Courtside Grille
Courtside Grille is the Gateway area's sports grill, opening at 11 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and noon on Sundays.
Over 50 St. Pete: Gateway
The far north end of the city, out by the Gandy Bridge and the office parks. The draw is the water: a tiki bar you can reach by boat and a no-frills crab house on the shoreline.
Crab Shack Restaurant
The Crab Shack is the no-frills seafood house on the St. Petersburg side of the Gandy. Visit St. Pete-Clearwater describes cracked crab, shrimp, frog legs and alligator in an informal room.
HaleLife Bakery & Bistro
HaleLife opened in 2017 as a dedicated kitchen that bakes without the top eight allergens: no gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts other than coconut, or shellfish, checked 'down to the manufacturer'. Everything is vegan and gluten free. The bakery says it has had no reported reactions since opening and that USA Today named it a top gluten free bakery in 2023, 2024 and 2025. It also has rooms in Tampa and Dunedin, and I Love the Burg reported a HaleLife Bistro at 2450 5th Ave S in the Warehouse Arts District.
The Getaway
A tiki bar and restaurant on the water at the St. Pete end of the Gandy Bridge, tagged by its own site with #comebylandorbysea. Suncoast Family Fun puts it first on its Pinellas list because tables sit on the sand where children can dig, and an old boat ramp lets them play at the water's edge with a table beside it. The own site books weddings, rehearsal dinners and birthdays under the tikis.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.