All aboard: Travel back in time at Plant City's train-themed café

Customers are like family at Whistle Stop Café. Order the freshly baked bread, homemade soups, salads and sandwiches, and enjoy a live piano player.

Iconic New Smyrna Beach restaurant features food, music, and a treehouse

You can’t miss Norwood’s as you drive into New Smyrna Beach on Florida’s east coast, partially because of the giant treehouse bar.

Distillery says Facebook repeatedly rejected ad promoting event, sale dedicated to first responders

Despite multiple attempts to pay for Facebook ads promoting a ‘Back the Blue’ event launching a bottle series dedicated to first responders, Loaded Cannon Distillery says they keep getting denied, so they will promote the event the old-fashioned way.

South Tampa staple Kojak's closing to make way for apartment complex

Chris Forney started helping in his BBQ restaurant when he was 12. As the woods got smaller and the city closed in, developers came calling. Now they've made Forney an offer he can't refuse.

‘This sucker’s quick’: Biden test drives electric Ford F-150 pickup truck

Biden made a surprise visit to a Ford race track to test the company’s brand new all-electric pickup truck in an effort to make a case for a zero-emission future.

With smokers affectionately named after his relatives, 'country boy' cooks up old-fashioned BBQ

At Robert’s Smokin’ BBQ, Robert smokes almost every item on the menu, from his mac and cheese to prime rib and salmon. He even smokes dessert cakes on one of his three smokers.

Pizza Hut launches new Book It! program as part of its nostalgia-themed campaign

For children growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the Book It! program by Pizza Hut played a major role in learning to read. Now, Pizza Hut is launching a new version of the popular reading program along with nostalgia-themed merchandise for grown-ups.

Try a taste of cracker cuisine at The Yearling restaurant

A Gainesville restaurant is keeping Florida's history alive and teaching new generations about how the state has preserved its history.

Publix brings back free cookies for kids at store bakeries

Kids will once again be able to get a free cookie from the Publix bakery. The supermarket chain confirmed that their free kids cookie program has been reinstated after suspending all food handouts in stores at the beginning of the pandemic.

Man’s date goes viral after roommate asks Diamondbacks to spy on pair at game

A man on a second date at the Arizona Diamondbacks game unexpectedly went viral after his roommate asked the MLB team on Twitter to provide a status update on the rendezvous.

Apollo Beach community rallies, saves brewery from going bust during pandemic

The pandemic hit restaurant and brewery businesses especially hard, but one community in Apollo Beach wasn't prepared to say goodbye to their local watering hole.

Baby names: Here are the most popular boy and girl names of 2020

The Social Security Administration on Friday shared the top baby names for boys and girls of 2020, with Mason and Ethan falling out of the top 10.

Economist: Florida's craft beer industry is faring better than expected, so far

Floridians apparently love their craft beer -- which is one of many reasons why the industry in the Sunshine State seems to be holding steady more than one year after the pandemic began.