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Liesel Schmidt |

 

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Dee Horton Photography

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here’s a lot of great grub on the menu at The Point 
restaurant in Perdido Key, but one of this joint’s main 
claims to fame doesn’t actually have anything to do with 
the talent of the chef working magic in the kitchen—it has 

to do with the talent up on stage and the locally-grown musicians who 
showcase their tunes every night to a crowd hungry to eat and hungry to 
listen. 

The Point is by no means a newcomer to the Key. In fact, this 

seafood shack is a landmark of sorts, having dug its place in the sand 
more than six decades ago. It’s seen many a face come and go…And 
come back again, time after time—for their tasty dishes, of course. 
But also to spend time on the other side of the table as generation after 
generation of locals worked the dining room and ran trays of food, 
getting their feet wet in the working world and becoming part of The 

Point’s history. 

For local girl Christina Waller, The Point was an 

immutable part of the scenery, as well, having been 
a frequent diner since childhood and also a former 
employee. So, when the original owner told her two years 
ago that he might have to close, she took the news to her 
father and proposed a plan that would save the restaurant 
and keep The Point going strong. 

Since then, Christina and her father George have done 

little to The Point other than hitting the refresh button, 
adding a few items to an already fantastic menu while 
keeping the original recipes on the burner, and remodeling 
the restaurant to clean it up and enhance things. But 
they have made one change of note—they’ve cranked 
up the volume and made The Point a true music scene, 

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