Food
Boiled Peanuts at Maria’s Dixie Nut House in Oldtown
Located at the intersection of US 19 and 55A, the owners of Maria’s Dixie Nut house have been serving up boiled peanuts for 34 years. They started at a roadside stand and eventually moved into the building you see today. They have green peanuts from May-October, and they get them from local sources whenever possible. The Jumbo peanuts …
Day 4, the last day of the Visit Natural North Florida Press Tour–Leon County
After wrangling all the writers into the van at the Governor’s Inn in Tallahassee, we headed over to Another Broken Egg, a breakfast joint over on Capital Circle, east of town. While part of a chain of ‘eggy’ restaurants, the food was excellent and the portions huge. Just what we needed after 3 solid days …
“Ti Amo” Loves Fresh Local Ingredients: Dinner and a Show!
One of the highest rated places on the restaurant scene in Gainesville, Ti Amo is located downtown about a block away from the Hippodrome Theater. The restaurant specializes in fine dining, and the menu has a decided mediterranean twist. Ti Amo is a somewhat pricey restaurant, with full size entrees averaging about $20. However, for smaller …