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| − | '''Flounder's''', est. [[1979]] is a [[Pensacola Beach]] seafood restaurant owned by [[McGuire Martin]]. | + | '''Flounder's''' is a [[Pensacola Beach]] seafood restaurant owned by [[McGuire Martin]]. |
| − | It is known for it's memorable facade, chowder, and fresh seafood.
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| − | Adjoining to the restaurant is the iconic M/V FLOUNDER 55’ length, 6’ draft, and 20’ beam, 30 tons net weight; built by D. C. Beaux Shipbuilders, Meraux, Louisiana and commissioned in Bayou La Batre, Alabama in 1946. Captain Frank Flounder and later his sons, Fred, Floyd and Felix, shrimped this vessel from Key West, Florida to Tampico, Mexico thru calm seas, tropical storms and fierce hurricanes until she was retired in [[1998]]. This grand old shrimp boat is complete with nets, sleds, mast and rigging.
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| − | ==Displays==
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| − | The Marlin Bar showcases a 980lb, blue marlin, a USGFA World Record catch by [[Warren Culbertson]], a noted Gulf Coast Angler. Atop Flounder’s stage you’ll find the original sailfish sign that lit the way to [[Santa Rosa Island]] since the 50’s. Flounder's also displays a Man Eating Giant Clam. This shell was displaced outside of the [[Allen Davis Shell Shop]] in [[Gulf Breeze]] from [[1948]]-[[2004]], when the store closed to make way for the Publix Shopping Center.
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| − | On Flounder’s Beach you will find an actual 15-foot Cuban raft, with a Russian built engine, which carried 27 Cuban refugees 85 miles across the Gulf from Cuba to Key West in [[1988]].
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