Daytona Beach

[CindaBee]

Looks like we're heading to Daytona Beach at the end of the month with the 'keet and grandkeets. Any cool recommendations?

[NEO]

Have dinner watch a sunset at Inlet Harbor!

[Frank4]

Have dinner watch a sunset at Inlet Harbor!

I love Inlet Harbor....I used to go there when I was a kid with my family. Watch all the fish swim in the lagoon. It was pretty cool. Supposedly they have redone it and it is beautiful

[digitalprintman]

Go down to Ponce Inlet to the Lighthouse in the afternoon. Trek up to the top for a great view. Then head to Down the Hatch for dinner.

http://www.down-the-hatch-seafood.com/

Another good restaurant is Parks Seafood

http://www.parkseafood.com/

A beautiful spot is the DeLeon Springs Park. There is a fun restaurant there, the Old Spanish Mill, with All You Can Eat Pancakes. They have many other items also. Great park with swimming in the spring fed pool. Also have boat tours and paddle boats for rent. They are about 45 miles west of Daytona at DeLeon Springs

http://www.planetdeland.com/sugarmill/sugarpage2.htm

Have Phun!!!!!

[CindaBee]

thanks, this trip was on, then off, then on, then maybe on, now is definitely on. Such is my life. Looking for good oysters, good fresh markets and good beach stretch. Joining my keet and keet-in-law and their two mini-keets (girls 5 and 1). Can't wait...gonna spend lots of time with the babies on the beach so that daughter and son-in-law can reconnect some. Will have maybe one or two days to play like the PH I am, but will mostly be NanaPie.

[ParrotHeadDeb]

If you're going to be there Friday, August 28th the Daytona Cubs Baseball Club is having "Buffett Night". I'll be there along with a friend from Meet the Phlockers that lives in Daytona. The other places mentioned are great too. Boondocks is a nice casual place with a great grouper sandwich!
http://www.daytonacubs.com
http://www.boondocksdining.com/

[big john]

Check out this place:

http://www.discoverdaytona.com/beachsid ... incafe.htm

The kids will love the booths made out of stock cars.

[Floridaze]

Go down to Ponce Inlet to the Lighthouse in the afternoon. Trek up to the top for a great view. Then head to Down the Hatch for dinner.

http://www.down-the-hatch-seafood.com/

Another good restaurant is Parks Seafood

http://www.parkseafood.com/

A beautiful spot is the DeLeon Springs Park. There is a fun restaurant there, the Old Spanish Mill, with All You Can Eat Pancakes. They have many other items also. Great park with swimming in the spring fed pool. Also have boat tours and paddle boats for rent. They are about 45 miles west of Daytona at DeLeon Springs

http://www.planetdeland.com/sugarmill/sugarpage2.htm

Have Phun!!!!!

Good call on the Lighthouse....and some nice restaruants in the same area...

[CindaBee]

Took some of your recommendations and they were wonderful. Here are my DON'T DO IT recommendations....

Oyster Pub (I think), gritty, small oysters, poor service, and had to keep asking for more condiments. We ordered 4 doz oysters and 2 doz steamed shrimp for 5 people. The waitress brought out one butter cup, one cup of cocktail sauce and a tiny paper cup of horseradish. Politely asked for more and she brought two more. A little less politely, but not rudely, finally had to ask her to bring 5 more of each. It wasn't horrible, but not the best experience.

The Aquarium Restaurant and Bar in the harbor. Beautiful ambience, outstanding seafood chowder, but then it kinda went downhill a bit. This time, five adults and one child. Two of us (on different checks) ordered the seafood stuffed halibut. The halibut was actually burned in spots (nope, not blackened) and tough...needed a knife to cut it. The stuffing was actually not bad. Another of us had the mahi and sent it back. The lobster dinner was good. Prices are very decent and maybe this was just a flukey night--Sunday before Labor Day, about 7 p.m. The server was quite confused. Got orders mixed up, brought the wrong libations, didn't remember who had ordered what (again, there were only 6 of us and we didn't switch seats). When the checks came (two--one for each end of the table), my wine was on the other check, dinners were confused, an extra beer on one check. After checking both bills today online with our respective banks, we've both been doubled charged. Hope it was just an aberration because the place is beautiful, but will likely not return.

[LIBuffettFan]

Go down to Ponce Inlet to the Lighthouse in the afternoon. Trek up to the top for a great view. Then head to Down the Hatch for dinner.

http://www.down-the-hatch-seafood.com/

Another good restaurant is Parks Seafood

http://www.parkseafood.com/

A beautiful spot is the DeLeon Springs Park. There is a fun restaurant there, the Old Spanish Mill, with All You Can Eat Pancakes. They have many other items also. Great park with swimming in the spring fed pool. Also have boat tours and paddle boats for rent. They are about 45 miles west of Daytona at DeLeon Springs

http://www.planetdeland.com/sugarmill/sugarpage2.htm

Have Phun!!!!!

Good call on the Lighthouse....and some nice restaruants in the same area...

I recommend going to the Springs park as well, you may see some manatees in the area and you can jump in for a swim (or at least you could when I was there last) right above the spring. Water is always perfect!