establishments facing the bayou. The Wharf 850, a seafood restaurant, and Crew Bar 850, a bar and grill, both sit a short distance up the same road, so Bayshore Drive functions as a small waterfront dining row where visitors can park once and walk between a few different options rather than driving from stop to stop. Niceville itself functions as a twin city with neighboring Valparaiso and sits within the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metropolitan area, close enough to Eglin Air Force Base and the rest of the Emerald Coast that a detour to Bayshore Drive fits easily into a longer day of beach hopping.

Travelers drawn to the water view at Post 20 Sushi will find more of the same theme nearby. Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park lies southeast of Niceville along Highway 20 and offers boating, kayaking, fishing, and hiking on the same bay system that Boggy Bayou feeds into, so a morning on the water followed by an evening at a bayou-front sushi counter makes for a coherent day trip rather than two unrelated stops.

Hours run Tuesday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the restaurant closed Sunday and Monday. That schedule makes Post 20 Sushi a dinner-only stop, so plan an evening visit rather than a lunch break, and expect the water view to matter most in the hour or so before sunset. Travelers splitting a beach day between Destin and the quieter towns further up Choctawhatchee Bay should treat the drive out to Boggy Bayou as part of the appeal rather than an inconvenience, since the payoff is a dinner spot with a genuinely different setting than anything directly on the Gulf.

Reach the restaurant directly at 850-353-2773 to check availability, since Post 20 Sushi does not appear to run an official website, and specific menu items and pricing were not independently verifiable at the time of writing beyond the general sushi bar concept and waterfront setting already confirmed. Visitors who want the water view should call ahead, particularly on weekend evenings when waterfront tables are likely to go first.