Amelia Island restaurants

Amelia – a marsh and forest island in a brackish estuary that feeds into the Atlantic – has an incredible wealth of fish, game and produce, and this bounty is treated with love at Burlingame, which serves up seasona…

Dine on classic French dishes with a light Florida twist – fish with citrus glazes, tender steak frites, shatteringly crisp crème brûlée – at this almost-too-cute-for-words but almost-too-busy-to-be-romantic patio b…

Lobster corn dogs, sweet-tea-brined pork chops, homemade doughnut-bread pudding and coffee ice cream – we're in business. Tucked into a pale-purple cottage, this neo-Southern bistro takes culinary risks and executes…

This funky side-street favorite serves a large and eclectic menu of sandwiches, soups, salads and healthy treats in a sprawling two-story space with a shady patio hung with twinkling Christmas lights. Have a crab-ca…

Celebrity Top Chef Kenny Gilbert's Underground Kitchen has sleepy Amelia Island abuzz with culinary glee. Feast on inventive Southern-soul hybrid dishes such as alligator barbecue ribs, noodles with collard green pe…

Inside an Exxon gas station, this high-carb, high-fat, low-pretense diner and takeout joint is worth the cholesterol spike. Revered by locals, the big breakfasts are just that, and daily specials sell out fast. Juic…

This may be as far north as you can get good Cuban food in Florida (yes, yes, we realize there's still Cuban food in the rest of the country). Have a hot Café Cubano, then down a classic Cuban sandwich hot off the p…