Eat It Florida explores the food, drink, and culture of the Sunshine State — starting with the small towns most people drive past on the way to somewhere else.
The show features two ongoing strands: Road Trip Diary, a real 4.5-day, 14-town journey across Central Florida told one stop at a time, from Orange City to Cedar Key and Crystal River; and Conversations, weekly sit-downs with the restaurant owners, chefs, and food-scene locals who make Florida worth exploring. Built on decades of firsthand Florida knowledge, not a drive-through outsider’s take.
From $5 days at pop-ups to a James Beard Award finalist nod, Chason Spencer and Maria La Motta of Chancho King in Jacksonville’s Murray Hill built a following one slow-roasted […]
Everybody sees the DeLand signs on I-4. Very few by comparison actually exit. Jesse Blanco does, meeting a friend for a pint at Persimmon Brewing, then finding a tiny taproom […]
October is one of the few months you can have New Smyrna Beach almost to yourself. That’s also the month the city’s chefs picked to show off. Jesse talks with […]
Episode 1 of the Eat It Florida Road Trip Diary. The plan was Kissimmee — the trip became a surprise stop at Lelo’s Barbecue, a Puerto Rican spot in Orange […]
A visit to Vilano Beach, one of the quiet stretches of Old Florida still holding onto its character — long before the road trip diary series even had a name. This episode set the tone for what Eat It Florida is all about: real places, real food, and the parts of the state most people drive right past.
