Right next to the lighthouse, Hidden Treasure is an unpretentious open-air restaurant where you eat beneath palm thatching with a view of the marina and the inlet beyond. The kitchen does grouper sandwiches, peel-and-eat shrimp, crab cakes, and conch fritters; the bar mixes the only properly cold mojito on this stretch of coast.
Service is friendly and laid back. The location and timing make it the natural pairing for a Ponce Inlet lighthouse visit, particularly at sunset when the lantern room of the lighthouse begins to flash. Live music most weekend afternoons.