29-03-2025
New must-visit Downtown Panama City businesses
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – If you look past the construction, Downtown Panama City is as cool and creative as ever. You can complete every item on your to-do list without leaving downtown.
Starting with a coffee.
'So my wife is the herbalist, and she's the green thumb plant lady. That's her passion. She's the one who really makes the shop look cool. I'm into coffee and food, and she's into everything else. So, together, I think we make a really good team, and we're just excited to bring our passion here to downtown,' Wild Root owner & operator Eric Marcus said.
With another shop in Lynn Haven, Wild Root owners are excited to have some roots in the downtown community.
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'We're trying to do things a little bit different. There's a lot of offices here, so we're trying to do a grab-and-go on the menu. We had this item on the menu called Bob Marley, of all things. It is sourdough bread with cottage cheese, apricot jam, a little balsamic glaze, and mold on salt on top of it. It's great,' Marcus said.
While Marcus says there's risk any time you open a business, he's confident the neighborhood's coffee, plant, and food lovers will support the aesthetic shop.
Now that you're caffeinated, it's time to run some errands.
'It's a neighborhood pop-in. It's a place you can go in and grab a roll of toilet paper or some WD-40 or a gift for a baby shower. We have fresh produce, we serve beer and wine, heavy focus on local,' Revival House owner & operator Rachel Davis said.
The Revival House general store opened on March 15th and has already become a go-to spot.
Davis says she hopes the revival house will be a space you can stay for either five minutes or five hours.
'We want it to be a place that people can come in and grab something quick and head to the house or head to a dinner party or had to work or you can sit down and work. You can grab a cup of coffee, you can grab a nice cold beer at the end of your day if you like to,' Davis added.
At this point, you may have enjoyed a draft beer at Revival House and thought, I want another. The Local 115 has local beer, local sports, and oysters.
Owner Kyle Vandergrift says the restaurant and bar pays homage to athletes and coaches who have made a difference in the community over the last 70 years.
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If you're looking for some fine wines and more of a gourmet experience, all you have to do is walk around the corner. Upon entering Somethin's Cookin' Downtown, you'll feel like you just stepped into the pages of a cookbook.
'We're going to actually start opening Friday and Saturday for dinner. We're basically a lunch place now, but we do cooking classes, we've got plenty of wine, we do our homemade breads, we got soups, we do wine tastings, probably spring night like every other Thursday night, but Friday and Saturday nights like it just gives you a new opportunity for something else deep in between Ferruccis and a sports bar you know, kind of kind of fit the bill in the middle,' Somethin's Cookin owners & operators Ted & Beth Holland said.
To learn more about Somethin's Cookin' Downtown, click here. For more on Local 115, click here.
For more information on The Revival House General Store, click here. And for Wild Root details, click here.
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