Food & drink

Where are the best bars and places to drink in Perdido Key and Orange Beach?

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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.

Where are the best bars and places to drink in Perdido Key and Orange Beach?

The essentials

Where locals drink

The one drink to order

More questions

What is a Bushwacker?

Can I drink on the beach?