“We are proud of our store. We think we’re on to something. We are doing business the way it is supposed to be done.” If heading to or from the beaches of South Walton, you may have passed a small local eatery just off State Road 81 in Red Bay called Red Bay Grocery.  I…

Lifetime Walton County local Robert Davenport was raised along the shores of Choctawhatchee Bay. That meant running seine nets, cast nets, gill nets, crab traps and fishing was his way of life. The bounties were then prepared daily using recipes that have been passed down for generations. Having been asked about these ‘heritage recipes’ time and time again by…

Vickie and Jeff Miller are no strangers to the restaurant industry as they have spent the last thirty years in the food business as either a franchisee or franchisor, with names such as Pizza Hut, Denny’s, and Lee’s Chicken under their belts. Last summer the couple decided to take on the trendy food truck business,…

Nestled within the AAA-Four Diamond WaterColor Inn & Resort is the award winning, fine dining restaurant, Fish Out Of Water. Overlooking the stunning emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it sets a glamorous scene for enjoying the delectable fare offered by Executive Chef Brian Murray and team. Murray grew up in Connecticut with parents…

  Growing up in New Jersey, Brian Ethridge was an inquisitive young man who lived near a pizzeria and decided he wanted to learn how to make fresh authentic hand-tossed pizza for his own consumption. As fate would have it, Brian moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where he met Jan from East Hampton Long Island,…