Our local Lanier Lakeside favorite restaurants that can be reached by BOAT or car.
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Lanier Islands Pkwy/Buford PELICAN PETE’S
Port Royale Drive/ Gainesville This floating tiki bar and grill is open during the summer at Port Royale Marina and primarily serves seafood, sandwiches and salads. • 8800 Port Royale Drive. Gainesville • pelicanpetes.com | 770-887-5715 PIG TALES
Lights Ferry Rd/Flowery Branch This outdoor bar offers classics like pulled pork sandwiches and burgers along with cocktails, frozen drinks and its signature Tales Ale. a Kolsch-style beer with notes of pear, on draft. • 6800 Lights Ferry Road, Flowery Branch • pigtaleslakelanier.com | 678-828-7676 FISH TALES
Mitchell Street/Flowery Branch As the name suggests, this lakeside restaurant offers seafood, including tuna poke nachos, clam strips and fried grouper fingers. There’s a sandbox for the kids and cold drinks for the adults. • 6330 Mitchell St., Flowery Branch • fishtaleslakelanier.com |770-9673775 |
LANDSHARK BAR & GRILL
Lanier Islands Pkwy/ Buford Several restaurants are located at the Margaritaville resort, including Bullfrog's for casual American cuisine and L Bar for convenient handcrafted beverage options. There’s also the Tiki Bar and Shark Shack at the beachside Chill Zone. • 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford • margaritavilleresorts.com/ margaritaville-at-lanier-islands SKOGIE’S LAKEFRONT RESTAURANT
Dawsonville Hwy/ Gainesville Located inside Gainesville Marina, this restaurant offers outdoor and indoor dining and a menu featuring shrimp, crab and Skogies’ signature grouper sandwich. Open seasonally, the restaurant also delivers food out to boats docking at the marina. • 2151 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville • skogieslakefrontrestaurant.us I 678-450-1310 SMOKEY Q
Bald Ridge Marina Rd/ Cumming |
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