
Restaurant Paradis’ Prohibition Repeal dinner raises $14K
Seventh annual event benefits Food for Thought Outreach Special to 30A Food & WineJan. 17, 2023 ROSEMARY BEACH – Restaurant Paradis is pleased to announce their seventh annual Prohibition Repeal Wine Dinner, presented by 30A Luxury Vacations, raised $14,000 for Food for Thought Outreach. Guests gathered at the Rosemary Beach fine-dining restaurant for a Gatsby-inspired […]

Café Thirty-A raises record $50K for Caring and Sharing
Special to 30A Food & WineJan. 8, 2023 SEAGROVE BEACH – Café Thirty-A’s annual Christmas Charity Ball, held Dec. 2, raised a record-breaking $50,000 for Caring and Sharing of South Walton, an organization providing food and financial assistance to area families and individuals in need. The sold-out event welcomed over 250 guests to the festively […]

A toast to the chef
Janca’s Jingle Bell Jamboree raises money for beloved culinary leader By Michelle FarnhamDec. 18, 2022 SANTA ROSA BEACH – The holidays are a time for generosity and goodwill toward men. Nowhere was the spirit of the season more evident than at Janca’s Jingle Bell Jamboree, a fundraiser held Dec. 17 at Down Island Gulf Seafood […]

Hotel Effie offering rocking New Year’s Eve packages
Dec. 13, 2022Special to 30A Food & WineSANDESTIN – It’s nearly time to wave goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023 with open arms. Many are looking for an epic celebration and what better way to experience the ringing in of 2023 than with an over-the-top New Year’s Eve experience in Hotel Effie’s extravagant Presidential Suite! Check-in […]

Janca’s Jingle Bell Jamboree is Dec. 17
Friends of Chef Brannon Janca present festive benefitNov. 29, 2022Special to 30A Food & WineSANTA ROSA BEACH – A group of locals have come together to help Chef Brannon Janca, owner of Down Island Gulf Seafood Restaurant in Santa Rosa Beach. The holiday fundraiser, called Janca’s Jingle Bell Jamboree, will be held at Down Island […]


Hotel Effie’s Ovide launches new fall menus
Dishes curated by James Beard Award-winning Chef Hugh AchesonNov. 17, 2022Special to 30A Food & WineMIRAMAR BEACH – Ovide, the signature restaurant by James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson, has launched a new dinner menu highlighting fresh fall flavors and ingredients. Located at Hotel Effie, inside the gates of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Ovide […]

Seeing Red Wine Festival: Come for the wine, stay for the bites
Seaside’s wine weekend marks 30th yearBy Michelle FarnhamNov. 12, 2022SEASIDE – The 30th annual Seeing Red Wine Festival returned after a two-year hiatus, and this year’s culinary offerings – a lineup of 16 Seaside-area vendors – matched the 21 tables worth of wine in their splendor.Jim Shirley properties The Meltdown on 30A and The Chicken […]

Slick Lips Seafood and Oyster House to open second location in Pensacola
Nov. 7, 2022Special to 30A Food & WineSANDESTIN – The owners of Slick Lips Seafood and Oyster House, Bryce and Miranda Jarvis, along with Captain Gary Jarvis, mayor of Destin, will be opening a second location in Pensacola, at 102 S. Palafox Street.Located in the Zarzaur Law building complex, Slick Lips Pensacola promises the same […]

Restaurant Paradis hosting Prohibition Repeal Wine Dinner
Seventh annual event benefits Food for Thought OutreachNov. 4, 2022Special to 30A Food & WineROSEMARY BEACH – Restaurant Paradis is proud to present its seventh annual Prohibition Repeal Wine Dinner, presented by 30A Luxury Vacations, on Saturday, Dec. 10, benefitting Food for Thought Outreach.Beginning at 6:30 p.m., guests are invited to delight in a cocktail […]