Florida Eats · Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola restaurants: oyster bars, Cuban sandwiches & cafecito and more

What Apalachicola has on our lists: 4 oyster bars, 1 hand-checked Cuban sandwich or cafecito spot, 1 grouper and seafood shack, 1 fish camp or smoked fish spot and 1 Latin or Caribbean restaurant. Each hand-checked place had a 2025 or 2026 source when we looked in fall 2026. In all, Florida Eats maps 23 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Apalachicola, nearest first on your phone.

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Oyster bars & raw bars in Apalachicola

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 68 Florida oyster bars.

  1. Half Shell Dockside

    301 Market St, Apalachicola

    Grouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: oysters, grouper, shrimp

    Oyster bar and seafood restaurant at Scipio Creek Marina with creekside outdoor seating and an indoor River Room.

  2. Hole in the Wall Seafood

    23 Ave D, Apalachicola

    Oyster bar On the menu: raw oysters, shrimp, grouper, seafood baskets

    Tiny downtown Apalachicola raw bar where oysters were being shucked at the bar during the 2026 reopening season.

  3. The Station Raw Bar

    53 Market St, Apalachicola

    Oyster bar On the menu: raw oysters, baked oysters, steamed shrimp, seafood tacos

    Raw bar in a converted old service station in downtown Apalachicola, with raw and baked oysters and fried Gulf seafood.

  4. Up the Creek Raw Bar

    313 Water St, Apalachicola

    Oyster bar On the menu: oysters, Gulf seafood, daily specials

    Upstairs raw bar with a deck over Scipio Creek and the Apalachicola River, serving oysters plus more inventive daily specials.

Cuban sandwiches & cafecito in Apalachicola

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 56 Florida Cuban sandwich and cafecito spots.

  1. Café con Leche

    234 Water St, Apalachicola

    Cuban & cafecitoLatin & Caribbean On the menu: arepas, Venezuelan coffee, pastries

    Family-owned Apalachicola café pouring Venezuelan coffee and making arepas for breakfast and lunch.

Grouper & seafood shacks in Apalachicola

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 52 Florida grouper and seafood shacks.

  1. Half Shell Dockside

    301 Market St, Apalachicola

    Grouper & seafoodOyster bar On the menu: oysters, grouper, shrimp

    Oyster bar and seafood restaurant at Scipio Creek Marina with creekside outdoor seating and an indoor River Room.

Fish camps & smoked fish in Apalachicola

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 41 Florida fish camps and smoked fish spots.

  1. 13 Mile Seafood Market

    227 Water Street, Apalachicola

    Fish camp On the menu: smoked mullet, smoked fish dip, shrimp, oysters

    Long-running Water Street seafood market selling smoked mullet and smoked fish dips alongside fresh shrimp, fish and crab.

Latin & Caribbean in Apalachicola

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 35 Florida Latin and Caribbean restaurants.

  1. Café con Leche

    234 Water St, Apalachicola

    Cuban & cafecitoLatin & Caribbean On the menu: arepas, Venezuelan coffee, pastries

    Family-owned Apalachicola café pouring Venezuelan coffee and making arepas for breakfast and lunch.

Inspections in Apalachicola

Florida DBPR has an inspection on record for 17 places we list in Apalachicola. At their latest visit, by DBPR's own result groups: 15 places Met Inspection Standards and 2 places Follow-Up Inspection Required. Florida doesn't grade restaurants, and neither do we. Records through September 30, 2026. Each place's results are in the web search; what the results mean: Florida restaurant inspections, explained.

What Apalachicola eats

Kinds of food among the 23 places we list in Apalachicola, counted from DBPR's licenses and open map data.

Kind of placePlaces
Bar & Pub7
Seafood6
Coffee & Café4
Soul & Southern2
Bakery & Sweets1
Burgers1
BBQ1

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