st. pete beach
 

gonna be staying at baywaters inn, st. pete beach this fri. thru next wed. i've never been to the area. any must see spots, cool marinas or places with great seafood? we have a few days to drive around. also may be looking for somewhere to rent or charter a boat. if the weather is good we would like to get out on the water. thanks

I am from the area although I live in Pensacola Beach now.

Lot's to do and see. Quite a few beach bars with live bands all along St Pete Beach. The locals will be more than glad to tell you where and plenty of nice restaurants all along the beach roads. Gators Pass-a-Grille is a very cool place to eat, bar, band, and dock a boat. As far as renting a boat you might have to google that part. Weather was nice and warm and sunny when I went a few weeks ago. Have fun!!

fixx
 

I like sarasota,,check out the 5 0'clock club,,theirs always a live band and you will see some band members their from ac/dc van halen,tom petty just to name a few..
face book link and pictures,,one of the main bands their is dyersburg and one of the singers is buddy hollys son..
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fi...=photos_stream

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thanks, sarasota is on our list. will check out 5 o'clock club. anywhere else?

Bars....there are many but some favs.

Undertow (personal fav)

Mahuffers (close runner up)

Post Card inn

katiki

Daquri shack

Food......wayyy too much to list.

Cevche (for tapas)

The hanger (location)

Gators on the Pass (add this to bars but casual fun)

Salt Rock

Middle Grounds

Charter.......only one to use.

Jaws too and captin Dave www.jawstoo.com

To Do

Dali museum

Clearwater Beach (my area and a WHOLE other list of things to do)

Safety Harbor Seafood fest (I will be there, small but always fun)

Hogans Bech bar (New and a blast from the 80's)

Phillies, Blue Jays, and Yankees all have spring training games around here almost daily.

and much much more.

Check out the undertow.

Johns Pass is a really cool place with some nice bars, eateries and shopping.

Not bad....little pricey at some places but it is nice. Hooters is just across from gators on the pass. Nice tiki bar downstairs in the same complex as hooters (name slips me) owned by an ex cage fighter.

Nice views of the water/pass from gators, hooters, and Bubba gumps.

Good place to eat is Billy's, they also have an outside bar upstairs with a one man band

"Billy's".
 

Great bar tender's

+2 salt rock and middle grounds for food.

fixx
 

Tarpin point grill..good food

DT sarasota off of main st theirs a bar called
gators,,always a live band their as well,,the place rocks on the weekends..their are a few more but i forget them but are in the area,,

You will see that 90% of the woman in saarasota have bolt onn's..

their is the Ringling museum off 41 and 301

siesta key beach is a must see,the sand is like cooking flower..
me personally,i dont like all the noise at the beack from the people kicking sand all over you,,i like to relax so i go to this little beach on shell road,,cool little place that also has shaded rubber trees that you can get out of the sun and just enjoy the scenery..http://www.bing.com/maps/default.asp...en&FORM=HDRSC4

if you like to explore like me and just drive around and find cool places then you will want to go the back way to anna marie island,,you wont be dissa pointed,,some nice beaches along golf of mexico drive..as you can see in the map if dead ends at anna marie island..its like a time warp,put you back into old fasion florida kinda in a way..not all flashy..
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.asp...en&FORM=HDRSC4
Before ft meyers you can also check out venice beach,,sane is blackish their..all the sharks go their to shed their teeth and if you look in the sand you can find the teeth,,i reccoment that you stop at sharky's to get some chow and take a walk on the pien out into the gulf..on the rite day the water is really cool..
http://sharkysonthepier.com/photos.html

thanks everyone for the great info, we have a few places to check out now :drink: mr fixx thanks a lot for the map links, I will use them! leaving Detroit 6:30 pm fri can't wait to get out of here, I (like everyone else in the north) am so ready for spring and boats!

fixx
 

Btw theirs 2 shell roads,one dead ends into a house the other dead ends at lido key which is acrocc from where the beach is..

thanks, we will be checking it out for sure.