The idea for Florida Beach Bar began at a beach bar. Big surprise! When John and Chris Sancin moved to Florida from Cleveland in 2004, they started taking weekend convertible rides to local beach bars joking that it was their goal to find the best beach bars around. One weekend the couple ended up at a beach bar with friends. During the course of conversation they thought it might be a good idea to visit all the beach bars in Florida and share the list on a web site.
After considerable research, they found that some people had a similar pastime, and many were interested in finding a good Florida beach bar. They continued their convertible rides and within 90 days traveled the entire coastline of Florida visiting every beach bar or beach restaurant along the way. During that same period of time they built and launched FloridaBeachBar.com, a web site that lists the top beach bars in Florida.
Since the launching of FloridaBeachBar.com, the couple has visited, reviewed, and listed over 200 Florida Beach Bars. During that same time period, the interest in FloridaBeachBar.com continued to grow with tens of thousands of people visiting the site. Those same visitors often recommend new beach bars to add to Florida Beach Bar's list. Searchers on the Internet looking for a good beach bar in Florida find FloridaBeachBar.com at the top of search engine results on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.
Visitors to the FloridaBeachBar.com often share a common passion for enjoying the food, music, and waterside atmosphere that is characteristic of a great beach bar. One group of visitors created their own "challenge" to see who among them could visit all the Florida Beach Bars on the list. Today this group of seven couples is making their way around the state visiting the best beach bars in Florida.
 In 2011, FloridaBeachBar.com visitors were asked vote on their favorite beach bars. The beach bars with the most votes were included in a list of finalists. Those beach bars were rated against Florida Beach Bar's criteria for a top beach bar; Proximity to the Beach or Water, Food and Drinks, Live Music, and Beach Bar Factors and Features. The combination of votes and ratings was used to produce Florida Beach Bar's first annual list of the Top 10 Florida Beach Bars.
The couple is often on the road throughout the state traveling to beach communities and spending time at the local beach bars. Who knew there were so many great Florida beach bars?
Our mission is simple; "Be the top web site for information about Florida Beach Bars. Support the web site by offering advertising to bars and businesses that target beach bar patrons."
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Every beach bar included on the site is visited by Florida Beach Bar. |
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Third party evaluations or comments are considered but not used to rate beach bars. |
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Beach bars are rated by an established set of objective criteria that include proximity to a beach, live entertainment and hours offered, food, and other characteristics of a top beach bar. |
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A mathematical model is used to determine the final rating of each bar. It's as serious as we get about the ratings and our attempt to be consistent and objective. |
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The evaluation process is ongoing. Bars are continually added to the list. |
The Pink Flamingo (Pinkie) is Florida Beach Bar's mascot and spokesperson. You'll see her in some of our bar pictures, and she even has her own Facebook page.
In her honor, Pink flamingos are used to rate bars (5 Pink Flamingos is our top rating). Pink Flamingos are also used to mark the location of Florida Beach Bars on our maps.
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