Diary of a Road Trip Episode 3: Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach on the Fourth of July weekend: Boot Hill Saloon, a biker-bar crawl, and the smash burger every local swears by. Jesse spends his first-ever night in a town […]
Eat It Florida
Eat It Florida explores the food, drink, and culture of the Sunshine State…
Jacksonville’s Chancho King: The $7 Pork Sandwich that has become the Talk of the Town
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 […]
Diary of a Road Trip, Ep. 2: DeLand, the “Athens of Florida”
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 […]
New Smyrna Beach: Coastal Catch and “Orlando’s Beach”
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 […]
Eat It Florida Ep. 1: Old Florida in Orange City & DeLand
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 […]
Eat It Florida: Vilano Beach — A Beautiful Slice of Old Florida
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.