Address | 565 W. Fairbanks Ave. |
City | Winter Park |
Phone | 407-628-2333 |
Price | $$$ |
Scott's Review |
The Ravenous Pig calls itself “an American gastropub,” gastropub being a British term for a pub that serves more than a basic bar menu. This wonderful restaurant goes way beyond that. Chef/owners James and Julie Petrakis met while attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, and they obviously learned a lot while there. The menu changes regularly, but everything is worth trying. The Pig’s burger was the winner of Scott Joseph’s Orlando Restaurant Guide’s first Burger War!
Beyond burgers, try the pork belly if it's available, and the steak frites is one of my favorites. As with those served with the award-winning burger, these fries have a spritz of truffle oil. From the pub menu during a lunch visit, I chose lobster tacos, lamb mezze and pork ribs. The tacos were wonderful, three crispy shells with lightly fried chunks of lobster and crunchy hot peppers. The mezze had lamb ribs, tender and aromatic, and lamb meatballs. The pork ribs were one of the few disappointments. They had precious little meat, and what was there was soggy and mealy.
Roasted cod was another good entrée. A beautifully white fillet, flaky and cooked just so, was served with a pure... Read more
Address | 12500 State Road 33 |
City | Groveland |
Phone | 352-429-2997 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
If you’re looking for “old Florida,” you can’t get much older than Red Wing Restaurant. For over 60 years the stone building, which at one time was a private home, has served as a meeting place for Lake County growers, farmers, truckers and others. It’s the sort of place where you might find a boothful of grimy construction workers next to a table with a family with children and not far away a couple on a date.
But you will find some obscure menu items. It isn’t often that you see Buffalo fried frog legs. Even less frequently will you hear me say they were really good. The appetizer featured three haunches, each with plenty of meat, deep-fried and tossed with a hot sauce, a la Buffalo wings, except there was more meat on the legs than you’ll ever find on a chicken wing.
And if fried frog legs don’t appeal to you, or even if they do, you might want to try the fried dill pickles. Why this delicacy is seen so seldom I don’t know. But usually they’re served as dill chips. Here they’re long spears with enough surface area to hold the light batters and even substance to give a good, salty crunch.
Fried green tomatoes had a crisp breading with firm fruit inside.... Read more
Address | 6485 S. U.S. Highway 1 |
City | Rockledge |
Phone | 321-757-7200 |
Price | $$$ |
Scott's Review |
River Rocks has a wonderful location, directly on the Indian River Lagoon, and it takes full advantage with a delightful deck overlooking the water. Unfortunately the food does not rise to meet the setting. It's unimaginative, inexpertly prepared and overpriced. Better to come here to sip a glass of wine or have a cocktail at sunset and then go elsewhere for dinner.
... Read moreAddress | 1414 N. Orange Ave. |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-601-3508 |
Price | $$$ |
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Address | 1568 Maguire Road |
City | Ocoee |
Phone | 407-614-3765 |
Price | $$ |
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Address | 101 S. Eola Drive |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-601-5219 |
Price | $$ |
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Address | Disney's Hollywood Studios |
City | Lake Buena Vista |
Phone | 407-939-3463 |
Price | $$$ |
Address | 617 N. Primrose Ave. |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-203-0727 |
Price | $ |