Date Night
Café Margaux
Historic Cocoa Village
A longtime special-occasion restaurant in Cocoa Village with a refined European/French tilt and strong date-night energy.
SPACE COASTHOT
DINNER • DRINKS • AFTER DARK
Eat first. Stay out.
Not a giant restaurant directory. These are night-out anchors: waterfront drinks, date-night dinners, breweries and spots that make sense before or after the main event.
DINNER ANCHORS
Start the night here.
Use these as a launch point, then check the venue itself for current hours, reservations and specials.
Seafood & Steak
Florida's Fresh Grill
Cocoa Beach
A polished Cocoa Beach dinner choice with a seafood-and-steak focus and a strong reputation for visitors and locals alike.
Waterfront
Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill
Port Canaveral
Cruise-ship views, an upstairs tiki feel and the kind of lively harbor energy that makes Port Canaveral fun even when you are not cruising.
Waterfront
Grills Seafood Deck & Tiki Bar
Port Canaveral
A classic dock-and-deck Space Coast stop for seafood, tiki-bar atmosphere, live music and ship watching.
Brewpub
Playalinda Brewing Company
Titusville
A large Titusville brewpub with an industrial-modern feel, house beer, food, a beer garden and frequent community programming.
Brewpub
Hell 'n Blazes Brewing Company
Downtown Melbourne
A downtown Melbourne brewery and gastropub with a large tap list, cocktails, food and a natural place in a downtown night out.
Brewery
Intracoastal Brewing Company
Eau Gallie
An EGAD microbrewery with rotating house beers, a community-driven calendar and a strong fit with gallery nights and local events.
KEEP IT GOING
After-dinner spots.
Open a venue profile for the current official-site link and the details worth checking before heading out.
Jazz • Date Night
Heidi's Jazz Club
Cocoa Beach
An old-school Cocoa Beach jazz-club experience pairing live performances with dinner and a more dressed-up night out.
Open venue profile →Beach Bar • Live Music
Sandbar Sports Grill
Cocoa Beach
A high-energy Cocoa Beach institution for sports, live music, casual food and a crowd that can roll late into the night.
Open venue profile →Oceanfront • Live Music
Lou's Blues
Indialantic
A long-running beachfront bar-and-grill with Atlantic views, frequent music and the classic casual Space Coast bar feel.
Open venue profile →Pub • Live Music
Mainstreet Pub
Downtown Melbourne
A downtown Melbourne staple with multiple bar spaces and a day-to-night personality that gets livelier as the evening goes on.
Open venue profile →Craft Beer • EGAD
Intracoastal Brewing Company
Eau Gallie
A natural anchor for an Eau Gallie night with beer, weekly programming, markets and an easy walk to the arts district.
Open venue profile →Brewpub • Downtown
Hell 'n Blazes Brewing Company
Downtown Melbourne
Craft beer, cocktails and food in the middle of downtown Melbourne — an easy first stop or last stop.
Open venue profile →Waterfront • Tiki
Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill
Port Canaveral
A lively waterfront bar with cruise-ship views and an upstairs deck that feels unmistakably Port Canaveral.
Open venue profile →Tiki • Live Music
Grills Seafood Deck & Tiki Bar
Port Canaveral
Waterfront drinks, seafood and live music at Sunrise Marina with the port moving around you.
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