Genuine Eats
Cherry Pocket Seafood Shak
Monday, April 27th, 2009On the cypress-lined shores of Lake Pierce not far from the rolling hills of Dundee, Old Florida meets gourmet chef at the Cherry Pocket Steak & Seafood Shak. Sure, it looks like a biker bar, but the atmosphere is pure fish camp with a few dressy touches hidden inside. Prudhomme-trained Executive Chef Rich Eten dishes [...]
Pappas Drive In
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Since 1970, Pappa’s Drive In along US 1 has offered good old drive-up curb service for everything from their “famous burgers” to Greek salads, spinach pie, gyros, spaghetti, and clam strips. You can sit inside, too, and savor a slice of coconut or chocolate cream pie. Managed by three generations of the same family, it’s [...]
JB’s Fish Camp
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Ask anyone in New Smyrna Beach where the best seafood is, and they’ll point you to JB’s Fish Camp. It’s off FL A1A en route to Canaveral National Seashore and right along Mosquito Lagoon; I’ve seen manatees hanging out at the dock, playing under the flow of water out of hoses. This was a post-hike [...]
Billy’s Tap Room
Sunday, April 12th, 2009At Billy’s Tap Room, old Ormond Beach still lives in the wooden walls and floors built in 1922, the walls crowded with photos from the past, especially images of the much-revered and much-missed grand Ormond Hotel, for which this was the classy tea room.
It has the feel of a British pub, with the same air [...]
Gateway Restaurant
Sunday, April 12th, 2009This little brick building on the corner in Daytona Beach looks like it’s been here since the 1940s, and indeed, the Gateway Restaurant is a gathering place for residents, a slice of Hellas in the thick of a Greek neighborhood just two blocks from the beach, where the banter between old friends is still in [...]
Racing’s North Turn
Sunday, April 12th, 2009NASCAR fans will race to the booth named after their favorite driver—“Hey, Dad, someone already got Jeff Gordon!”—and marvel at the authentic racing memorabilia on the walls, from car hoods to historic photos that show the original context of this eatery, Racing’s North Turn, at the south end of the track where racing began in [...]
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