History of Scallop Cove
- The Picket family open a second grocery store location on the Cape, call Picks 2.
- Sold and changed name to Scallop Cove.
- They built cabins behind the store and had a fish market in the current bait shop.
- The Davis family bought the store.
- BP oil spill 2010 which changed Scallop Cove from BP to Marathon gas
- Updated gas tanks and repaved parking lot
- Added 5 beer taps
- St Joe State Park
- 2013 - 5 yr concessionaire agreement
- Two Matney families bought Scallop Cove from Davis's. They...
- St Joe State Park
- Added 12 yrs of State agreement
- Added 4 pontoon boats to State Park
- Added 5 more beer taps
- Big green scallop chair was built as a photo opportunity.
- St Joe State Park
- Started Cape San Blas Polar PlungeCape San Blas Polar Plunge on new year's day
- 2018 Oct 10 - Hurricane Michael
- No water in the general store, but lost a storage hut and flooded the warehouse.
- Unbranded Marathon gas to Scallop Cove gas
- New gas canopy installed
- January - Entered Scallop Cove chili into JSL chili cookoff and won 2 place
- July - Updated Bait and tackle logo
- Dec - Introduced Covey the Elf of the Shelf #CoveytheElfontheShelf
- April 7 - Bought new gas pumps
- Sept 5 - Mike from “Mikes Weather Page” hosted a meet and greet at Scallop Cove
- Opened online Etsy store for online souvenir purchases
- Tyler and Claire bought out Jan and Greg’s half of Scallop Cove
- Bought new chase boat for State Park
- Part of the movie “Blood Orange” was filmed at the store.
- Added free air pump in parking lot.
- Added live weather cameras to view anytime anywhere.
- Added Salt Water Aquarium to the Bait Shop full of local seen fish.
*This information was gathered from multiple websites and stories and we are not historians. If you find any of this information to be wrong, please tell us so we can fix.