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Your Votes Wanted for Best Places, Foods to Eat
The Ledger is handing out its first Golden Plate Awards this year to help you find the county's best burgers, margaritas, sushi, pepperoni pizza, coffee and more.
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Butterfly Bistro Has French Flair, But So Much More
As the name implies, it is a cozy nook of abundant sunshine streaming through large windowpanes bordered by diaphanous curtains. Every table, some fit for a backyard garden, some more at home in a boarding house dining room, sports a vase of fresh...
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Giovanni's NY Pizza Offers Wide Variety to Patrons
Lunch specials are reasonable and accommodate various appetites.
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The Blue Room Offers Upscale Dining to Winter Haven
The final word on The Blue Room, Winter Haven's upscale cocktail lounge practically at Legoland Florida's doorstep, is sacrebleu!
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Chili's Bar and Grill is Nice, Clean and Relaxing
The Chili's at Lakeside Village in Lakeland is nice, clean and relaxing. The interior, a collage of mostly earth tones, is easy on the eyes.
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Chalet Suzanne Excels After All These Decades
Few dining experiences in Florida rival that of Chalet Suzanne's, the storybook restaurant and inn barely a stone's throw from Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales.
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Food at Brock's Smoke Hut Warrants Return Visits
A friend and I ordered two combo meals with a variety of sides, ribs, Brunswick Stew and banana pudding. We both loved the St. Louis-style pork ribs that easily could have fallen off the bone with a slight shake.
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Outback Steakhouse is Always Reliable
Lakeland's newest Outback in North Lakeland features plenty of brightly painted didgeridoos and other handicrafts evocative of the Australian Aborigines, like a nifty, boomerang-shaped bar light.
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The Rib House Succeeds with Chicken
he Rib House, which serves Southern comfort foods, is fairly clean, but there's nothing to brag about when it comes to the atmosphere.
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El Araguaney: Good Food, Service Needs Improvement
El Araguaney is an unpretentious, tiny cafe in North Lakeland, all but hidden from passers-by on busy U.S. 98. Its objective is to introduce Polk County to some of the more popular dishes of Venezuela.
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Il Forno Offers Some Tasty Dishes
Restaurant review of Il Forno in Lakeland.
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Dining at Full-Service Restaurants Has Risen 8.7 Percent
Have you been eating more at restaurants with waiters rather than fast-food joints?
If so, you are not alone, and that in fact is an indication that the American economy is improving. -
Spice Thai and Sushi is Exotic, Healthful Cuisine
To dine at Spice Thai and Sushi is to experience the extremes of culinary exotica inherent to Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia.
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'Fast Casual' Restaurants Continue to Defy Poor Economy
LAKELAND | Robert Joyner loves a quick, inexpensive meal, but you won't catch him in a McDonald's drive-through or at other fast-food joints.
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Nibbles: Andrea's in Winter Haven
We visited Andreas, a Greek-American restaurant, on a recent Saturday evening. The only drawback to Andrea's: When it's crowded, which is often, it's difficult to maneuver between tables.
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JFD's Shows Promise As a Seafood Restaurant
JFD's Seafood House fills a void in a part of Polk County apparently starved for fruits de mer.
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In the Kitchen with Ken
Meet Ken Blevins. Each week, he’s going to bring you into his kitchen in Wilmington, N.C., to whip up a dish for you.
Blog: The Dish
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Soda in schools
A recent story from the New York Times News Service reports that more and more schools are restricting the sale of sodas, and some are going even further, forbidding students from carrying their own sodas into school cafeterias. Consumption of carbonated sodas by Americans has been declining in…
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Peanuts, Popcorn, Craft Beer
The second annual Sudz & Budz Craft Beer Fest and Bark in the Park at Lakeland's Joker Marchant Stadium is scheduled for Thursday, May 17. The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. and concludes at 6:30 p.m. in time for the Lakeland Flying Tigers to take on the St. Lucie Mets. A $10 ticket covers beer…
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Pie Topia in Orlando
This weekend will find some of the nation's best pie makers duking it out at the annual American Pie Council's National Pie Championship at Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando. A second event tailored more to the public will be held Saturday and Sunday in downtown Celebration. No word on how much…
Dining Events
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Event: Fresco's Wine Dinner at Fresco's Bakery & Bistro, Tue, Jun 12 6:30p
Frescos Wine Dinner featuring an 5 Course Italian Menu and Wines. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Come and enjoy an evening of great food and fine wine.
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Event: Wine'd Down Wednesday!!! at La Porta Rossa, Wed, May 30 5:00p
So.....it the middle of the week and your wanting to "un-wine'd"... Come to Wine'd Down Wednesday @ La Porta Rossa!!! Whats wine'd down Wednesday you ask... Let me tell you.. Each and every Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm $20 lets you enjoy our amazingly fresh appetizer buffet and all you can drink draft …
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Event: Highland City Farmers Market at Highland City Community Market, Sat, Jun 23 8:00a
Hand-crafted items, homemade food items, fresh produce. yard sale vendors, horses, face painting, bounce house, live entertainment, food. Bring the kids and spend the day with us. For vendor information, please contact 863-838-3669 or maryanne.k9@gmail.com