Pensacola

Located on the white-sand beaches of the Santa Rosa Sound, Flounder’s Chowder House’s view, wood-fired grilled fish and live music draw locals and travelers. Try the shrimp boat platter (shrimp cocktail, Cajun shrimp on a stick, beer-batter fried shrimp, popcorn shrimp, coconut shrimp and peel-and-eat shrimp) for that day’s catch straight from Flounder’s own shrimp boat. This seaside restaurant is also filled with novelties including a 15-foot Cuban raft, a shrimp boat complete with nets, a 980-pound marlin and a confessional booth.