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Pass a Grille represents a mixture of
mid-rise buildings, cottage type houses and eclectic
designs giving Pass-a-Grille the feeling of "old
Florida." Situated on the southern tip of Pinellas
County, Pass-a-Grille is home to the famous "Hurricane" restaurant which overlooks the sparkling waters of the Gulf of
Mexico.
Pass
a Grille homes
range from the $500's to the $3 millions.
Pass-a-Grille Beach, the southernmost of Pinellas
County's barrier beaches, was the first beach community
on the Gulf of Mexico to develop as a weekend residential
spot for successful Tampa and St. Petersburg residents.
Home to fishermen, homesteaders, and lumber men like
Zephaniah Phillips, the island opened up when Roy S.
Hanna and Tampa cigar magnate Selwyn Morey started
in the 1880's to develop lots for houses and hotels.
James H. Forquer, manager of St. Petersburg's Detroit
Hotel, set up a floating hotel for excursionists and
in 1898 George Henri Lizotte, a French travel agent
for Thomas Cook Company, opened the first permanent
hotel.
Merged with St. Pete Beach since 1957, Pass-A-Grille
maintains its arty and bohemian life style, in part,
because the village is but one block wide and 31 blocks
long.
Pass-a-Grille
Yacht Club
Pass-A-Grille
Beach Community Church
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