Farm & Fire Southern Pizzeria Opens in Santa Rosa Beach
Chef Jim Shirley’s Newest Establishment Now Open on the Choctawhatchee Bay This past week, Chef Jim Shirley opened his newest establishment, Farm & Fire Southern Pizzeria on the North Beach of South Walton (above North Beach Tortilla Co.). The restaurant blends elements from The Fire (coal ovens- pizza, meatballs, whole fish), Market (salads, […]
Seaside enjoys tidal wave of reds
Seeing Red Wine Festival sells out in its 29 th year By Michelle Farnham November 12th 2019 SEASIDE – Move over moscato, au revoir rosé. The Seeing Red Wine Festivalwelcomed fall not with a light spritzer but – as the name would suggest – the bigger,bolder flavors of red wine. Lovers of a good cab sav, […]
Mama Clemenza’s announces Italian Wedding
New partnership established with local celebrity chef and general manager Special contribution to 30a Food & Wine (Miramar Beach, FLA.) October 31, 2019 – Tammy Damiano, also known as, “Mama Clemenza”proudly announces the addition of two new seats at her breakfast table. Local celebrity chef,Giovanni “Gio” Filippone and Billy Dee have officially partnered with the […]
Wine, dine, sip and slurp
Harvest Wine & Food Fest steps up culinary game in third year October 29th, 2019 By Michelle Farnham WATERCOLOR – While wine is typically the draw at a wine and food festival, the surge of culinary options at this year’s Harvest Wine & Food Festival Oct. 26 was undeniable. There were certainly wine industry […]
Eggs on the Beach fires up the competition
Team Saltwater Restaurants ‘snappers’ up the awards By Michelle Farnham MIRAMAR BEACH – If you thought last Saturday was toasty, you should have been atthe sixth annual Bay Breeze Patio Eggs on the Beach EggFest, where the cookingcompetition was hot, hot, hot! Twenty-five Big Green Egg grills were rolling smoke,churning out a complete meal’s worth of […]
Adding a little fiesta to sunset on the bay
North Beach Tortilla Co. focuses on fresh views, fresh food By Phil Heppding Opening a restaurant is notoriously one of the toughest things abusinessperson can undertake. Doing it in one of the nation’smost popular tourist spots, in the middle of the summer season,adds a whole new layer of challenges to the process. If you’ve spent […]
Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation unveils powerhouse line-up of culinary talent for the 3rd Annual Harvest Wine & Food Festival
Special Contribution to 30a Food & Wine Tickets to all Harvest Wine & Food Festival events are on sale now at HarvestWineandFood.com Miramar Beach, Fla. – Producers of Harvest Wine & Food Festival, Destin Charity Wine AuctionFoundation (DCWAF), unveiled today a powerhouse line-up of culinary talent slated for the 3 rdAnnual Harvest Wine & Food Festival. […]
Chef Drew Dzejak – Finding contentment in cuisine
By Stephanie Burt Chef Drew Dzejak is no stranger to the idea of a “destination chef” or a “resort chef.” In fact,during his career, he’s spent time cooking as a chef in the Grand Cayman Islands, at the Inn atPalmetto Bluff in Bluffton, S.C., Charleston Place in Charleston, and for four years at theWindsor Court […]
South Walton is your oyster!!
By Liesel Schmidt July 19th, 2019 Fried, grilled, baked, or slurped raw from the shell, oysters are the everyman of seafood:a blank canvas for a variety of preparations and flavorings that can make it a millionaire’sdelicacy or a beach bum’s favorite bar snack. Regardless of its classiness – or lack thereof – oysters are a beloved part […]
Island Time at Tommy Bahama
Phil Heppding July 10th, 2019 For those of us that live and vacation here in South Walton, operating on beach time is a way of life. If an island destination is what you crave, Tommy Bahama Restaurant at Grand Boulevard can meet your need for tropical breezes without ever leaving the shores of South […]