Florida's Oldest Bar
The Palace Saloon
Historic Downtown
The Shipcaptain's Bar since 1903. Hand-carved mahogany, painted murals, live music every day, and the World Famous Pirate's Punch.
Est. 1903Live music dailyPirate's Punch
Fernandina Beach · Amelia Island, Florida
One island. Seven ways to spend the night.
From the oldest bar in Florida to a beach deck on South Fletcher, we have been pouring on Amelia Island since 1903. Find what is open, plan your route, and we will see you at the bar.
1903Est. at the Palace
5Bars & lounges
4Bottle shops
1Working distillery
Live on the island
What's open right now
Checked against island time, updated the second you load the page. No more guessing whether the kitchen light is still on.
Hours shown are regular hours. Holidays, private events and live music nights can change them, so call ahead for a large group.
The Collection
Every room has a different reason to be there
A chill day by the beach, a girl's night out, a place with real nightlife, or a bottle for the porch. Pick your mood and we have the address.
Wine, Craft Beer & Cocktail Lounge
The Decantery
Historic Downtown
The island's premier wine lounge. Rare bottles, self-pour dispensing machines, homemade desserts, and a private back room for showers and small parties.
Rare winesSelf-pour tapsPrivate room
Fernandina's Favorite Beach Bar
Hammerhead Beach Bar
Amelia Island Beachfront
Come party on the deck. Salt air, cold drinks, and the ocean across the road, open every single day of the year.
Open 365 daysDeck seatingSteps to the sand
Craft Cocktails & High-End Bourbon
The Goat
Lofton Square
Ten-plus years on this side of the island. A relaxed room built for craft cocktails, good wine, and a bourbon shelf worth the drive.
Bourbon listCraft cocktails10+ years
Sports Bar & Late Night
Uncle Charlie's
Fernandina Beach
Game on every screen, then the DJ takes over. The late-night room when the rest of the island starts winding down.
Every gameDJ Fri & SatLate night
A1A Spirits Tasting Room
Marlin & Barrel Distillery
8th Street
Small-batch rum, vodka, gin, bourbon and cellos, distilled on 8th Street. Book a guided flight, drink a cocktail, take a bottle home.
Tasting flightsToursBottles to go
Four Bottle Shops in Nassau County
Amelia Liquors
North · South · Wildlight · Yulee
The best selection of beer, wine and spirits in Nassau County, at four locations. Now on DoorDash if you would rather not leave the porch.
4 locationsDoorDash deliverySpecial orders
Do it properly
The Amelia Island bar crawl
Six stops, one island, no rideshare surge between the first three. Print it, screenshot it, or hand it to the group chat.
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5:00 pm
Marlin & Barrel Distillery
Start at the source. A guided flight of rum, gin and bourbon made two blocks off Centre Street. Taste it before you drink it all night.
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6:30 pm
The Decantery
Something with a cork. Walk to Centre Street and pour your own from the dispensing machines. Rare bottles, cheese, and a dessert you did not plan on.
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8:00 pm
The Palace Saloon
The one everyone came for. Florida's oldest bar. Order the Pirate's Punch at the mahogany bar, stay for whoever is playing.
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10:00 pm
Uncle Charlie's
Every game, every screen. Catch the end of the game, then the DJ takes over on Friday and Saturday.
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Tomorrow, noon
Hammerhead Beach Bar
Salt air cure. Fifteen minutes to South Fletcher. Deck, ocean, cold drink, no shoes required.
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Before you go
Amelia Liquors
Take the island home. Four locations across Nassau County, plus DoorDash if the porch is winning.
Downtown stops 1 and 2 are a short walk apart. Hammerhead and Lofton Square are a short drive. Please plan a designated driver.
Since 1903
We did not invent the Amelia Island night. We just never closed.
Between 1880 and 1910, Fernandina's docks were among the busiest in the South, and more than twenty saloons lined the harbor district. Only one earned the title of the Shipcaptain's Bar.
That room is still standing on Centre Street, and it still opens at eleven. Everything else we have built since then, the wine lounge upstairs of the same block, the beach deck on South Fletcher, the still on 8th Street, comes from the same idea: a place for everyone, on an island that has always run on hospitality.
A place for everyone. Amelia Island Hospitality Group
- 1878The Centre Street building goes up as a haberdashery.
- 1903Louis G. Hirth converts it into a saloon. The Palace becomes the Shipcaptain's Bar.
- TodayLive entertainment daily, and the World Famous Pirate's Punch still leaves the bar by the tray.
- NowFive bars, four Amelia Liquors bottle shops, and A1A Spirits distilled on the island.
Groups & buyouts
Rehearsal dinners, reunions, and the company party you actually want to attend
Wedding weekend on the island? Bachelorette? Sales kickoff? We have rooms for twelve and rooms for two hundred, on the beach or on Centre Street.
What we can host
- The Decantery back room — bridal and baby showers, conferences, birthday parties, wine-led tastings.
- Distillery tastings — guided flights and cocktail classes at Marlin & Barrel on 8th Street.
- Beach deck takeovers — Hammerhead for welcome parties and day-after brunch crowds.
- Downtown crawls — a hosted route across the Centre Street venues with drink tickets.
- Bulk & special orders — Amelia Liquors can order in what your bar needs.
Why groups book with us
- One phone call covers every venue on the island instead of five separate ones.
- Our own distillery means custom cocktails and branded bottles for the guest gift bags.
- Walkable downtown venues, so the group stays together and nobody drives.
- Merch and swag through our online store for welcome bags and staff shirts.
Group and event sales: jamie@theaihg.com
Hammerhead events: derek@theaihg.com
Wear the island home
Palace Saloon tees, Hammerhead hats and the rest of the AIHG collection ship from our online store.
Say hello
Tell us what you are planning
Large table, private room, wedding weekend, or just a question about hours. Send it over and the right manager will answer.
Straight lines
- The Palace Saloon
(904) 491-3332 · 117 Centre Street - Hammerhead Beach Bar
(814) 397-4636 · 2045 S Fletcher Ave - Marlin & Barrel Distillery
(904) 534-6984 · 232 S 8th Street - Group & event sales
jamie@theaihg.com
Follow the venues on Facebook and Instagram for live music line-ups, drink features and event nights.
Also worth knowing
- All venues are 21+ with valid ID.
- Amelia Liquors delivers through DoorDash across Nassau County.
- Merch, gift cards and welcome-bag orders run through the AIHG store.
- Want the live-music line-up? Join the mailing list.