Tortuga Jack’s

Walk-off-the-beach oceanfront bar at the historic Jekyll Island Club Resort — cocktails, covered patio, and Golden Isles coastal energy without the crowds.

The Federal Reserve System was secretly drafted at this exact resort in 1910, and one-sixth of the world’s wealth once gathered under this roof, a cold drink here comes with genuinely startling historical weight attached.

Jekyll’s maritime forest and Gilded Age history already do most of the work, and Driftwood Bistro adds a properly good, locally-sourced meal to complete the whole package.

Cold oysters and live blues from the Deep South tradition Georgia has always nurtured, Rafters takes both halves of its name equally seriously.

Fresh oysters straight from Georgia coastal waters, cold beer, and honest Low Country hospitality, the Half Shell keeps St. Simons Island’s raw bar tradition exactly as unpretentious as it should be.