Curbside pick up & take out always available.

Open every day at 11 a.m. for lunch & dinner

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Experience casual waterfront dining at, “The Place to Go,” for Seafood!

Located in a tropical setting, this family restaurant features a multiple choice of fresh local seafood daily.

Outdoor and indoor waterfront dining. Open 11 a.m. daily, serving lunch and dinner in a casual waterfront atmosphere.

Voted “Best of the Best” Raw Bar & Seafood Restaurant 16 Years in a Row!

  • In The Old Florida Tradition Restaurant & Oyster Bar
  • Creek’s first settler suffered from “shell-shuck”
  • Phillippi An Oyster Addict Despite Grouper Therapy

 

About 1569 A.D., Fernando D. Phillippi sailed his ship, the “Philly P” up the creek to a point which is now the corner of Bee Ridge Rd. and Beneva. All of the land between Bee Ridge and the island is fill land on which to build condominiums–Fernando was a shrewd real estate investor.

Some of the piers you now see in front of the restaurant are still original pilings installed by Fernando’s cousin, Pepe. The Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar is actually the converted winter home of the Phillippi family and has changed little since being built in 1604.

Fernando D. Phillippi was last seen in 1619 during Hurricane Maria. The ship, with gunwales awash, was visible off Island Park, and a voice was heard screaming, “more oysters, more oysters!” Even now on moonlit nights a ghostly vision of the “Philly P” can be seen sailing up the creek without a paddle.

Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar in the Media

 

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Experience casual waterfront dining at, “The Place to Go,” for Seafood!
Located in a tropical setting, this family restaurant features a multiple choice of fresh local seafood daily.

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Open Easter Day!

We are serving up the Freshest Seafood and Crab Legs for Easter! That includes fresh seafood, stone crabs, oysters, steamer pots, the famous seafood boats for two along with the Chef Easter Special;

Limon King Crab Scampi Fettucine on
Easter
Sunday, March 31st

Call-ahead Seating is available for your convenience at

941-925-4444.