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33rd Annual Destin Seafood Festival on the Harbor

Sep 5th, 2011
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With a theme of ‘Heritage on the Harbor’, the 33rd Annual Destin Seafood Festival is from September 30 to October 2. The event is free and open to the public this year. This highly anticipated tradition draws 30,000+ visitors each year and will be set up along the length of the Destin Harbor from Harborwalk Village at the foot of the Destin Bridge, to the Boathouse Oyster Bar. The new and expanded venue will bring the Destin Seafood Festival back to its roots on the Destin Harbor. The Festival will kick off the 62nd Destin Fishing Rodeo, which takes place the entire month of October.

Activities include artists on display; fresh local food; kid’s activities and attractions. Other activities are Gulf seafood cooking demonstrations by well-known area chefs at the Fresh From Florida sponsored demonstration kitchen; Sandy the Swordfish mascot welcoming Festival goers; and live entertainment will take place throughout the Festival along the Destin Harbor.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association will be bringing in some of the most talented songwriters in country and popular music to entertain throughout the Festival venue. These award-winning musicians are a who’s who of songwriters of country music and have
written for and collaborated with such stars as Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Rascal Flats, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Vince Gill and many more. Local music favorites, Forrest Williams, Heritage, Coconut Radio and Cheryl Jones will once again perform for their loyal crowds each day.

Destin Seafood Festival parking will be in the vicinity of the event, Emerald Grande’s parking deck, the Destin Community Center. As well, free shuttles offered to and from Destin Commons and The Track, both on Highway 98 in Destin.

The free event is presented by The Destin Charter Boat Association. Presenting sponsors include The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, Visit Florida and ResortQuest. For further information, call 850-218-0232, visit the Festival’s Facebook page, or www.DestinSeafoodFestival.org.

Camellia Grill of New Orleans Restaurant Review

Oct 4th, 2009
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The Camellia cgrill1Grill of New Orleans is one of the newest editions to Harbor Walk Village, located upstairs from Pat O’brien’s.  This “diner” style restaurant was recommended by a friend who said the grill style breakfasts were as good as anything at Another Broken Egg.  Breakfast consists of traditional egg dishes, a wide variety of omelets,  and waffles.

Although our visit was nearly closing time (2:30 PM Saturday), the staff was gracious enough to invite us in and stay over so we could grab a bite.  Our waitress was Rebecca and she was friendly, efficient and very informed about the menu.

To be clear, Camellia Grill of New Orleans is a breakfast joint first and foremost, but the lunch menu consists of a wide variety of delicious burgers and sandwiches.   We tried the Hamburger Steak plate and the Reuben sandwich and they were both very good.

Prices are very affordable for Harbor Walk Village.  Breakfast and Burgers range from $6-9, Hot Sandwiches under $6, Whole Meal Sandwiches under $8 and deserts under $4.

The Camellia Grill of New Orleans is a very good addition to Harbor Walk Village but you have to really want to go there because it’s not the type of place you can just find by accident while strolling the village.  This is the kind of place that would be awesome after an evening of partying at Harry T’s, Pat O’Brien s or AJ’s for a late night breakfast before heading home.  We hear the management is considering running a “late shift”, and we hope they do!

Bonefish Grill restaurant review, Aug 28, 2009…

Aug 30th, 2009
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WitDestin Florida Restaurantsh Summer 2009 officially over now that school has once again begun in full earnest, many of the Destin area “locals” are venturing out more often to local area restaurants.  Most “locals” avoid the crowds, traffic and long wait times during the summer for obvious reasons, but we truly look forward to opportunities to eat out during the fall and winter.

Bonefish Grill was our choice for 2 families ( party of 8), in celebration of 2 of us having birthdays on the same day!  We chose the Bonefish based on reputation and previous experience with very good and reasonably priced fare.   The food was very good and worthy of the reputation.

But from now on, as far as I am concerned this place might as well be called the Bone-Head Grill.  For a 7:45 PM reservation, the table wasn’t ready until after 8PM.  When I informed the receptionist that we had the unique opportunity to celebrate 2 birthdays on the same day, she could have cared less.  When members of our party mentioned the birthdays to the wait staff, they were told that Bone-Head Grill doesn’t do anything special for birthdays.  On top of that, they let us know “they would be happy to light the candles on a cake if you want to bring one in with you”.

Are you kidding me?  That is some policy, and of course had we known that we would have found somewhere else more “birthday” friendly to spend our $250.  Bottom line, the food is good but forget about going there for anything special….