The Best Small-Town Restaurants

Florida

The Yearling Restaurant   Address and Info

Hawthorne

Population: 1,525

Visitors to Florida understandably spend most of their time on the beach, preferably at a bar overlooking the water. Hawthorne is smack in the center of Florida's shaft, surrounded by wetlands. It doesn't exactly scream "spring break." That said, those surrounding wetlands are a repository for old-school Florida cuisine, and getting it within the walls of The Yearling is an experience unto itself. Named after author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' most famous book and located a short walk from her home, the place has been serving up its Florida cuisine under the glow of a brick fireplace and amid the endless taxidermy since 1952. Where else in Florida can you get a taste of frog legs, gator tail, and cooter (the turtle, pervert), or just some damn fine prime rib and sour orange pie? If you're lucky, slide guitar-slinging bluesman Willie Green will be in the house too. It's quirky. It's wonderful. And it's maybe the best place to eat turtle in the middle of Florida. -- AK

>>>> more states here 

Why an Australian Chef Started Beekeeping

Meet Mark deCaux, an Australian chef turned almond-farming beekeeper. Before he was a beekeeper, Mark's worked as a chef, a salesman for a TV station, and a real estate agent. Now, he's an almond farmer with 100 hives, and he's currently making a documentary about his beekeeping journey.

Del Frisco’s Grille in Fort Lauderdale is also slated to open in November 2018

The 8,000 square foot restaurant will be located in the middle of the Arts & Entertainment District in the bustling Las Olas Boulevard area of Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The high traffic area is a must visit destination, with a popular dining and shopping center for both locals and visitors as well as providing a primary connection to the beach.
The new Grille will be in close proximity to many high-end retail stores including Maus & Hoffman Catalog/Outlet and J. McLaughlin as well as various art galleries.

The Las Olas Boulevard site features two expansive patios, one running the entire length of the premises along E. Las Olas and the other facing the internal courtyard of the SunTrust building.

More about it 

I Tried The Fanciest McDonald's In The World

MARDI GRAS Mask Cake | Man About Cake with Joshua John Russell

South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2018: Fort Lauderdale portion features Emeril's clambake and Zimmern's chopsticks

Eating alone is great — restaurants shouldn't make it weird

This Slovenian baker uses razor blades and scalpels to carve amazing patterns into loaves of sourdough bread.

This Slovenian baker uses razor blades and scalpels to carve amazing patterns into loaves of sourdough bread. pic.twitter.com/NbraTWBBCO

— Business Insider UK (@BIUK) February 14, 2018

Chef Massimo Bottura tries Cuban pastries in Miami

Chef Massimo Bottura, left, eats a Cuban pastry filled with guayaba during an interview with Miami Herald's Carlos Frias, right, at the 1 Hotel South Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Bottura is an Italian world renowned chef and was featured in the Netflix show Master of None.

A three-story, Italian food hall is ready to open at Brickell City Centre. Here’s what it’s like.

Brickell City Centre is about to open its massive new Italian food hall called La Centrale. Here's a sneak peek at the three-story, 40,000 square-foot monument.