Food destinations within easy reach of Orlando, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Orlando. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Park Avenue brunch, Saturday Farmers' Market and modern Michelin-star rooms
Winter Park, 15 minutes north of downtown Orlando, runs the Park Avenue brunch strip, the Saturday Farmers' Market and one-star Soseki and Omo by Jont rooms.
Famous for: Wop's Hops Brewing, second-Sunday food truck fiesta, Lake Monroe historic riverfront
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.
Famous for: Goblin Market Restaurant, 1921 Mount Dora, lakeside historic downtown
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.
Famous for: Persimmon Hollow Brewing, Stetson University area cafes, historic downtown
DeLand, 45 minutes northeast in Volusia County, runs the historic Stetson University downtown, Persimmon Hollow Brewing's taproom and an Indiana Avenue strip.
Famous for: Space Coast Florida seafood, fish camps, beachfront grouper sandwiches
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.
Famous for: Cuban cigars, Columbia Restaurant 1905, original Cuban sandwich heritage
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.
Famous for: Puerto Rican lechon, Cuban sandwich corridors, family-run Latin food
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.