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Appleton's Cafe - Lake Mary FL The Next Best Thing to Mom's Cooking!

Appleton's Cafe - Lake Mary FL The Next Best Thing to Mom's Cooking!

A few weeks ago I was traveling to Orlando and I took a slight detour East on Interstate 4.

Meet the owner of Appleton's Cafe

Recently I was able to reconnect with an old friend of mine from high school.... who I hadn't seen in 30 years. We found each other on-line through a social network that I use to promote my business and it's also ggenerally a place where you can connect with old friends. It was interesting to see how we both look now and how we both ended up in FL after living in NY and being within a few minutes from each other.

Now after all these years we now live a few hundred miles from each other.

I found out through our recent conversations that my friend Tricia Rodriguez owns and operates a very successful restaurant called Appleton's Cafe located in Lake Mary -Orlando FL.

When we started to correspond with each other I had told her that I was planning on being in the Orlando area and wanted to know how far her restaurant was from my hotel. It turns out that it was only about 20-30 minutes East of where I was staying.

She was kind enough to invite me to stop by. I thought that this would be a great idea.... to kill two birds with one stone. First ....to see someone I went to high school with and the other..... to get a bite to eat and boy was I hungry. I thought it was amazing to see what we were both doing after not seeing each other for 30 years.

Please note that when I made my visit...the restaurant still had all of the Halloween Decorations up. They usually decorate for all major holidays.

Something that I didn't know was that Appleton's has actually been around for a long time. I believe Tricia told me that she first started out by working there under the last ownership and now it's 8 yrs later and she's still standing.....would you say that the cafe is a considered a success? I would.

I usually write about local eateries in my area but I thought that I would take this opportunity to help out an old friend by promoting her restaurant.

So I arrived at about 3 pm when they usually get ready to close and I'm usually not a very big eater for lunch but Tricia was kind enough to invite me and so I decided that I would try their fish and chips. The portion was tremendous and it was delicious. They make it from a special beer batter recipe and the fish was so light and flaky that it was hard to keep it on my fork.

Appleton's Cafe has a very large menu with all different types of dishes. From their Home Style Pot Roast...so tender and slow cooked in it's own juices with vegetables and chunks of potatoes.... to their wide variety of breakfast.... such as their famous Appleton's County Bowl...an open faced omelette with home fries,sausage or bacon...smothered with homemade sausage gravy and topped with cheddar cheese...served with toast. Now that's a meal fit for a king and queen!

So if you're ever in Lake Mary FL and you want to stop by....I'm sure the whole staff at Appleton's Cafe will welcome you with open arms....just make sure you're hungry!

Appleton's Cafe

"The Next Best Thing To Mom's Cooking!"

3575 W. Lake Mary Blvd.

Lake Mary FL 32746

(407) 323-7663

Open Tuesday - Sunday 7 am-3 pm

Catering Available -(386) 804 -0196

For more information please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-Realtor® /RE/MAX Premier Associates

2500 Weston Road ,Suite 103

Weston FL 33331

(954)608-5556

Nealb63@myacc.net

Posted by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL on 11/17/2008 08:16 PM

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19 Comments on Appleton's Cafe - Lake Mary FL The Next Best Thing to Mom's Cooking!

NOV

Hi Neal! WOW, small world and Localism all wrapped up in one post! That is so cool that you found an old buddy not too far away from you after all these years! I'm always hoping for some of my old classmates to find me here in Charlotte but, my graduating class was VERY small and I only keep in touch with a couple of them, even though we were all SO close during high school and college.

Great story and Localism post!

Debe in Charlotte

Great post little brother! Maybe if I ever make it down there, we can go to this place together. xxoo

Hi Debe,

Yes...thirty years so it worked out for both of us...I had a good time seeing her again and the food was excellent too.

Susan,

I'm waiting for you.

I'll get there Neal... you'll see. xxoo

Neal- Any Restaurant that is "the next best thing to Mom's Cooking" has my vote. That's great that you got to meet-up with your old friend. Reminiscing about old times can be fun, and having a good meal while doing it is even better :)

Sis...I'll beleive it when I see it:)

Kathy,

I was pretty hungry so I ate most of it.

Hi Neal, This post was really cool and part of what we are all learning in our network is how the world is becoming so much smaller and many of us are discovering others we have known or being discovered. Glad you shared this and that your acquaintance has been renewed ( in person). Wonderful Neal!

Neal - sounds like a cool place. And how neat to meet up with your HS friend. So are you starting to get into writing foodie posts now too?

Jeff

Neal ~ Sounds like you had quite a time last week, meeting Rainers to H.S. friends. This place sounds very good.

Neal, man you got a lot of mileage out of that weekend. You got to meet a lot of new friends that you have made here on AR as well as connect with your past. We don't get opportunities like that very often.

What a nice gesture Neal...but then again...knowing you you for sure went for the food first... :)

NOV

Wow... I'm starving now. When I get to the Orlando and Ocala areas of FL I tend to want to go antiqueing. So many places to get into trouble, but thankfully collecting is not exciting any more! Glad you made such an adventure out of the NAR Convention.

Neal - good food and renewing an old friendship...doesn't get much better!

Hi Neal - How wonderful that you reconnected with an old friend and the restuarant sounds great!

Neal, That is too funny. Your post came up on my reader & I was wondering what the....are you moving into Central Florida now. Yes, Appleton's has been around for a while & I go there occasionally myself. What a small world

William,

Just giving back to another area.

Jeff,

LOL!...I wrote it for you the food critic of AR:)

KK,

Yes...turned out to be a trip where I got to do a few different things...more variety that way.

George,

Lots of mileage but not a lot of gas.

Sally,

I love food and food loves me:)

Susie,

I didn't want to know where the shopping was or when I got home I would have too many new toys to play with.

Linda,

Pretty cool to see what we both looked like now versus then.

Sandra,

Yeah...I got to eat great food and meet up with an old friend at the same time.

Marc,

No ...don't worry I'm not cutting in on your territory...just helping out someone with a little plug.

Neal, I live just down the road from Appleton's and it's one of my favorite places for breakfast. The nice thing is that my office is in the same complex. Nice and convenient!

Chris,

Next time you're in there...please tell Tricia I said hello and that you read the blog.

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