Flora-Bama keeps Escambia's state-line music story loud
Flora-Bama gives Perdido Key and Escambia County a state-line beach bar, music, and Gulf Coast gathering story that reaches back to 1964.
Flora-Bama is one of those places where the state line becomes part of the story.
Its roots go back to 1964, when the Tampary family opened the Flora-Bama Liquor Store after the Perdido Pass Bridge changed the beach map. Joe Gilchrist bought the place in 1978, and music, beach crowds, locals, visitors, and Gulf Coast weather all helped turn it into a landmark.
For Escambia County, it adds a rowdier kind of local color than a quiet beach walk. The place sits right at the Florida-Alabama line, so people do not talk about it like a normal bar. They talk about it as a meeting point, a music stop, a beach memory, and a little state-line ritual.
Check current hours, event age rules, parking, cover charges, weather, and transportation before going. It can be fun, but it is still a busy night-out plan, so make the ride home part of the plan too.
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