St. Augustine, FL recommendations for restaurants and activities, please
 

We are spending a week in St Augustine, FL and appreciate all recommendations for restaurants and things to do. Thank you.

One of my favorites in St.Augustine is the 95 Cordova in the Casa Monica hotel. Great food! One of the best steaks that I have ever had.
The Columbia Restaurant also has good food.
Try www.oldcity.com for listings of all attractions, restaturants etc. Good site.

Be sure to hit the Beachcomber Restaurant. A real hole-in-the-wall, on the beach --- around "A" streein in St. Aug. Beach. Great fried shrimp --- nothing fancy, but good good! We also liked Cortesse's Bistro --- upscale, but great food (try the artichoke soup). It is in town, near the old fort.

Don't miss the Ripley's museum, St. Augustine is the home of the best one. We went 3 years ago and the kids are still raving about it. Also take a tour of the little catholic church/museum and also the preserved settlement house and grounds.

This is from my daughter, who lives near St Augustine:)
Restaurants:
Gyspy Cab Company
Ditto- 95 Cordova in the Casa Monica.
Things to do:
Ghost Walk at night would be fun.
A Carriage ride in the evening.
The Fort
Walk to the Lighthouse.
Shop and eat in the historic district.
Walk in the Oldtown~

We loved the Gypsy Cab Co. They have a website you can check out.

It is very touristy, but I like the Columbia restaurant in the old historic but very tourist trap area. Good spanish food and sangria.

I haven't been to St. Augustine in a few years, but I remember Raintree as being one of the best restaurants in the area. I'll also add to the recommendations for Columbia, which at one time had a great list of older Rioja Reservas and Gran Reservas.

For old timey FL seafood, you can not beat OSteens! I don't know the exact location, but you cross teh Bridge of Lions going out of the old town. Osteens will be on teh right hand side of the road, and if you hit the putt putt golf, lighthouse, or the alligator farm you've gone to far.
They have the BEST buttermilk fried shirmp with "down home cooking" that you will find in St Aug. They don't take credit cards though, but the food is cheap. If you get there much after 5 you will be guaranteed a 45 min wait (well worth it) and it is a favorite with the locals!

We used to go there every summer (I lived in Jax) and to be honest, as kids we would beg and plead to go to Ripleys, the old fort, and all the rest of the tourist traps there, and every summer eventually our parents would give in. Once we were there though we never enjoyed it as much as we were anticipating it. Much more fun to stay on the beach for the maj of our trip and only venture into the old town once during the week...

The A1A Alehouse just south of the historic district near the Bridge of Lions offers second floor outside balcony seating and excellent food plus they brew their own beer. It is always busy so go early for an outside seat and view of the waterway and historic area activities. The beaches are great for biycling but remember that cars are permitted so be careful.

We were in St. Augustine's several years ago in January, and sitting on the A1A Alehouse balcony overlooking the Bridge of Lions and the bay was like being in a postcard. The beer was good too.

There is a restaurant/tavern upstairs over a gift shop at the end of Old Town near the fort. It's a nice place to stop for a drink and something to eat (burger-type fare); they tend to have music at nite. Rustic, open-air feeling. Look for the waterwheel.