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Leon’s Food Tour: The District – Eatery Tap & Barrel

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When Brad Plummer and Anne McNamara decided they wanted to open and own a restaurant, they knew there was only one logical choice for “where” — Historic Downtown Sanford. In the year plus that they’ve been open on the west end of downtown, that great choice has been affirmed. Extensive remodeling of the interior of a 100-year-old building has brought...

Leon’s Food Tour: Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe

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The Pearl of Downtown Sanford is, without a doubt, Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe. Open 7 days a week, lunch through dinner, owners Theo and Linda Hollerbach took a gamble on a small cafe in Sanford well over a dozen years ago. They weathered over a year of street closure, but fast forward to today, and on the weekend, if you...

Leon’s Food Tour: The Tennessee Truffle

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Tired of corporate fare in South Sanford (a/k/a Orlando/Winter Park), highly successful Chef Nat Russell decided to try out his own concept for Southern Fine Cuisine on Sanford as a pop-up restaurant two years ago. The 30-day pop-up was so wildly successful, that Nat decided to stay the course, and The Tennessee Truffle has been delighting customers ever since. Southern...