Historic downtown 35 minutes north on Lake Monroe. Wop's Hops Brewing and the Sanford Food Truck Fiesta (second Sunday of every month) on First Street.
Try Puerto Rican lechon, pernil and roast pork plates
La Lechonera El Jibarito on John Young Parkway in Kissimmee is the canonical Puerto Rican roast-pork counter, with lechon, pernil and rice plates daily.
Crooked Can on West Plant Street in Winter Garden anchors the Plant Street Market food hall, with a Florida craft brewery taproom and 30-plus rotating taps.
Bowigens Beer Company on State Road 436 in Casselberry is the Seminole County brewery, with a sour-focused program, annual Sour Fest and a covered patio.
Orange County Brewers on International Parkway in Lake Mary runs a Seminole County craft taproom with a Tin and Taco kitchen and a large outdoor patio.
Persimmon Hollow Brewing on West Georgia Avenue in DeLand is the Volusia County brewery, with a downtown DeLand taproom, IPAs and seasonal Florida beers.
Wop's Hops Brewing on Sanford Avenue in Historic Downtown Sanford is the city's first microbrewery, inside the landmark Stokes Fish Market building.
Plant Street Market on West Plant Street in Winter Garden is the food-hall side of Crooked Can Brewing, with cheese, charcuterie, sandwiches and a taproom.
Sanford Food Truck Fiesta brings Central Florida's food trucks to Historic Downtown Sanford on the second Sunday of every month, from 13:00-18:00 year-round.
Sanford, 35 minutes north on Lake Monroe, runs the historic-downtown brewery row at Wop's Hops, the second-Sunday Sanford Food Truck Fiesta and First Street.
Mount Dora, 45 minutes northwest, runs the historic lakeside downtown with the Goblin Market and 1921 Mount Dora, two long-running farm-to-table restaurants.
DeLand, 45 minutes northeast in Volusia County, runs the historic Stetson University downtown, Persimmon Hollow Brewing's taproom and an Indiana Avenue strip.
Cocoa Beach, an hour east on the Space Coast, runs Florida Atlantic seafood shacks, fresh grouper sandwiches, the Cocoa Beach Pier and Ron Jon Surf Shop area.
Tampa Ybor City, 75 minutes west, runs the Columbia Restaurant since 1905, the city's original Cuban sandwich district and the historic cigar-roller streets.
Kissimmee, 25 minutes south, runs Central Florida's densest Puerto Rican and Cuban food corridor along John Young Parkway and US-192, with La Lechonera.
