I have only been to or through Panama City a handful of times, and all of it was work-related, during the 1990s and early 2000s. The company I worked for had a contract to perform groundwater monitoring at the small naval station there where some underground fuel storage tanks had leaked. We also had some small jobs further past P-City in the Port St. Joe area when the paper mill there was still operating.
I remember eating at Angelo's Steak Pit while in Panama City, the largest steak restaurant I have ever seen, and only open during the tourist season. Had a couple of good steaks there.....