Over 50 St. Augustine: Lincolnville
Founded after the Civil War by freed African Americans and central to the city's civil rights history, with the Victorian houses of Bridge Street and, along Riberia Street, the old ice plant and the marinas on the San Sebastian River.
A Lincolnville brewery since October 2017, brewing German-style hefeweizen and maibock alongside fruited sours and West Coast IPA. The taproom runs 5,000 square feet with a maple bar, shuffleboard and darts, and with A1A Ale Works and Ancient City Brewing both closed, it is one of the few working breweries near downtown.
A cocktail bar in the 1927 ice plant building, with the original crane still on its rails over the bar and a 300-pound block of ice behind it. Fresh-pressed juices and house syrups at the bar, grass-fed burgers and local seafood from the kitchen, no reservations, and open until 2 a.m. on weekends.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A French bistro that opened in February 2024 in the Jefferson House on Bridge Street, the Victorian that used to hold Preserved. Chef Michael Lugo brought in Matthieu Landillon from Marseille, and you choose between the dining room, the wraparound porch and the garden patio. Walk-ins are usually seated.
A surf cafe that started in Marineland in 2021 and moved to the San Sebastian marina in January 2025, serving breakfast and lunch from restored vintage vehicles with the marsh in view. The kids menu is called For the Groms, and the ice cream Airstream, Peace & Cream, shares the lot.
Founded by 20 local families in the 1907 FP&L ice plant, the first in Florida to make commercial block ice, where the old ice-can numbers are still visible on the rails during the tour. Bourbon, rum, gin and vodka, with tours and tastings seven days a week.
From Ben and Liza Groshell of Marker 32, opened in 2020 on the San Sebastian River, where their own site says the water is just steps from your table. Oysters, shrimp, clams and octopus, with catering and private dining for up to 200.