Voted over MVP’s Sports, Rascal’s Bar, and Sherwood’s, Pete’s Bar, located at 117 First St in Neptune Beach, takes home the JAXBest 2025 crown for best dive bar.

Hundreds of individuals head to Pete’s Bar on Thanksgiving each year to partake in “Petesgiving,” an annual Thanksgiving celebration.

It's back! A popular Thanksgiving event is returning to Neptune Beach this year.

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. – A holiday tradition at the beaches has been cancelled this year. Pete’s Bar in Neptune Beach will not hold its annual Thanksgiving party in 2020. Thousands of people come to Pete’s every year on Thanksgiving Day. Tom Whittingslow, the owner of Pete’s Bar, said it was the right thing to do to keep people safe from COVID-19. He said Pete’s Bar won’t be open on Thanksgiving during the daytime hours, but that the bar will be open at 6 p.m.For more information, click here.