Florida has some damn good food but 'ya gotta look a bit harder. All the transplants visit the same crap they're used to from wherever they came from, Chili's, O'charlies, etc. Hell, my brother in law wanted to take me to Red Lobster! And he's been down there for nearly 50 years. Just not a foodie I guess. One of my goals on my many trips there is to seek out the old, original, real deal seafood shacks, wholesalers & such. $3.99 a # for crab legs, $3.50 lobster tails, cooked with drawn butter!
With so much diversity of folks it's a challenge to find the real or old Fl. But its a hell of a treat when you do. I used to say I hated Fl. but realized I hate big cities, heavy traffic & overcrowding, & Fl.has it's share. But those minuses are in every state & it's only getting worse.
Get off the beaten path there sometime. It changed my opinion.
Florida is full of fantastic restaurants on and off the beaten path. Of course you have to know what Good Food is .
