Family owned and operated on the white sands of Navarre Beach, Fla., since 1989, Juana’s Pagoda’s and Sailor’s Grill has been a favorite Florida Powerboat Club destination for 26 years. The club included the waterfront haunt in its first Emerald Coast Poker Run and has been coming back ever since.
The famed venue also is now a destination for the event-producer’s Orange Beach Powerboat Week Poker Run, which kicked off yesterday.
True to its name, the 50,000-square-foot facility includes several pagoda-style structures. Not only is the place a little quirky and a lot charming, it’s a special spot for Florida Powerboat Club head Stu Jones. Like Juana’s, the family-owned club has been in business for more than three decades under the same ownership.
“It’s been the same owners all along,” Jones said. “In fact, yesterday we had lunch with owner Kevin Rudzki. “He’s become a good friend and more recently has participated in other Florida Powerboat Club events more recently.”
Though the outbound conditions were mild, there were a few launch ramps to be found.…