Guidebook for Cocoa Beach

Jane Brooks Zurn
Jane Brooks Zurn
Guidebook for Cocoa Beach

Food Scene

restaurant next door! Good casual dining.
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Taco City
2955 S Atlantic Ave
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restaurant next door! Good casual dining.
Right on the water
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Sunset Waterfront Grill & Bar
500 W Cocoa Beach Causeway
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Right on the water
Good Local place to take groups of people.
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Roberto's Little Havana
26 N Orlando Ave
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Good Local place to take groups of people.
Popular local coffee hangout and meeting place. Lots of parking next to it. Saturday is Open Mic night!
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Juice 'N Java Cafe
75 N Orlando Ave
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Popular local coffee hangout and meeting place. Lots of parking next to it. Saturday is Open Mic night!
Where the locals go for a fancy dinner
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The Fat Snook
2464 S Atlantic Ave
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Where the locals go for a fancy dinner

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly Irish Pub. on Thursday nights they have an Irish music session 5:30-7pm. You might catch me there :) Come and join us!
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Nolan's Irish Pub
204 W Cocoa Beach Causeway
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Friendly Irish Pub. on Thursday nights they have an Irish music session 5:30-7pm. You might catch me there :) Come and join us!
Live Jazz music. Sunday nights from 7-11pm they have Jazz session music, feel free to join in.
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Heidi's Jazz Club
7 N Orlando Ave
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Live Jazz music. Sunday nights from 7-11pm they have Jazz session music, feel free to join in.

Arts & Culture

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is about 45 min drive. They have exhibits suitable for ages 6 through adult. Check out the Rocket Garden and the IMAX theater. I always go to the Mars Rover exhibit while I'm there. Check their website for launch viewing opportunities. While you can see launches from our backyard, sometimes it's nice to have the "guided tour", they are very informative.
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is about 45 min drive. They have exhibits suitable for ages 6 through adult. Check out the Rocket Garden and the IMAX theater. I always go to the Mars Rover exhibit while I'm there. Check their website for launch viewing opportunities. While you can see launches from our backyard, sometimes it's nice to have the "guided tour", they are very informative.
Plays and live theater. They have a musical almost every month during the winter season. Around Halloween they have a live Rocky Horror Picture show, people come from all over the county for that and dress for the occasion.
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Surfside Players
301 Ramp Rd
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Plays and live theater. They have a musical almost every month during the winter season. Around Halloween they have a live Rocky Horror Picture show, people come from all over the county for that and dress for the occasion.
Surprisingly good assortment of acts for a small area.
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Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts
3865 N Wickham Rd
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Surprisingly good assortment of acts for a small area.
This is where the big acts play, over in Orlando. About 1 hour drive.
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Amway miðstöð
400 W Church St
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This is where the big acts play, over in Orlando. About 1 hour drive.

Shopping

Closest grocery store to the house. Nice, clean and well-stocked. Similar to Hannaford's in the northeast US. Publix Subs, made at the deli counter in the store, are a Florida specialty. In my opinion you can't beat new jersey subs, but this is the best we've got here in Florida.
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Publix Super Market at Banana River Square
2067 North Atlantic Avenue
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Closest grocery store to the house. Nice, clean and well-stocked. Similar to Hannaford's in the northeast US. Publix Subs, made at the deli counter in the store, are a Florida specialty. In my opinion you can't beat new jersey subs, but this is the best we've got here in Florida.
In the 1960's, Ron Jon's friend was getting a surf board and asked if he wanted one. Ron Jon's father said, get 3, sell 2 of them and yours will be free. This sage advice was the beginning of the Ron Jons Surf Shop empire. The store here in Cocoa Beach is the iconic first store. They are open 24/7 so it is also a great place to stop and get last-minute gifts. I have stopped there myself at 4am on my way to the airport.
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Ron Jon Surf School
150 E Columbia Ln
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In the 1960's, Ron Jon's friend was getting a surf board and asked if he wanted one. Ron Jon's father said, get 3, sell 2 of them and yours will be free. This sage advice was the beginning of the Ron Jons Surf Shop empire. The store here in Cocoa Beach is the iconic first store. They are open 24/7 so it is also a great place to stop and get last-minute gifts. I have stopped there myself at 4am on my way to the airport.

Entertainment & Activities

Because Disney. I'm particularly fond of Animal Kingdom, they have a world-class animal preserve.
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Walt Disney World Resort
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Because Disney. I'm particularly fond of Animal Kingdom, they have a world-class animal preserve.
Don't miss the aviary. You can walk into it and the little birds fly around you and might land on your shoulder.
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Brevard dýragarður
8225 N Wickham Rd
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Don't miss the aviary. You can walk into it and the little birds fly around you and might land on your shoulder.

Everything Else

Makerspace in Melbourne FL. Community of DIY enthusiasts. 3D printers and a laser cutter. Open house is usually on Monday nights, and Wednesday nights they have board games. Check their Meetup group for more info, and feel free to ask!
Melbourne Makerspace
401 N Wickham Rd
Makerspace in Melbourne FL. Community of DIY enthusiasts. 3D printers and a laser cutter. Open house is usually on Monday nights, and Wednesday nights they have board games. Check their Meetup group for more info, and feel free to ask!