30A Hot Spot Award Winners 2019

We’ve counted your votes (almost 4,000 of them!) and here are the top five in each category! Congratulations to all of our nominees and to those taking home the award this year. From 1st place to 5th, all of the nominees make our community shine!

2019

HOTTEST SPOT FOR COFFEE 

1. Amavida Coffee2. Black Bear Bread Co3. Sunrise Coffee4. Modica Market5. Kahve & Cream

HOTTEST SPOT FOR BREAKFAST / BRUNCH

1. The Perfect Pig2. Donut Hole3. Great Southern Cafe4. Big Bad Breakfast5. Black Bear Bread Co

HOTTEST SPOT FOR CASUAL DINING

1. Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar2. Great Southern Cafe3. Red Bar4. Amici 30A Italian Kitchen5. Stinky’s Fish Camp

HOTTEST SPOT FOR FINE DINING

1. Cafe Thirty-A2. Surfing Deer3. Vue on 30A4. Pescado5. Restaurant Paradis

HOTTEST SPOT FOR SEAFOOD 

1. Stinky’s Fish Camp2. Old Florida Fish House3. The Bay4. Seagrove Village MarketCafe5. Great Southern Cafe

HOTTEST SPOT FOR RAW OYSTERS

1. Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar2. Hurricane Oyster Bar3. Stinky’s4. Grayton Seafood Company5. Great Southern Cafe

HOTTEST SPOT FOR OUTDOOR DINING

1. Bud and Alley’s2. Shunk Gulley3. The Bay4. George’s at Alys Beach5. Pescado

HOTTEST SPOT FOR MEXICAN / SPANISH CUISINE

1. La Cocina2. Cantina Laredo3. Bud & Alley’s Taco Bar4. Los Rancheros5. Redfish Taco

HOTTEST SPOT FOR SUSHI / ASIAN CUISINE

1. Old Florida Fish House2. Basmati’s3. The Bay4. Sushimoto5. 45 Central Wine & Sushi Bar

HOTTEST SPOT FOR ITALIAN / PIZZA

1. Amici 30A Italian Kitchen2. Pizza by the Sea3. Bruno’s Pizza4. Angelina’s Pizzeria5. Bud and Alley’s Pizza Bar

HOTTEST SPOT FOR SWEETS (BAKERY, ICE CREAM, CANDY)

1. Pecan Jacks2. Blue Mtn Creamery3. Donut Hole4. Sugar Shak5. La Crema

HOTTEST CHEF 

1. Jim Shirley/ Great Southern, 45 Central, The Bay2. Chef Lock / Amici 30A Italian Kitchen3. Jim Richard/Stinky’s4. Chef Gio/Vue on 30A5. Gregg Smith/Surfing Deer

HOTTEST HAPPY HOUR

1. Great Southern Cafe2. Grayton Beer Brewpub3. Amici Italian Kitchen4. FOOW5. Cafe Thirty-A

HOTTEST SPOT FOR LIVE MUSIC

1. Red Bar*2. The Hub3. Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar4. AJ’s Grayton5. The Bay

*We are happy to note that the Red Bar is in the process of rebuilding. We wanted fans to know their votes for Red Bar were counted and are represented in our awards, now in their 11th year. We are proud to support our friends at the Red Bar throughout this process, and that includes giving them the recognition that they have earned and deserve.

HOTTEST SPOT TO WATCH THE BIG GAME

1. The Hub2. Shades Bar and Grill3. Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar4. Grayton Beer Brewpub5. Red Bar

HOTTEST ANNUAL EVENT

1. 30A Songwriter’s Festival2. Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K3. Digital Graffiti4. Sandestin Wine Festival5. Seeing Red Wine Festival