why is seafood so expensive in florida? you would think it would be cheaper.

I would hope that it's because most of it is caught locally & is fresh vs. seafood that's farmed and then shipped frozen from Lord knows where. I hadn't noticed the prices being unreasonable; guess it depends on where you dine. Capt. Anderson's is a little pricey, but excellent, so we save that for special occasions. Otherwise, Schooners, Scampy's (especially for lunch) and Montego Bay, just to name a few, have always offered a good meal at a decent price.
Where did you eat that you thought it was too expensive?

well we ate at some place in panama city dicks or something dicks. anyway we got 2 chick fingers and 2 crabs and fries and it was like $15.00 to me that is just a little high. that was lunch too. and when you are trying to feed 4, that is just a little much.

I think there's a place in PCB called Dirty Dick's Crab House. It's a chain restaurant instead of a local Mom & Pop which might explain it. They probably get all their seafood shipped in from their distributor; don't know for sure, just a guess. Next time you're in PCB, try one of the "local" places & I bet you'll be a lot happier!

we will, we are headed back on tuesday. i love rays concrete on the highway just coming into panama from destin. it seems tho they are building all around him, i hope he can hang in there.

IMO...Dirty Dicks is very overrated and overpriced. We tried it out last Memorial Day and ended up just ordering a drink and leaving.

i am glad someone else feels the same way. i thought it was too. we ended up having ribs at tony romas. i love that place anyway. well there is always red lobster . lol

katsrus0503, I'm not familiar with "ray's concrete on the highway". Can you give me some info?

Agree wholeheartedly about DD's. Husband ordered the pound of King crab legs meal for something like $35 and he got 2 legs, two boiled potatoes and a half ear of corn. We enjoy Boondocks, a little place on Hwy 79 in West Bay, and our meal at Capt. Anderson's (first time in years) was good last month.