Fish House: GOP HQ

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If you’re a GOP presidential candidate and you need to be where the GOP’s wine, dine and plot their next coup…and you need $$$, you must hold a rally at The Fish House. To date, Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani and now Mike Huckabee (Monday, Jan. 28, 8 am). McCain has eaten there several times.

Owners Collier Merrill and his brothers do there best to accommodate the politicians. Democrats -notably U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – have also done some politicking there.

The Fish House has replaced McGuire’s Irish Politicians Club as the political nexus of the community. It’s more open to the public and more fun.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”