Your day-by-day plan
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Day 1
Morning:Arrive
Breakfast & coffee:Good Things Donuts
Afternoon:Dewey's original grilled catch lunch
Lunch:Rive Cafe
Evening:Boshamps oyster-and-fish dinner.
Dinner:Formula Fresh Superfood Bar
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Day 2
Morning:Snorkel-the-jetties morning (meet dinner's cousins)
Snorkeling:Seahorse Reef Topsail Hill Reserve
Afternoon:Blackened-grouper harbor lunch
Evening:Sushi at Harbor Docks or Jackacuda's.
Dinner:Idyll Hound Proper
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Catch Day
Morning:A Gulf charter — go meet dinner's cousins
Fishing charter:Pharmasea Outfitters-30A/Santa Rosa Beach Fishing Charters
Afternoon:Snorkel the jetties, or a raw-bar lunch at Boshamps while the kitchen preps
Snorkeling:Snorkeling & Shelling Destin
Evening:Harbor Docks cooks your catch three ways — the pescatarian's perfect night
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Day 4
Morning:30A day: Black Bear brunch
Breakfast & coffee:Perfect Blend Coffee Company
Afternoon:Grayton swim
Evening:Wood-grilled Gulf fish at FOOW or Stinky's.
Dinner:Raw & Juicy Alys Beach
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Day 5
Morning:Chargrilled-oyster brunch
Breakfast & coffee:Deb's Coffee Drive-Thru - Navarre, FL
Afternoon:Smoked-fish-dip provisions for home
Lunch:Ben & Jerry’s
Evening:Depart having eaten the region's entire thesis.
Dinner:Tropical Boho
Finn's tips
Ask what's local-and-in-season everywhere; this coast's kitchens answer that question better than any in Florida.
More A-List spots for this trip
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The Coffee Shop
Crackings. - Grayton
Let's Eat Y'all
Wood Foot Beer Co. & Pizza Kitchen | Fort Walton Beach
Corner Cafe
Roux 30A
The Gulf
Stewby's Steamer & Market