Pensacola Tips:

Most lodging on the beachfront of Pensacola can be quite pricey, but if you stay in Gulf Breeze, between downtown Pensacola and Pensacola beach prices are downright cheap!
There are a few restaurants right on the beach, but I would recommend stopping at the grocery on your way there instead

Adventures & Ales Top Recommendations:

Pensacola Bay Brewery: Extremely delicious beers right in central downtown Pensacola. Embrace your inner pirate matey
Gulf Coast Brewery: Large TVs, darts, a cigar lounge, a wine room, pet-friendly, and an outside patio. This brewery has it all!
The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company: The setting is why you are going. The coffee is also really good, but the view of the bay is fantastic. Go early to be in peace!
Ye Olde Brothers Brewery: Located closer to Navarre, this brewery gives you tons of options for your flight so that they are more like shooters than samples, but they are all solid!

The Classic Tourist Spots Actually Worth Visiting:

Skip:

Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse: A strange place. Beer is not very good. Food is average. Outside patio is full of flies. Meh.