Hub Stacey’s at the Point is the bay-side bar that locals send each other to. Deck on the water. Boats pulling up. The grouper sandwich is the order, and depending on your timing the kitchen will turn out a basket of fries that has been doing the same thing for the same number of decades.
Tuesday is karaoke night and the lineup is the entire point. You’ll hear the same regulars sing the same songs in the same order, which is somehow not boring at all. The first-time karaoke tourist will be welcomed and lightly tormented. This is correct.
The Innerarity sunset over the bay beats the Gulf-side sunset half the year — the geometry works out — and this deck is the best front-row seat for it that isn’t on a boat.
If you’re a tourist who has only been to the Sandshaker, drive across the bridge. This is the other half of the story.
What to order
The grouper sandwich is the order — that’s the dish that earns the drive. The fries come in a basket that’s been doing the same honest thing for decades, and the rest of the menu is sandwiches-and-baskets dive-bar fare that pairs with a cold one and a seat on the deck. You don’t come to Hub Stacey’s for culinary ambition; you come for the grouper, the water, and the regulars.
Karaoke and the deck
Tuesday karaoke is the institution — the same regulars, the same songs, the same order, and somehow never boring. First-time tourists get welcomed and lightly tormented, which is exactly right. Any other night, the deck on the bay is the draw: the Innerarity sunset over the water beats the Gulf-side sunset half the year, and this is the best front-row seat for it that isn’t on a boat.
Getting there
Bay-side on Innerarity Point, across the bridge from the Gulf-front strip. Boats pull right up to the deck. If you’ve only done the tourist side of Perdido Key, this is the local half worth the short drive.