What is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in SoWal?

[Lake View Too]

I can't say for sure about Nick's, but, summoning all the brain cells I have left, Junie MCGee started the cafe in the back of what is now called The Seagrove Village Market some time around 1983 or so. About the same time, give or take a year, The Seaside Grill was started, which later became Bud & Alley's. Someone mentioned Buster's but that was after "The New 98 Emerald Coast Parkway" was built, and that was certainly way, way after 1983. Can someone come up with a starting point for Angelina's?

 

[BJackson]

Nick's on the Bay opened in their present building in 1963.

 

[Lake View Too]

Found out today that Angelina's has only been here since 1993. Time keeps on slipping, slipping, into the future...

 

[Kurt]

Nick's on the Bay opened in their present building in 1963.

Good one! Were they always "Nick's On The Bay"?

 

[Arkiehawg]

Good one! Were they always "Nick's On The Bay"?

Yes, since 1963. Frank and Hattie Nick bought the location in 1956 and built the current restaurant in 1963 and named it Nicks Seafood Restaurant...

 

[Kurt]

Here's the SoWal article and photos:
http://www.SoWal.com/story/nicks-seafood-restaurant-is-the-real-deal

Is Nick's be the oldest restaurant in SoWal, regardless of of location?