Food & drink
Where are the best bars and places to drink in Perdido Key and Orange Beach?
For drinking, the Flora-Bama is the must-do live-music beach bar, the Sandshaker Lounge is the dive that invented the Bushwacker (the local frozen drink you have to try), and Hub & Stacey's at the Point is where locals actually post up. Order a Bushwacker at least once — it's the regional signature, basically a boozy chocolate milkshake.
The essentials
The Flora-Bama is the loud, legendary, multi-stage beach bar on the state line. The Sandshaker is the tiny Perdido Key dive that claims to have invented the Bushwacker — go for the drink and the grit, not the decor.
Where locals drink
Hub & Stacey's at the Point is the neighborhood spot for a normal night without the tourist crush. Warrior Beer Company is the local craft-beer option if you'd rather a taproom than a beach bar.
The one drink to order
The Bushwacker — frozen, chocolatey, and deceptively strong — is the drink of this coast. Every beach bar makes one; the Sandshaker's is the origin story, and Tacky Jack's and the Flora-Bama pour good ones too. Have exactly one before you decide whether to have two.
More questions
What is a Bushwacker?
A frozen blended cocktail — think a boozy chocolate milkshake with rum and Kahlua. It's the signature Gulf Coast beach drink and stronger than it tastes.
Can I drink on the beach?
Rules differ between Florida and Alabama sides and change by area — check our beach rules answers before you pack a cooler.
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