LOCAL FOODIE HIGHLIGHT

Leon Konieczny Open just over a year now, The District (Eatery – Tap & Barrel) in Historic Downtown Sanford continues to delight its patrons. When searching for a location for their restaurant concept, owners Brad Plummer and Anne McNamara knew they wanted to be in downtown Sanford. They found a historic building and did what it takes to make their ...

LEON KONIECZNY One of the charms of the Smiling Bison menu is that you know there’ll be something new on the menu almost every time you visit, another culinary adventure awaits you every time. The Bison on the front window isn’t the only one smiling at Sanford’s Smiling Bison Restaurant—patrons eating and drinking there are smiling as well, and for ...

WHERE TO EAT? LEON KONIECZNY Anywhere you turn and any place you decide to dine in beautiful, historic, downtown Sanford, you are eating at a local gem. It is not challenging to find a good place to eat in Sanford, but it is very hard to decide where to go, there are so many choices. As a matter of fact, ...

CRYSTAL WALLACE Have you ever faced this dilemma? You have an event on your calendar (birthday, anniversary, graduation or rehearsal dinner) and you just can’t invite everyone into your home but you don’t want to go to a restaurant and be lost in the crowd? There is a solution! Did you know there is an extremely intimate spot in Historic ...

Q. HOLLERBACH’S WILLOW TREE RESTAURANT CELEBRATES ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. DO YOU THINK YOUR BUSINESS HAS HAD AN IMPACT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN SANFORD? A. The reason our family chose Sanford over other Central Florida locations is because we felt our presence would make a positive difference. Our research showed us the German community of Central Florida and ...