Eight stops within 15 minutes of the dock
Homosassa Waterfront Restaurants
Homosassa has eight waterfront restaurants and bars within a 15-minute boat ride of River Safaris. Rent a pontoon and visit one — or all of them.
Eating by boat is one of the reasons people keep coming back to Old Homosassa. You can tie up, eat on the deck, and be back on the river before the afternoon gets away from you.
Closest to the dock
Monkey Bar at Florida Cracker
The closest restaurant to River Safaris, at the junction of Pepper Creek and the Homosassa River. It is open from breakfast to dinner and serves everything from pizza and burgers to ice cream, with a full bar.
The Monkey Bar has been an Old Homosassa destination for decades, largely because it overlooks Monkey Island — you can eat lunch and watch the monkeys at the same time.
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The Shed at Macraes
The Shed at Macraes is an even older Old Homosassa waterfront bar. Expect traditional bar food — chicken fingers, burgers — and live music on the weekends.
The bar is beer and wine only, and there is a bait shop and cabins on the property, which tells you most of what you need to know about the place.
Also on the water: Crumps, Sassa Style, The Freezer, Margarita Grill, Seagrass and Manatee Pub. That makes eight stops within a 15-minute boat ride of our dock. Hours, menus and dock space change with the season, so call ahead before you cast off.
How to do a boat bar crawl
Rent a pontoon
Half day from $220, full day from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. One sober driver, everybody else on holiday.
Or book a captain
A custom river cruise means nobody has to drive. The captain knows every dock and every no-wake zone.
Know the rules
Alcohol is fine on pontoons, never for the driver, and not allowed on airboats. Keep it to cans and plastic — no glass on the river.
Boat to lunch.
Reserve a pontoon and build your own waterfront crawl, or book a custom cruise and let the captain drive.