Great selection of dining in Destin - The Crab Trap

Great selection of dining in Destin - The Crab Trap on James Lee Park / Destiny Beach

In a recent blogpost Great selection of fine dining in Destin - Bijoux we featured Bijoux Restaurant in Sandestin Miramar Beach.

We spent a week traveling, visiting the Emerald Coast of the Florida Panhandle getting to know the area and evaluating the real estate market and several properties. During our stay, we dined at four local legendary restaurants. In Destin (FL) we dined at Louisiana Lagniappe, Boshamps Seafood and Oyster House, besides The Crab Trap, Destin. As featured in that earlier reference blogpost,  we also dined at Bijoux Restuarant in Destin/Miramar Beach in the Sandestin Resort community.  As mentioned, the wide range of fine and casual dining options in one of the key reasons we're considering the Destin area for a vacation or vacation home. 

We featured some other wine and dining experiences in recent posts from a trip to the area earlier this month - Kistler Les Noisetiers Sonoma Coast Chardonnay at Emerils Coastal.

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2023/04/kistler-les-noisetiers-sonoma-coast.html

We visited the Destiny neighborhood (shown in background, opposite the Crab Trap restaurant) in Destin on Florida's Scenic Highway 98. We had lunch at The Crab Trap, Destin, the original historic Gulf/beach front seafood restaurant located at James Lee Park, first opened in 1991.

The Crab Trap has several dining options, inside, with open air windows, on the veranda, or out on the patio deck. The restaurant features local art and hand carved sea side sculptures and a playground for the kids, all on the central site of the community beach with incredible views of the beautiful beach on the Gulf of Mexico. 

The Crab Trap Destin is a favorite of both tourist and locals with unparalleled views of the sugar white beaches of the Emerald Coast, They offer a wide variety of menu options featuring Fresh Seafood with  daily specials ranging from Bronzed Grouper or Grilled Filet to Alaskan Crab Legs. Their 'secret' to fresh Gulf seafood is their very own wild fish processing facility, known as the Seafood Commissary, located at The Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island, it is a hub for all locally-sourced seafood for the Crab Trap and their sister restaurants. With deliveries arriving daily straight from the harbor, each year the commissary prepares over 250,000 lbs of fresh-caught Gulf seafood such as shrimp, grouper, snapper, mahi-mahi, cobia, wahoo, and amberjack. 

https://www.crabtrapflorida.com/