Pass A Grille 2022 Travel Guide | Explore the Best Florida Beaches | St Pete Beach Florida
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- St. Pete Beach, Florida was recently voted the number one beach in the entire US, and rightfully so. With its amazing beach front resorts, restaurants, and tiki bars, its no secret why St. Pete Beach is a top tourist destination year round.
But just to the south of the most touristy area of St. Pete Beach lies Pass a Grille, a little beach town with far less tourists and much more old-Florida charm. In this video, we'll show you why Pass a Grille Beach, and not the more popular beaches to the north, is the preferred beach of the locals. So let us be your travel guide as we spend a day exploring Pass a Grille in September of 2021.
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Timeline:
00:00 - #1 Intro
00:49 - #2 Morning Coffee & Beach Time
02:53 - #3 Time for Some Food
04:05 - #4 Exploring Downtown & the Pier
07:23 - #5 Time for a Drink
09:28 - #6 Beachfront Food and Drinks
13:17 - #7 Dinner on the Water
14:07 - #8 A Brighter Day
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Websites from Video:
Paradise Sweets - / paradise-sweets-121938...
Sea Horse Cafe - / seahorse-restaurant-18...
Sea Critters Cafe - www.seacritterscafe.com
Paradise Grille - paradisegrille.com/
The Wharf - wharfrestaurant.org/
The Hurricane - www.thehurricane.com/
Brass Monkey - thebrassmonkey.net/
A Little Room for Art - www.alittleroomforart.gallery/
Bamboozle - / bamboozle.etc
Paradiso - / paradiso-1516555908562217
Pass-a-Grille Historic Cottage - / pass-a-grille-historic... 264416683978877/
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Hi everyone thanks so much for watching :) We hope you stick around to the end to see how beautiful Pass-A-Grill Beach is on a sunny day. What would be your fave spot on Pass-A-Grill?
If you are familiar with the area and have any other suggestions of things to do in the area be sure to leave them in the comments!
Would love to know more about your guys’ scooters. Link for them and some pros and cons with them?
@@megaosfan Hi Russel. Our scooters are made by a company called Glion. Our model is the Dolly 225, but unfortunately it looks like they don't sell them on the Glion website anymore. I did find one available via the following link though: griffcoeriders.com/products/glion-dolly-model-225-foldable-lightweight-adult-electric-scooter-with-li-ion-battery-black-charger-included. The main pros of the dolly are that they are lightweight, reliable fold up, and can be wheeled behind you like a suitcase. Another pro is that they are assembled in the USA and the customer service is great. The only con I can think of is that the tires are solid rubber and therefore the ride is a little on the bumpy side. Glion does make a new model of scooter called the Balto. We have no experience with it, but the reviews seem to be good and we would definitely buy a couple if our Dolly's ever stop working. The link to the Balto is as follows: getglion.com/product/new-balto/getglion.com/product/new-balto/
Thank you for featuring our business Paradise Sweets...home of the best coffee and ice cream on the island! Great video!!!
It's our pleasure, Beverly! We hope that our video brings a few extra customers your way. And we'll definitely be back to enjoy some coffee and ice cream ourselves too!
You guys have a great library of content now, and the channel has the right foundation. It's only a matter of time before it blows up.
Thank you so much for the encouraging comments, Scully. You know as well as anyone how much work goes into this stuff! We are growing slowly but surely, but of course always hoping for that video that truly blows up!
Looks like a must visit beach for us. Thank you for the tour.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Thanks guys! Awesome work!!👍
Thanks so much, Julia! We're glad you enjoyed it :)
Thanks for a thoughtfully informative video!!!
Our pleasure. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
I really enjoyed watching this travel journey. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the support!
My Favorite Beach in St Pete
We go back and forth between St. Pete Beach, Siesta, and Anna Maria for our #1. We certainly understand why St. Pete Beach is #1 for so many!
Awesome tips for an area we go to every so often. Food looked amazing!!
Thanks guys. This one was extra fun to make even though it was cloudy all day. We love Pass-a-Grille!
Great presentation guys!!! Awesome summer vibes…another great episode 😊👏
Thanks so much. Now that red tide is starting to clear up in our area, we've finally been able to get back to the beach! We're excited to start making a lot more beach content over the next few months!
Another great tour. Every time I watch one of your videos I'm hungry at the end. Now I want conch fritters.
Well I'm not sure how the conch fritters here compare to the Caribbean (probably not favorably), but we certainly did enjoy them!
I LOVE Pass a grille great vid thanks. Love the seahorse and the warf as well
So glad to hear you enjoy Seashore and the Wharf too 😊 thanks so much for watching!
Great video...thanks!
Thank you for the support, as always, Rhonda!
Thank you, lots of ideas now for our FL trip. I’m glad you chose this place, like the vibe here.
We're so happy to hear that our video gave you some ideas, Jim. Pass-a-Grille certainly has a different vibe from other nearby beach towns, and we'd highly recommend it. Hope you have a great trip!
Love it there 💞... Food looked oh so delicious 😋
Did you see how giant that burger was?! Sooo good but also soo big 😆 thanks so much for watching!
You guys have amazing appetites!
We do our best!!
This is very informative! Very helpful for those who really love to travel like me. OMG! The beach is so inviting!
Thank you so much for the support, Faith. We hope you get a chance to visit this beach yourself someday!
Perfect timing! We're headed to St. Pete Beach next week! We'll definitely be checking out Pass-a-Grille! Thanks! Subscribing to your channel, too!
It's so great to hear that our channel has helped you to plan your time down here in St. Pete Beach! Thanks so much for the sub, and we hope you have a wonderful vacation!
giving away all the hidden gems LOL
We like to think that the people who watch our videos were going to come to these spots anyway, and that we are just helping them to enjoy the experience a little bit more! 😅 Thanks for watching, DC.
@@Explorcation hahaha! i love these videos :)
@@TheFloridaBikeVlogger glad to heart
Ohhh a dog beach. How did you ever leave. That baby was having a blast.
Yeah we do love the fact that so many places around here are so accommodating for dogs. Even though we don't have our own, we do enjoy watching other people's dogs! We hope you two are doing well!
Love Pass-a-Grill, one of the nicest little seaside towns around the area. Beautiful beach, great shopping and plenty of dining options for breakfast to fine dining. Great video guys! Btw that’s what I call a BURGER 🍔 🍽!!
Ahhh yeah that burger was a beast! But yeah, Pass-a-Grille is a great spot. Not hard to see why the locals around here love it so much.!
You guys are seriously living the dream! 😍🌴☀️
Making these videos is a lot of work, but we'd be lying if we said it wasn't a lot of fun too! Hopefully we are helping vacationers to the area live the dream too, even if just for a few days! Thanks for watching, Kelly.
Hi we like all of your Videos. Next Year we want to travel again to florida ( Tampa Area) at April and in November. Thanks for all the Informations! Greetings from Germany
Thanks so much for the kind comment, Christian. We're glad you enjoy our videos! That's great to hear that you'll be coming back to the Tampa area next year. We hope you have a great time!
Been on that beach ,loved it
It really is a great beach, Cheryl. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Paradise Sweets has some good ice cream too!
Now I could be wrong since we filmed this episode quite a while ago, I think we had coffee at Paradise Sweets in this episode. Seems we may need to go back for the ice cream 😁
@@Explorcation yep...saw that you'd gotten some coffee there in the video.
The Mrs and I stopped by for some ice cream there a few years back...we're not coffee drinkers but we do subscribe to your sentiment that there's always room for ice cream 😉
I really like the narration! Any day is a great day for the beach!
Thanks. We like to think it adds to the content. And yes, even a cloudy/rainy day on the beach is still a good day!
Love this place
It is a local gem for sure!
Great video!
Thanks so much, Greg! We're glad you enjoyed it.
I can't wait to move back to the area....only five more months and you two are giving us so many ideas. Thanks again for another awesome video!
We're happy to hear that our videos are helping you look forward to your move. 5 Months will be hear before you know it!
Wow guys! Another amazing video of places to eat and things to do!!! Our go to place would be the Margaritas!!! It's a bummer that it has been cloudy all day. Oh No! And then it started raining!
We would 100% recommend the Sea Critters margs if you do ever make it to Pass A Grille. Soooo good! The weather was a bit of a bummer, but we still managed to have a good time!
Splendid beautiful guys..new subscribers!
Happy weekend
Thanks for your support, and happy weekend to you guys as well!
Years ago we went out on some mini speed boats from a place near The Wharf called Tampa Speed Boat Adventures if I remember correctly...very fun.
That does sound like a lot of fun!
Been over there one time,..but this looks pretty busy here. It was quiet on the day we went, last year. Looks like we need to get back to this beach! Great vid guys!!
We're glad you got to experience Pass-a-Grille on a quiet day. It's a fun place to visit any time, but it sure is nice to have a beach almost entirely to yourself!
Love this town and beach, so funky. The street art is really cool. All the food looked amazing! But that steak and cheese burger though...sooo big!! The margaritas also looked amazing.
Sorry about the bad weather, so unlucky that it starter raining as you went to sit on the beach 😢 but you still made the most out of your time and showed us around 😊
Yeah that burger was definitely bigger than we had anticipated, so we were really glad we resisted our initial urge to order 2. And yeah, the weather didn't make for the prettiest beach footage, but thankfully we had footage from a sunnier day that we were able to sprinkle in!
those shrimp and grits though! That looked so good!
The menu said that they were the "most popular dish", so we had to order them. We were not disappointed!
Planning our vacation to St. Petersburg & surrounding areas coming up in couple weeks and your channel has been GREAT helping me plan what to see & do! You've been very informative and a pleasure to watch! Thank you both so much - you guys are great and really know how to present the information - video, sound, content - perfect! So looking forward to our time there - getting way too cold here in Ohio!
This is honestly probably the best comment we've ever received on one of our videos, Laura. We have been putting a LOT of work into our channel, and while sometimes we see positive results from it, other times we don't. So receiving comments like these and knowing that we are helping people really gives us extra motivation to keep making content! Thank you so much for your support, Laura. We hope you have a great time down here in a couple weeks!
Those pancakes looked really good 😋 (eating breakfast while watching and wishing we could upgrade ours to this!)
Pass a Grille looks so charming and laid back, love that there’s a dog walking beach, I grew up near one and loved walking our family dog there.
Shame about the rain but knew you two would have a great back up plan! 🍻
Yeah even though we don't have dogs ourselves, we do love that our area is so dog friendly and that we have so many places where we can enjoy the company of other peoples dogs! And yeah while the cloudy/rainy day wasn't the best day for making a video, we really did enjoy that it kept it relatively cool and made walking around town much more enjoyable!
Wow, this beach was way more beautiful than it looked on video, Stopped at the place selling cigars and bought a fantastic Nicaraguan hand-rolled that was fantastic. Rode a bike around Isla del Mar which was also beautiful, thanks for the video. My wife and daughter loved the spa at Don Cesar. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to taking a bike trip down Central Ave,
Yup, we agree. It's hard to capture the beauty of Pass A Grille on video. We're glad to hear that you're experience was as enjoyable as ours have been! We've heard rave reviews about the Spa at Don Cesar from others as well. It's always great to have a good Cigar spot to recommend to people as well! Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Jim.
Omg that is absolutely beautiful. If you didn’t say it was Florida we would have never guessed. I love love it. The water is stunning and inviting. Enjoyed the video.
We do get some pretty gorgeous days down hear in the Tampa/St Pete area. Thanks so much for watching, guys!
Thanks Jamie and Skyler. Love all your videos. Helped us plan our St. Pete Beach vacation, which we just finished today. At Pass a Grill we loved The Hurricane restaurant, which we went to twice (first and last day). Highly recommend it. Keep up the great work. Love your videos from Michigan.
I’m from Michigan, too and they’re making me want to move down there SO bad!
We are just getting started showing you all the things to do down here, Kelly 🙂. We hope you can come experience some of them for yourself sometime. But in the meantime, thanks so much for watching our videos!
Our pleasure! We're so happy to hear that our videos were helpful to you in planning your SPB vacation! That's the primary goal of our channel, so it's great to hear when we do help people to make the most of their vacations! Oh, and we do love the Hurricane too. Hard to beat those views!
It's always nice to go where the locals like to go. I've never heard of Pass A Grille before, so it sounds like a real off the beaten path spot. Sorry you guys didn't have the best weather but cloudy or not this beach is indeed lovely!
We sometimes really do enjoy the beach on a cloudy day. We agree that it's still lovely, just in a different way. But we're still glad we had sunny day footage so people could see it both ways. Thanks so much for the support!
First! Never heard of Pass a Grill Beach. The water looks so clean and beautiful. Being in a less touristy area always helps! You got lucky with the weather being not too sunny. Staying at the historical part is a great suggestion. The sand seems to be unique compared to other beaches. Seems like a fun day!
Yea it is right next to the most touristy beach in our area but isnt nearly as well known! It is a bit of a hidden gem. Thanks for watching guys 😊
Seems like a beautiful beach area! I like that there are no high rises and that they have a dog beach. The prices seemed really reasonable as well - so that's pretty surprising. That burger was massive!! My hubby and I have started sharing foods too so we can taste more ;)
Yeah, we've finally started to realize that if we want to film all day we need to do better with portions lol. Too many times we stuff ourselves and then have no energy for the next several hours. Ordering smaller meals and sharing definitely helps.
Jamie - That's such a cute dress your wearing....... I love it !
There is such a difference to tourist numbers here compared to your more popular spots....I know which one I'll be going to :)
What on earth is that white bird with the yellow feet - Not sure I've seen anything like it before - Looked weird...LOL
That dog was so cute jumping in the water...the owner needs a bigger lead so he has a bit more freedom I think ...LOL
Damn that steak and cheese burger was pretty huge, but looked great ! Such a shame you were visiting this spot on a somewhat gloomy day, but it was vibrant to see the difference from a prior visit at the end. Looks like a nice spot to check out !
Thanks for sharing guys !
The white bird with the yellow feet is called a snow egret. We see them all the time around here, so I guess they look pretty normal to us1 😆. And yeah, that burger was almost too big. I love a big burger, but when it gets too big to fit in your mouth, it's bordering on too big! Thanks so much for the dress compliments. I had purchased it while filming our Lido Key video and this was the first time I had got to wear it!
@@Explorcation Looked up the bird and turns out we don't have them around here...at first I thought it didn't have a neck, but now see other pics...LOL
@@AquariusTraveller lol yeah I can totally see why you though that!
@@Explorcation haha
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We're glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!
What a great beach. Loved the old style buildings and the key lime pie looked so good! You guys are so lucky to have such beautiful beaches nearby. I feel your weather woes... the video I'm editing at the moment was on a not so good weather day, which didn't stop us from having a fun day out at all but it did make the video side of it tricky 😅 It still looked like you had a great day though!
I'm sure you can relate on the weather woes. We actually do really enjoy cloudy days in Florida, especially in the summer when it gives you a nice break from the intense heat. But yeah, it doesn't make for the best looking videos, so we were thankful to have had some footage from a much brighter day!
I was just there on Saturday (9/25). Not too crowded but still a good amount of people around. We just stopped in to see it and had a drink atop Hurricane Seafood at the rooftop bar. Excellent views. Will likely visit this area again the next time I visit St Pete.
We're glad to hear you had a good experience at Pass A Grille. It's honestly hard not too. We agree on the views from the Hurricane. We stopped through there on our first ever visit to Pass A Grille, and always look forward to going back.
Nice travel to Pete beach 8:00 💖💖💖
Thanks so much for watching! We really enjoyed making this one.
I used to work at the Seahorse Restaurant.
Nice! You had a beautiful drive to and from work every day. Thanks so much for watching!
Finally a location I’ve enjoyed BEFORE you have covered it. The only thing I didn’t like about Pass A Grille is that I only allotted 4 hours to my visit. And that almost didn’t happen as we only found 1 open parking spot. It is very high on my visit again list. How you find foods like Shrimp and Grits I don’t know but I really enjoy your food selections.
Only one open parking spot? You definitely didn't visit in the low season like we did! But yeah, even on a busy day Pass-a-Grille is definitely worth the time to visit. We're glad you snagged that last parking spot!
The shrimp and grits was admittedly an unusual breakfast choice. But it was their "most popular dish" so we had to give it a try. We were not disappointed! Thanks for watching, Bob!
Wendy and Love you two ❤️ 🌊🌊🌊🦅
Thanks so much for the continued support, guys!
My favorite beach since 1981
Thanks for sharing, Spencer. We've always heard that Pass A Grille hasn't changed much over the years. I'm sure that's why so many people love it so much!
Thats what Madeira was like back in the late 70's . It was a pretty cool place to live !!!! Not all those high rise condos.
How great it would have been to experience that. We do love Madeira now, but could only imagine how cool it would have been back in the 70's. Thanks for watching, Deb.
I met a beautiful couple on this beach during my solo vaca last week and she gave me the most beautiful shells and sand dollars....she showed me how to sun bleach them and the story of how sand dollars are tied to Christ and His 5 angels. I brought them home and placed them on my shelf....Bamboozle was very overpriced gift shop,,,i recommend going up to St Pete area...they have plenty of souvenir shops reasonably priced. Passe Grille and Anna Maria Island are my fav beach spots so far...I've been told I would like Madira as well...hopefully I can visit soon.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story, Tashia, and thank you for the gift shop recommendations as well. We do think you'll like Madeira Beach too, and we hope you get a chance to check it out sometime soon!
@Explorcation thanks for liking n replying...I love ur page! So inspirational.
@@HernameisSAFFA thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment, we hope you do make it to Madeira soon!
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Thanks so much for watching!
This is exactly what I was looking for! I'm really wanting to move to the area and I was hoping to find a quieter beach that wasn't very touristy. I like how there are no high rises on the beach. This town seems so charming and it's so much more my vibe. I don't think I'll ever get bored if I move to the Tampa Bay area. There's just so much to do! I currently live up north and end up hibernating for winter because I hate the cold. Being inside all day is not good for my soul. I just have to figure out which area is calling to me more (St. Pete, Clearwater, Tampa...how do I choose???) 🤔
We were in your freezing cold shoes about 8 years ago before we quit our jobs, sold our house, and moved down to Florida! We have not regretted it once. We make our videos specifically for people like you who are contemplating vacationing or even moving to our beautiful area of Florida! Knowing you like quieter beaches and the old Florida vibe, you may also like Anna Maria Island, Indian Shores or somewhere further south like Boca Grande. Places a little in-land like Safety Harbor, Palm Harbor, Gulf Port, and Dunedin also have really cool old-Florida vibes. Deciding which is best for you can definitely be a challenge when there are so many great options!
@@Explorcation Thank you so much for all the recommendations and sharing your story! I love watching videos like yours as a way to inspire me. I really love that you talk about prices of parking (at the beach) and prices at certain restaurants. It makes me understand what life there will really be like.
@@tawnykc83 we really appreciate feedback like this Tonya. We're always trying to improve our videos and include more of the information that our viewers are looking for! We can't wait to share more of our story and adventures in the weeks, months, and years to come!
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Thank you for the support, Shawn.
Nice and slow.
Yes, it's a definitely a slower pace down there, and we love it!
Is Sea Critters the same as Red White and Booze?
Yes, new ownership, new name, but similar atmosphere thankfully!
I have been to this beach many times as a local. Where is a good place to stay? I am now a visitor! The blueberry pancakes at Paradise Grill used to be the best!
Hi Kathy! We only live about 15 minutes from Pass a Grille, so we have never had the need to book a hotel out there. Recently we have been making it a goal to stay at more hotels in the area so that we can provide qualified recommendations to our viewers! Hopefully we'll get to stay at some of the hotels on Pass a Grille soon. We did recently stay at the Tradewinds in St. Pete Beach, which is just a few miles to the north. We really enjoyed it, and I believe that they are still offering some good rates right now, so feel free to check out that video if you are interested.
@@Explorcation I saw your trip to Tradewinds and I have had dinner there. I really want at Pass a grill. I think it will be a small local place.
@@kathyhicks810 yea you are right, I think there are only smaller places to stay on Pass A Grill. I know we have seen places like Inn on the Beach, Coconut Inn and Island's End, but unfortunately we don't have personal experience staying at any. Those might be a good start to look into though!
@@Explorcation I recognize those names. Thank you!
The Merry Pier is named after a guy last name “Merry”
Thanks so much for watching and for sharing this interesting information!
Is Sea Critters Cafe now called Red, White and Booze?
I believe you are correct, we've not made it there yet since the change in ownership.
@@Explorcation it looked so quaint...be interesting to see how much they changed it.
What is your favorite town so far?
Are you talking favorite Florida town in the Tampa St Pete area? Favorite town in Florida? Or Favorite town in the entire country/world? We probably have different answers for each 😄
@@Explorcation Favorite town to live in Florida.
We've only lived in two places in Florida. Sarasota and St. Pete. We loved them both, but our current residence in downtown St. Pete has been our favorite.
We also really love Longboat Key and Pass A Grille. While they are both quite expensive, they are nice, quiet beach towns that we could definitely see ourselves living someday when we're older!
The beach is so skinny
Yeah, it's definitely on the more narrow side.