AIHG / The Palace Saloon
Est. 1903 · 117 Centre StreetBelly up to the mahogany where ship captains drank. Live entertainment every day, the World Famous Pirate's Punch, and a room that has not needed to reinvent itself in over a century.
Between 1880 and 1910, Fernandina's docks were among the busiest in the South. More than twenty saloons served the harbor district, and only one bore the distinction of being the Shipcaptain's Bar. That was the Palace.
The building went up in 1878 as a haberdashery. In 1903, Louis G. Hirth turned it into a saloon, and it has been pouring ever since. The hand-carved bar, the murals, the pressed-tin ceiling: none of it is a reproduction. It is simply what has been here the whole time.
Come in at noon for a quiet beer under the fans, or at eleven at night when the band is up and Centre Street is full. Both are the real Palace.
It goes out by the tray, it turns a table of strangers into a table of friends, and it is the single most photographed thing in this building. Order one, then order a second one more slowly.
| Monday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Tuesday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Wednesday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Thursday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Friday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Saturday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
| Sunday | 11:00am – 2:00am |
Holiday hours and private events can change this. Call ahead if you are bringing a crowd.
Rehearsal dinners, bachelor and bachelorette weekends, reunions, company trips. The Palace anchors a downtown that you can walk end to end, and the Decantery is right there when the group wants wine instead.
It has operated as a saloon at 117 Centre Street since 1903, when Louis G. Hirth converted the 1878 haberdashery building into a bar. Fernandina's harbor district had more than twenty saloons between 1880 and 1910, and the Palace was the one known as the Shipcaptain's Bar.
Our house punch, and the reason a lot of people walk through the door. It leaves the bar by the tray. Ask the bartender what is in it and see how far you get.
Live entertainment daily. Follow @thepalacesaloon on Instagram or the Palace Saloon 1903 page on Facebook for the current line-up.
For groups, buyouts, rehearsal dinners and wedding-weekend parties, email jamie@theaihg.com and we will put the right manager on it.
Street parking runs along Centre Street and the surrounding blocks, with public lots a short walk away. On busy weekends, park once and walk the downtown venues, the Decantery and Uncle Charlie's are both close by.
21 and over with valid ID. Please drink responsibly and plan a ride home.
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