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O'Steen's Restaurant has been serving fresh seafood to St. Augustine locals and visitors alike for 57 years. St. Augustine spot named one of the ‘15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Florida’ Skip ...
12306 46th Ave. W., Cortez; 941-794-1243; starfishcompany.com An Old Florida gem located on north Sarasota Bay in the commercial fishing village of Cortez, Star Fish Company places diners at ...
The St. Augustine Record is a daily morning newspaper published in St. Augustine, Florida. The newspaper was founded in 1894 and is owned by Gannett as of November 2019. During the 1920s the Record Company, as it was then named, published a series of well-regarded Florida county histories.
Scarlett O'Hara's, a longtime restaurant and bar on the corner of Hypolita and Cordova streets in downtown St. Augustine, was a major player in the city's nightlife. The business next door, Dos ...
The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
The Historic Public Market, historically known as the Old Slave Market, Old Spanish Market or Public Market is a historic open-air market building in St. Augustine, Florida in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was frequently photographed and marketed as a kind of "heritage tourism" landmark.
At the close of the American Revolution, Florida and St. Augustine were returned to Spain by the 1783 Treaty of Paris. General Nathanael Greene visited Government House in 1784, [ 3 ] hosted for an elaborate seven-course meal by Governor Vicente Manuel de Zéspedes .
The Hotel Ponce de Leon, also known as The Ponce, was a luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler. Built between 1885–1887, the winter resort opened in January 1888.