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Thanksgiving dinner in the Breeze
Thanksgiving on the Gulf Coast can be as easy as a waterfront table or as low-key as a heat-and-serve feast from the grocery. Here is where people around Gulf Breeze actually go, gathered from current local sources, with one honest caveat: menus and hours change every year, so verify before you go.
Dine out
Restaurants that regularly host Thanksgiving.
The spots below are real, open businesses that appear repeatedly on the area's Thanksgiving dining lists. Each year they decide their holiday plans anew, so call ahead or check their websites for the date, menu, and hours.
Flounder's Chowder House
800 Quietwater Beach Road
A longtime Gulf Coast seafood house on the Quietwater Beach boardwalk and a frequent pick for Thanksgiving in the Gulf Breeze area, with water views and a holiday-friendly menu.
Visit websiteThe Pointe
1255 Country Club Road
A Gulf Breeze sports bar and restaurant on the city's east side that appears on the area's Thanksgiving dinner short lists. Check its site for this year's holiday menu and hours.
Visit websitePeg Leg Pete's
1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach
A beach institution known for raw-bar and seafood classics, and a regular on Thanksgiving dinner lists around the Breeze. Call or check its social channels for holiday plans.
Verify holiday hours directly
The Grand Marlin
Pensacola Beach waterfront
A waterfront favorite recommended by local tourism guides for a traditional holiday meal on the water. Holiday hours and menus are posted closer to Thanksgiving each year.
Verify holiday hours directly
Hilton Pensacola Beach
Pensacola Beach
Known for hosting a Thanksgiving buffet with bay views. If a big, low-hassle spread sounds right, book early, tables go fast.
Verify holiday hours directly
Take the work out of it
Heat-and-serve holiday meals.
Plenty of locals keep Thanksgiving simple with an ordered-ahead meal, then save the cooking energy for family and the beach.
Publix
Heat-and-serve turkey and ham dinners with sides, ordered ahead for pickup at Gulf Breeze area stores.
Order aheadThe Fresh Market
Holiday turkey and ham meals, sides, and pies available to order ahead for pickup.
Order aheadCracker Barrel
Holiday feasts offered for carry-out at area locations, with all the classic sides.
Order aheadPlan it smoothly
Five ways to keep the day easy.
A little planning goes a long way on the busiest eating day of the year, especially in a town that swells with holiday visitors.
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Menus, prices, and hours change every year. Confirm on the restaurant's website or with a quick phone call in early November.
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Reservations are strongly recommended for Thanksgiving dinner service, especially anywhere with a water view.
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Grocery holiday-meal pickup orders go quickly, so place yours well before the holiday week.
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If you are cooking at home, the Gulf Breeze Farmers Market and local markets stock produce and seafood in the days before Thanksgiving.
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Just across the bay, Pensacola proper adds more options, from Irish pub roasts to oyster-house holiday menus at names like McGuire's Irish Pub, The Fish House, and Five Sisters Blues Cafe.
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