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One of the brighter lunch spots in Daytona Beach, Florida is:
721 Ballough Road
Daytona Beach, FL
This bright and open restaurant not only has plenty of indoor seating, but also has outdoor seating along the marina when you need to get outdoors during your long business day in Daytona or just want to enjoy the water.
Two of my favorites on Jack’s lunch menu include the:
Grouper Rueben
grouper filet with sauerkraut, melted swiss
cheese and thousand island
dressing between grilled
marble rye 9.99
Mahi-Mahi BLT
island jewel mahi-mahi seasoned and grilled to
perfection. served with remoulade sauce, bacon,
lettuce and tomato 10.99
Roger recommends getting the grouper either blackened or grilled rather than fried.
Once in a while for lunch, Jack’s will offer the “Low Country Boil” as the daily lunch special. I’ve found that this will usually only be a special on Monday’s if it’s going to be offered at all. For less then $10 you get a cluster of crab legs, shrimp, craw-fish, potatoes, sausage and and an ear of corn that have been boiled in a special seasoning. If you like seafood this is the way to go.
Caribbean Jack’s — my recommendation for a sit down lunch in Daytona Beach!
Roger’s Tip: Weather permitting, ask to sit outside in one of the rocking slider booths.
If you will be visiting Daytona Beach for this year’s Daytona Beach 500 or simply getting some sun on their world famous beach, then make sure that you also visit:
4009 Halifax Drive, Port Orange, FL
386.767.4768
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This family owned and operated restaurant not only has catfish (fried, grilled, Cajun style) and other seafood (lobster, shrimp, oysters, scallops, shark), but also has a variety of other entrees including prime rib, roasted chicken and Kansas city pork ribs.
On my visit I went with the Catfish sampler which includes the salad buffet. While the selection on the salad buffet was typical, I did find the items to be very well prepared and fresh with selections like cheese, eggs, cucumber, carrots, chick peas and some not so typical items such as bread and butter pickles and corn relish. In addition, most entrees include what Aunt Catfish calls the relish bar. This bar has slaw as well as baked beans, grits and cornbread.
The catfish was excellent and the portions plenty. I spoke with a few other diners and their experience was excellent as well. This was confirmed by my short wait for a table on a Monday night which is usually one of the slower nights for any restaurant in early February.
I’ve visited a few other places in the area, but this one will be the only one that I make sure that I return to on each visit to the Daytona Beach area.
Roger’s Tip: Try the Key Lime Pie.