• Domo Café – right next door for best Sushi and Asian Fusion dishes – Excellent
  • Stewbys – high quality local seafood (.5mile) – Excellent
  • Neighborhood Café (2 miles) breakfast and lunch – Excellent
  • Denny’s – (3miles) ALWAYS GREAT
  • WHATABURGER – personal favorite (3.5 miles)
  • Fokker’s Pub – Excellent Pizza and Beer FWB downtown
  • Burrito Del Sol – FWB downtown
  • AJ’s on the Bayou – Seafood and Oyster Bar – Beautiful Bayou View
  • Ricks Crab Trap Eglin Pkwy
  • Julie’s Southern Joy Home Style
  • Parson’s Son BBQ
  • Kinfolk’s BBQ within a mile

FANCY or with a View:

  • Sealand Steak and Seafood FWB
  • Clamenza’s at Uptown Station in town FWB
  • Louisiana Lagniappe, Destin – Always excellent
  • Tuscany Seafood, Mirmar Beach – Steak, Italian
  • Giovannis One89 – Thurs specials and prime rib specials – Santa Rosa Sound View
  • Marina Café, Destin – Harbor View
  • Pompano Joe’s, Destin – Gulf View
  • Surf Hut, Destin – Gulf View
  • Ali’s Bistro Italian, downtown FWB
  • Boshamps Seafood and Oyster House, Destin – harbor View
Kohl's Ft. Walton Beach
Kohl’s just a few blocks away
Santa Rosa Mall
Santa Rosa Mall (4.3 miles)
Destin Commons
Destin Commons
Silver Sands Premium Outlets
Silver Sands Premium Outlets (18 miles)

Activities and Attractions:
Visiting our Beaches:

There are several public beach access points on Okaloosa Island. Okaloosa Island Wayside Park and Pier and John C. Beasley Park have bathrooms and showers and are the closest beaches – six miles from Cozy Corner. There are also several bay access parks on Okaloosa Island. Gulf National Seashore across from Beasley on the bay for calmer more shallow waters.

Kayak and paddleboarders can launch at Garniers Park (4 miles).

Boat launch behind Whataburger on Eglin Parkway for larger boats.

Attactions:

Gulfarium Marine Park (5.3 miles) 850-424-5125

Dolphin Tours (8.3 miles) 850-837-0113

Big Kahuna’s Water Park (14.5 miles) 850-837-4061

Gulf Breeze Zoo (23.3 miles) 850-932-2229

Cinemas:

Regal Cinemas Sun Plaza 8 (4.3 miles)

Regal Cinemas Santa Rosa 10 (4.7miles)

Suds n Cinema downtown FWB (5 miles)

AMC Destin Commons 14 (17 miles) Destin

Golf
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– Fort Walton Beach Golf Club (2.1 miles) 850-833-9664
– Shalimar Point Golf Club ( 5.8 miles) 850-651-1416
– Rocky Bayou Country Club (18.2 miles) 850-678-3270
– Regatta Bay Golf and Yacht Club (18 miles) 850-337-8080

Water Sports

  1. Scuba and Snorkel
    – Scuba-Tech ( 8.3 miles ) 850-837-2822 Destin
    – Emerald Coast Scuba Inc. (8.7 miles) 850-837-0955 Destin
  2. Jet Ski rental
    – Power up Water Sports pontoons and Jet Skis (5.7 miles) 850-461-1034
    – Tailfins Pontoon Rental (8.3 miles) 850-650-1111
  3. Fishing, Kayaking, and Tubing
    – Harborwalk Charters (8.3 miles) 850-837-2343
    – Sweet Jody Fishing (8.3 miles) 850-650-2500
    – Blackwater River State Park Tubing 850-424-5125
    – Blackwater Canoe Kayak and Tube 850-623-0235 (46 miles)
  4. Swimming
    – Bernie R. Lefebve Aquatic Center $5-$7 per day (1 mile) 850-863-7946