{"id":133803,"date":"2026-01-27T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/133803\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:36:11","slug":"palm-pavilion-sells-after-over-60-years-of-family-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/133803\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Pavilion sells after over 60 years of family ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Clearwater\u2019s oldest establishments has been sold after being owned by the same family for more than 60 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Palm Pavilion Beachside Grill & Bar, which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in May, was acquired by St. Petersburg-based Beachside Hospitality Group this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brothers Ken, Hoyt, Wade and Dale Hamilton announced the sale of the business Jan. 16 via social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all of the retirement age. We all have different medical maladies and things of that nature,\u201d explained Hoyt. \u201cIt\u2019s just time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The property experienced noticeable damage after Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, he added. Reopening the restaurant was a challenging process \u2013 which led the siblings to seriously consider the Palm Pavilion\u2019s future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been an evolving and thoughtful decision, and not one that we came to lightly,\u201d said Ken in a prepared statement. \u201cWe recognize this sale is a historic one for the destination, and that weighed heavily upon us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The brothers grew up working at the pavilion. Their parents Howard and Jean purchased it in 1964. At the time, the property had a snack bar and bathhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A vintage image of the Palm Pavilion. Photo provided.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my first jobs was to take men back into the locker area and unlock their lockers for them. You didn\u2019t give them the individual keys because they tended to get lost out in the water,\u201d Hoyt reminisced. \u201cIn my day, I went home with a pocket full of dimes and quarters and thought I made a killing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eventually once the siblings grew up, they had a conversation with their father about taking over the business. They began to run operations in the late 1980s and expanded it into a full-scale restaurant and bar over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only a handful of these properties that exist,\u201d said Beachside Hospitality Group CEO Greg Powers. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make some changes, but we\u2019re not going to augment history.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added that it will most likely be renamed Crabby\u2019s Beachside Pavilion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Powers and his team plan to update some of the furniture, equipment and repaint the building. They are also considering adding an ice cream parlor to the gift shop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, he hopes to turn the property into a wedding venue. Some of the company\u2019s other restaurants, in Manatee County, have hosted waterfront services and receptions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beachside plans to retain the Palm Pavilion\u2019s current staff. Powers expects that it will be an \u201creally easy transition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Clearwater\u2019s oldest establishments has been sold after being owned by the same family for more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-133803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}