The flagship of the Frenchy’s empire on Clearwater Beach and a Top 10 Florida Beach Bar multiple times over, Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill sits directly on the sand with the Gulf right in front and cold drinks in your hand. Michael “Frenchy” Preston built this institution from a single café in 1981, and the famous Super Grouper sandwich (fried, blackened, or Cajun-style on an onion bun) is still the reason most people make the pilgrimage. Ask about stone crab when in season (October–April); they’re not on the menu but locals know to ask. She crab soup, garlic crab fries, and the best Rum Runners on the beach round out the case for why Frenchy’s is the definitive Clearwater Beach experience.
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