Riviera Dunes Dockside

Riviera Dunes Dockside wins awards for brunch, seafood, and outdoor dining because the setting does half the work: you're genuinely on the water at a working marina. The menu is coastal-casual (fresh seafood, nothing pretentious), the patio is enormous, and they actually book live music year-round on weekends plus weekdays in peak season. Go if you want the Florida postcard experience without the tourist trap markup.

Saturday or Sunday morning for brunch with water views and no crowds yet, or Friday evening when live music starts and the patio fills but the kitchen isn't slammed.

The outside bar area is first-come, first-serve with hi-top and low-top tables—skip the wait for a table and post up there with a drink if the main dining room is packed.

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