New Adventureland Restaurant Confirmed

PETE FROM NYC;2452285 wrote: There just ain't any good Italian food in all of Florida. Nor any place else south of Jersey.

You say this so often but I couldn't disagree with it more. You do know that Italy itself is outside of the Northeast, right? And that people from Italy settled in other places and opened up restaurants in plenty of other states? AND that Florida has a huge population of Italians who moved there FROM NY/NJ?

I grew up in NJ. The best Italian food I've had in my life has been outside of NJ and NY.

BrerGnat;2452295 wrote: You say this so often but I couldn't disagree with it more.
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AND that Florida has a huge population of Italians who moved there FROM NY/NJ?

I grew up in NJ. The best Italian food I've had in my life has been outside of NJ and NY.

I'm going to have to agree with Natalie on this one. I'm originally from the Boston area and I grew up with food from the North End. There is lots of bad Italian food in Florida but there is lots of good Italian food. I live in the middle of no where Florida in an area predominately settled by people from NJ and NY. Some of them have even opened Italian restaurants. We even have one restaurant where the chef is from Naples. Italy not Florida. He might know how to cook Italian food ;)

I think the real issue is that most (not all but most) chain restaurants are not as good as a non chain restaurants and restaurants in tourist areas do not always have the best food because there goal is to serve a lot of people with disparate tastes. They are not trying to be exceptional dining but there are always exceptions.

You never know what you will find when you go off the beaten path. I was very surprised to discover a great Scottish restaurant in my town. It was tucked away in a little corner and run by a Scottish grandmother who cooks everything herself. There are gems everywhere.