Originally posted on 10-22-08 Menu takes you to Mexico and beyond For a true tour of the Latin palate, Mariachi Restaurant offers a widely varied cuisine -- and on Friday night you can get real mariachi entertainment. Staff writer Audrey Parente recently took a friend to dinner there. Q. How does this place rank on the authenticity scale? As a Mexican restaurant, this is the real deal -- no Tex-Mex, no creative taco inventions, but the earthy blends of meat, vegetables and ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Kennel Club
Originally Posted in Daytona Beach News Journal on Oct 8, 2008 For years I have gone on-line to read the DBNJ restaurants reviews to try to find places that my family would enjoy while we travel. These posts aren't as colorful as my posts with pictures.....but still chock full o' good information !! Restaurant establishing track record News-Journal staffer Amanda Cortright and her husband, Larry, explored the new Daytona Beach Kennel Club with friends Jim and Naomi Nichols on a ... Read more »
Ormond Beach – DBNJ – Liberty Grill
Originally posted Oct 15, 2008 Name now goes with patriotic motif LUNCH BUNCH Two take a midday break Editorial Assistant Kathy Page and her husband, Robert, treated themselves to a late lunch on a recent Sunday afternoon at Greg's Liberty Grill in Ormond Beach. Q. Is Greg's Liberty Grill the same place as Greg's Steak-N-Shrimp? Yes, it's the same location, same owners, same patriotic motif, just a new name. Soon to be celebrating 13 years in business, owners Greg and ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – By the Pier
Daytona Beach - By the Pier Sometimes me and my Nikon go a-strolling along the water. Sometimes I see nothing more than the interesting way that the light hits the waves and it just makes me want to sit down and shoot photos... so I do. Sit down on the sand and shoot photos -- 100's of them.... This was shortly after sunrise and I loved the way the light hit the water and the mist rode on the ocean. And the world was starting to get up and enjoy the day with ... Read more »
Ormond Beach – Cafe Bistro
Original posting on Oct 1, 2008 in the Daytona Beach News Journal Hopping spot relaxes by day LUNCH BUNCH Artwork for sale, video frames showing black-and-white movies on the wall at each booth, glitzy chandeliers, an eye-popping checkers table with red high-back ornate chairs and a deep bar greet diners at Caffeine Bistro & Wine Bar in Ormond Beach. The clean-as-a whistle appearance invites you right in, and, at lunchtime, paper covers over the tablecloths keep the feel relaxed. ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Boardwalk – Joyland
img src="https://daytona-beach-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/signature-daytona-beach-blog.gif" alt="signature-daytona-beach-blog.gif" title="signature-daytona-beach-blog.gif" width="300" height="100" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6" />Daytona Beach Boardwalk - Joyland Guests are alweays asking what is available for kids to do. Somehow the kids alsways find the Daytona Beach Boardwalk and the amusement centers there. A long time family favorite is Joyland...... Easy to ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – Oceanfront Park
Daytona Beach - Oceanfront Park Oceanfront Park was really the original name of the project that brought us the The Daytona Beach Bandhsell and the Daytona Beach Clock Tower, both of which were dedicated in 1938. Most of the area is now know as "The Boardwalk" or "Ocean Walk Shoppes at Hilton Village" or "Ocean Walk" but it all started out as a park for the public to enjoy the beach. It runs along the ocean and is very rarely referred to as the "Oceanfront Park" , except for the ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – Daytona 200 Monument
Daytona Beach - Daytona 200 Monument The Daytona 500 is the race that Daytona International Speedway is famous for... but there is another world famous race the made Daytona famous. The World's Greatest Motorcycle race, The Daytona 200 has been run in Daytona Beach Since 1937. The Daytona 200 was originally run on a 4.2 mile beach track at the same location that Racing's North Turn Bar & restaurant stands today. The Daytona 200 is still run every year. This is the ... Read more »
Daytona Beach – Clock Tower
As we walk along the Daytona Beach's Boardwalk admiring the beach, we have a few other things thiat capture our attention I never stop marveling at the intense blues that you find along the beach, isn't the contrast with the image above breath-taking?? The Daytona Beach Hilton just happens to sit in front of one of the most recognizable figures on Daytona Beach, our Coquina Clock Tower !! The Coquina Clock Tower was added to the National Registry of historic places in 1999. The ... Read more »
Daytona Beach Boardwalk
Daytona Beach Boardwalk Walking along the Atlantic Ocean, from Main Street Pier to the south and extending to the edge of the Ocean Walk Proerty to the North is Daytona Beach's BoardWalk. This is a gathering place for folks to enjoy concerts, strolling, sitting, and watching the ocean. My kids love the BoardWalk area, it has much to do and you never know what you will find happerning at the bandshell. There are some throwback moments as you walk along.... pay a quarter and see to ... Read more »