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With
Admiral Flounder
We at Flounder's are proud of our
antiques, Objects d'Art and fleet of Boats. We hope you enjoy and
appreciate them as much as we enjoyed finding them for you. The
beautiful and
colorful fan-shaped
stain glass which is the focal point of our
bar and the stained glass panels that
form the large entry way screen come
from a convent in upstate New York. Over the bar you will see the huge hand-carved oak threshold
apex which
once graced the old St. Charles Hotel
in New Orleans. The large door-like carved oak sections and the other three
pieces
at the end of the dining room are sections of confessional booth (ah, the
stories they
could tell. . .) from a church in New Orleans. The magnificent
turn-of-the-century
Brass Chandelier in the center of our dining area once hung in the ballroom
of The Palace Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. In the windows are rare beveled glass
panels and authentic European stained glass Pub Windows. Up in the loft you'll find everything from British pub signs to the rear
end of a real Corvette. Some of the more notable items are antique trunk previously
owned by silent screen actress Hattie Carter; the late Nelson B. Hamilton's
classical tuba and our collection of authentic moonshine stills from Santa
Rosa County. Nearby a cypress skiff built in 1930 to hunt in the marshes of the west of us on Pensacola Beach.
As you approach the building you surely notice FLOUNDER our 55 foot
steel-hulled Shrimp Boat. This grand vessel complete with nets, trawling
sleds,
mast and rigging weighs over 30 tons. She was commissioned in the early part
of the century in Bayou La Batre and shrimped from Galveston to the Florida
Keys.
On Flounder's Beach you will find an actual 15-foot Cuban Raft, with a
Russian built engine, which carried 27 illegal refugees 85 miles across the Gulf
from Cuba to Key West.
As you can see,
Flounder's Promises you a uniquely interesting and warm atmosphere with
excellent Food and Drinks prepared by friendly employees who Give a Damn!!
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