PHOTO BY DAVID LESLIE ANTHONY, PHOTO ASSISTANTS: BRI WEHNER AND JULIET LIUZZA
PROFILE
HIT THE FLOOR AT THE DOOR
BY ZANDRA WOLFGRAM
MORE THAN 14 YEARS AGO, on a warm August night, John Wehner opened The Village Door in The Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin. Quicker than a person could say, “bust a move,” the nightclub became the place on the Emerald Coast for locals and visitors to shake their booties. In fact, Emerald Coast Magazine readers voted this hot spot the “Best Place to Go Dancing” several years in a row. Today, the Village Door still mixes things up, with local DJs spinning mixes of the latest dance music and with the high-energy Dream Band performing live on weekends.
“I have a great love and passion for live music,” Wehner, who is also a drummer, said. The club also serves up dinner to partying patrons on its expansive outdoor deck that overlooks the Choctawhatchee Bay, because, as Wehner put it, “You can only dance so many days a week, but you eat every day.” As the former owner of the Famous Door in New Orleans, Wehner is keeping things fresh. This year, the Village Door will add a second location at Seascape Resort. Here’s to many boogie nights to come!
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