After being closed following damage from the 2024 hurricanes, Friendly Tavern is ready to welcome strangers again.
The historic Reddington Shores bar officially reopened last month with a ribbon-cutting after its soft relaunch on Thanksgiving. Kenny Davis led the restaurant’s revamp, which includes a new front porch and sign reading “welcome stranger,” along with a refreshed menu including a “Friendly Clucker” chicken sandwich and weekend build-your-own Bloody Mary bar.
First opening as “The Alabi Eats” in 1947, the spot at 18121 Gulf Blvd. is known as the host of one of Florida’s longest-running karaoke nights…