In mid-May, a new Bud & Alley's restaurant opened in the heart of the working waterfront just steps from the Lighthouse Marina in Panama City Beach in Florida.  The new Bud & Alley's Waterfront Restaurant location overlooks the Historic Grand Lagoon and includes the Marina Club roof top bar. The 400-seat restaurant is open daily from 11 a.m. for lunch and dinner. Whether you come by land or by sea, you won't want to miss the restaurant's famous daily bell ringing ceremony signaling the setting of the sun into the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1986 in Seaside, Florida and owned and operated by local Dave Rauschkolb, the restaurants feature menus with the freshest regional seafood as well as a Naples-style wood-fired pizza bar along with the daily sunset celebrations during Happy Hour, DJs and late night entertainment.

Bud & Alley’s Waterfront Restaurant and Rooftop Bar – 2236 E. County Rd. 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459 (850/231-5900 www.budandalleys.com)