When you mention Orlando, Florida most people immediately thinkof its many amusement parks that can be visited easily via cheap traveloptions, such as cheapairplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, cheap auto rentals, discounttravel deals, and cheap vacation packages. Today Orlando deserves recognition for morethan just its amusement parks.
Over the past decade Orland has emerged as a haven for thefarm to table movement. Visiting foodiesneed to make their way out of the tourist district and discover where thelocals go. The city enjoys a veryhealthy independent restaurant scene where scrumptious eats come with a side ofspunk.
The following are some of the tastier local Orlandorestaurants, according to Sarah Sekula:
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YellowDog Eats Bistro and Wine Stores more popular items include The Rufus, pulledpork topped with Brie and cherry pepper rinds, then drizzled with raspberrymelba, a Scooby Snack of avocado hummus, and pineapple mimosas.
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KRestaurant & Wine Bar is in the walkable College Park area and offers amenu that changes daily, featuring delicious appetizers such as fried greentomatoes and deviled eggs. Notableentrees include a filling mac and cheese with homemade sausage and the Gold TileFish, a succotash of sweet corn, Maine lobster and fava beans.
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DandelionCommunitea Cafs outside sports an herb garden, patio, and nearby yogastudio. Inside guests find hand paintedchairs, a piano, and a wide variety of eclectic people. Everything is organic, with much of it local. This caf is well known for its tasty dishes,such as the Fluffer Nutter Sandwich, Henrys Hearty Chili and the GiddyUp wrap.
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Maxineson Shines appeal includes its brunch and live music. You can hear everything from cellists tokaraoke singers while you nibble on skillet lasagna, contemporary marsala, andbrisket burgers.
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RustySpoon is a farm to table gastropub in downtown Orlando which offers fresh foodsfrom local farmers and food purveyors. Crowdpleasers include the grilled culotte steak, a cocoa rubbed top sirloin withfingerling potatoes. A wide selection of craft beers, signature drinks, andwines are offered.
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PomPoms Teahouse & Sandwicheria can be found in the Milk District. There diners enjoy a variety of inventivesalads and sandwiches such as Mama Ling Lings Thanksgiving, which comes withturkey, Gouda, stuffing, ginger cranberry chutney, mashed potato, and creamcheese; or the Fu Man Chu, a combo of Asian spiced pulled pork, goat cheeseand ginger cranberry chutney.
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Scratchserves American style tapas in a bohemian bistro setting. Patrons adore the pork belly adobo, shrimpand grits, pan roasted duck breast, and thick cut Scratch fries, andparticularly a citrus thyme marinated sea bass with potato fennel hash.
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RavenousPig is a Winter Park gastropub that specializes in dishes such as lobstertacos, house made soft pretzels, and gruyere biscuits, with Prohibition eracocktails like the bacon infused bourbon. Among its more popular entrees are pork porterhouse, Canaveral Cobia,and striped bass.
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Cask& Larder niche is comfort foods. Itfunctions as a Southern public house that offers fried chicken, funnel cake,crispy brussels, and Ribeye hot dogs on its menu. Its pumpkin spiced beignets with rum caramelsauce are out of this world. Thisrestaurant has its own brewmaster and specializes in hand crafted cocktails.
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TheCoop is where patrons can enjoy down home Southern cooking with influences fromthe Carolina Low Country to where Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana meet theGulf of Mexico. Fried chicken, shrimpand grits and Mississippi mud pies are all winners. The Nibbles portion of the menu, whichincludes pimento cheese with a buttery baguette or deviled eggs, is well worthchecking out.
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