AJ's in Grayton Beach History

Beach Comber

Jan 28, '23 · 12:35 PM3,824

I think it was called Pandora's at one time.
Settle a bet..............was it ever called Palapa's?

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SoWal Insider

Jan 28, '23 · 1:21 PM#2

It definitely had one or two names before Pandora’s. I’m pretty sure Palapas was one of them. Palapa is a general term for a thatch covered hut and that’s what it was originally. Seems like it also had a name involving “kangaroo” at one time but my brain is pretty foggy on that part.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 28, '23 · 2:06 PM#3

Palapas was the sandwich shop at Patrone's just down the street.

Beach Comber

Nov 3, '23 · 1:59 PM#4

I think it was called Pandora's at one time.
Settle a bet..............was it ever called Palapa's?

Yes, it was called Palapa’s. There was a guy that used to play music there and I think his name was Rusty.

SoWal Insider

Nov 4, '23 · 8:50 AM#5

Ye

Yes, it was called Palapa’s. There was a guy that used to play music there and I think his name was Rusty.

Rusty Hammersmith, or something like that. He was Australian. And I’ve heard a rumor that Keith Urban played there before he hit the big time.

SWGB

Nov 4, '23 · 11:09 AM#6

Rusty Hammersmith, or something like that. He was Australian. And I’ve heard a rumor that Keith Urban played there before he hit the big time.

Someone might have confused him for Brian Kelley.

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '23 · 11:27 AM#7

I do miss the occasional steak dinner nights at Pandoras

SWGB

Nov 4, '23 · 12:17 PM#8

I do miss the occasional steak dinner nights at Pandoras

Center cut filet, t-bone and the prime rib special. :ThereUsedToBeADroolEmoji:

SoWal Guide

Nov 4, '23 · 1:43 PM#9

Center cut filet, t-bone and the prime rib special. :ThereUsedToBeADroolEmoji:

Moderator

Nov 6, '23 · 8:48 AM#10

:ThereUsedToBeADroolEmoji:

BRING IT BACK!

Beach Fanatic

Dec 27, '23 · 11:02 AM#11

Rusty Hammersmith, or something like that. He was Australian. And I’ve heard a rumor that Keith Urban played there before he hit the big time.

Keith Urban stayed in Grayton and played at AJ's in Destin. Several in my family knew him, but nobody foresaw that he would ever be more than a local musician.