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re: Red Bar (Grayton)
Posted on 2/13/19 at 8:03 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 2/13/19 at 8:03 am to Pettifogger
Damn... they had some really good Key Lime pie.
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Posted on 2/13/19 at 8:58 am to Pettifogger
Even though Red Bar had become a tourist destination, it was kind of one of the last remnants of old 30A. Before the whole area become an overcrowded mess. 30A used to be an escape from the masses in Destin & PCB. Now it's basically no different.
It'll be tough for Red Bar to rebuild and duplicate that charm. Just gotta hope they rebuild and don't sell some developer. Also hope they rebuild and install a credit card machine.
It'll be tough for Red Bar to rebuild and duplicate that charm. Just gotta hope they rebuild and don't sell some developer. Also hope they rebuild and install a credit card machine.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 8:59 am
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:04 am to FairhopeTider
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install a credit card machine.
But they were so edgy...
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:20 am to Pettifogger
Well shite. Place had so much character. I’d spend many hours and many beers staring at all of the stuff on the walls and ceiling. And I’ll never know who the frick this guy was.
And the crab cakes were good....
And the crab cakes were good....
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 9:48 am
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:25 am to toddzilla
They had one of the Whistle Monsta’s original whistle head pieces.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:26 am to FairhopeTider
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30A used to be an escape from the masses in Destin & PCB. Now it's basically no different.
Still very different. There are miles of 30A that are just houses with maybe a two-three story condo cluster sprinkled in. There are simply not the quantity of rooms on 30A to get the crowded beaches you have with the high-rises in PCB and Destin.
It's also still not really a destination for HS/college groups. It's still predominantly families and MILF "girls trips."
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:31 am to Pettifogger
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This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 9:32 am
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:44 am to elposter
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Still very different. There are miles of 30A that are just houses with maybe a two-three story condo cluster sprinkled in. There are simply not the quantity of rooms on 30A to get the crowded beaches you have with the high-rises in PCB and Destin.
It's also still not really a destination for HS/college groups. It's still predominantly families and MILF "girls trips."
Also, there isn't an offseason like there once was, but the crowds are different (if still large) outside of spring break and summer. It's a much more resident/regular visitor crowd during those times and it doesn't feel as chaotic
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:52 am to elposter
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There are miles of 30A that are just houses with maybe a two-three story condo cluster sprinkled in
Sure, there are pockets but there are some empty beach spots in Destin & PCB as well if you want to get technical.
Seaside was built to be like an old beach town. Now it's pretty much Baytowne Wharf East and it's only getting worse. The traffic on weekends between Seagrove and Watercolor rivals gameday in an SEC college town. Rosemary is an absolutely incredible spot but it can be pretty uppity and Alys Beach is a sterile movie set. Gulf Place is fun but with the addition of Shunk Gulley, that area will now get even more congested.
It's still a fun area to visit, but the secret got out about 20 years ago and the reasons that 30A was so unique are quickly fading away. Like Pettifogger said above, there's no off season now. Fall is just as busy as Summer. It also used to be primarily a destination for people in the Southeast. Now you see people coming from all over.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 9:55 am
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:55 am to FairhopeTider
We pretty much never drive when we do 30A, and the beaches are amazing with zero crowds. You don’t have to be in traffic or crowds if you don’t want to.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:57 am to FairhopeTider
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It's still a fun area to visit, but the secret got out about 20 years ago and the reasons that 30A was so unique are quickly fading away. Like Pettifogger said above, there's no off season now. Fall is just as busy as Summer. It also used to be primarily a destination for people in the Southeast. Now you see people coming from all over.
Let's be honest
It's yankees and those goddamn texans in their leased tahoes
Go back to Galveston you brown sand-loving fricks
Posted on 2/13/19 at 9:59 am to Pettifogger
I sat there and cried last night watching it burn
Not gonna lie
It's my damn near everyday home away from home, been going since it was an arcade in the early 80s
RIP Butler General Store
Not gonna lie
It's my damn near everyday home away from home, been going since it was an arcade in the early 80s
RIP Butler General Store
Posted on 2/13/19 at 10:04 am to Pettifogger
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Let's be honest
It's yankees and those goddamn texans in their leased tahoes
Go back to Galveston you brown sand-loving fricks
I was trying to be politically correct. Thank you for saying what needed to be said.
Now if we can get the LSU fans and they’re purple Columbia fishing shirts out of Gulf Shores, we can finally make the beach great again.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 10:05 am to FairhopeTider
This really sucks not only because it was a popular place for 30-A vacationers (so ubiquitous it was almost a cliche') but because the building was in fact a very historical place and another link to "old" Grayton Beach that is gone.
The building, like some of that area of Grayton Beach, pre-dated 30-A. The only access was directly down 283 south from US 98. It was originally called "The Store" and was a much simpler hangout before 30-A was built:
This was back in 1968, before 30-A was built. Compare it to this Google Earth 3-D shot, adjusted to about the same angle and dimensions from today:
History going away, man....
Posted on 2/13/19 at 10:11 am to Pettifogger
Well that sucks
Posted on 2/13/19 at 10:13 am to FairhopeTider
We've been going to Seaside as a family several times a year for over 30 years (I'm 31 and they were going before me). Now, we just go once a year because we have so many grandbabies so we have to shell out a ton for a couple of houses at once.
My fondest childhood memories are a seaside with only a handful of streets and nothing really on either side. There was Modica's and a few places near the beach, but not much. So quiet and peaceful.
Watercolor was the "wilderness" we'd go explore on our BMX bikes while our parents got hammered cooking back at the house
Its borderline unrecognizable now. This year we're actually staying in two houses right outside of Seaside, but walkable. They're more secluded and beach side. I'm happy to be away from the crowds of Seaside to be honest.
My fondest childhood memories are a seaside with only a handful of streets and nothing really on either side. There was Modica's and a few places near the beach, but not much. So quiet and peaceful.
Watercolor was the "wilderness" we'd go explore on our BMX bikes while our parents got hammered cooking back at the house
Its borderline unrecognizable now. This year we're actually staying in two houses right outside of Seaside, but walkable. They're more secluded and beach side. I'm happy to be away from the crowds of Seaside to be honest.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 10:38 am to TheCaterpillar
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My fondest childhood memories are a seaside with only a handful of streets and nothing really on either side. There was Modica's and a few places near the beach, but not much. So quiet and peaceful.
Watercolor was the "wilderness" we'd go explore on our BMX bikes while our parents got hammered cooking back at the house
I used to love doing that as well. We started going in the late 80’s/early 90’s and Forest St. (where the chapel is) was the edge of civilization. You could get lost in some of the trails back there. Seagrove Village Market was a hole in the wall.
Now you have a plaza where the Seaside post office used to be and Bud & Alley’s has turned it’s area into a mall food court with all of the additional beachside seating.
I might as well start singing “Dinosaur” by Hank Jr. now.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 10:39 am
Posted on 2/13/19 at 11:10 am to FairhopeTider
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Even though Red Bar had become a tourist destination, it was kind of one of the last remnants of old 30A. Before the whole area become an overcrowded mess. 30A used to be an escape from the masses in Destin & PCB. Now it's basically no different.
True. 40 or so years ago my dad's boss had a small house right around the corner we would stay at for vacation. That's when the Red Bar was The Store. Wooden booths you could carve your name in. Cold bottle cokes, Foosball, pool table and pinball machines. What more could teenagers want? Lots of good memories!! The man who owned the business I now own, owned the Red Bar and the large Yellow house that sits behind it(Margaritaville) at one time. He passed away in 2011.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 11:13 am to East Coast Band
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Hoping no 30-A stickers were lost.
I doubt it, those are all stuck on the backs of MILF's Range Rovers and Armadas from Louisiana to Texas.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 11:19 am to BRich
Thank you for sharing the "old" picture of Grayton, BRich. I was just looking for some this morning after I heard the news. Spent quite a few summers running through those dunes behind the Store when there weren't but just a few houses.
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