Citrus County Summer 2025 Restaurant Update

Getting ready to take a couple of months off from blogging but wanted to update our recents restaurant visits.  We did return to several older Citrus County restaurants.

DINNERS:

Hernando Sauced hog;   Been a long time since we had eaten here. But found ourselves there twice in the last month or so. We do like their barbecue,  and it’s very  reasonably priced for the portion you receive .  It can be busy on a Friday.  All enjoyed Pulled pork,  Brisket dinners and pulled pork sandwich.

Girlfriend lunch at La Pergola in Inverness:  We enjoyed the antipasto salad, the Caprese salad and Italian sandwich. 

Chilis  makes a very good quesadilla, and it was interesting to see my grandchildren ordering a lot of Mexican style food like nachos and quesadilla.  Also ordered wings, burger,  steak and LAVA CAKE!

Katch 22 Lecanto :  I love the  Crab cake, others ordered the fish of night. This is a very nice restaurant, and a bit pricey, but the food is good if you’re willing to pay the price.

Celebrated my birthday at Oscar Penns in Inverness. my choice: Seafood risotto, and Art liked his pork chop.  Excellent food and service.

Las Magueyes:  this restaurant has several locations and we went to the Beverly Hills location.  We had very good service for a large table, and everybody orders their favorites that they order. I usually order a taco salad.  

La Casa di Norma Crystal River:  nice, quiet restaurant-not many quiet places  around here.  We ordered crab ravioli with shrimp, Veal Francesca, and Pasta puttanesca.  Interesting, many restaurants are now charging extra for a salad.

Texas Roadhouse in Lecanto was my sister’s choice for her birthday celebration. She and Art like  “the roadkill”  and I had a very good filet.  Good service, big restaurant with excellent salads.

Brooksville Bonefish:  Bang Bang shrimp still tops our favs list. Good house salad and shrimp and scallops.

Lecanto World fusion  We returned to this restaurant after being away from it for many years. We  heard that it had new owners. Art enjoyed his salmon. The tempura  shrimp was good. I had  appetizer portion as my entree.  But we also tried the crab rangoon and spring rolls appetizers.  The buffalo flatbread was a little bit spicy. Salmon and Chicken rice dish were good. I think that the spring rolls  and Karen felt that the Crab Rangoon are  better at Bangkok Thai (Beverly Hills).

 

Skyview at Terra Vista.  At this time  of year, you can buy a gift card for $200 and use it from now until approximately October in the restaurant. Only one member of the party has to have the  gift card.  A group of us went over on a Friday, and enjoyed the pork chop, pasta,  Ahi tuna, Airline, chicken, duck, salmon.  I tried a new fish (for me) called Baramondi and I really liked it.

Cannot beat the brunch at Black Diamond Ranch on Sundays.  3 egg omelets look like a dozen eggs to me.  But leftovers can be brought home to finish another morning. I still like the bacon egger sandwich, but they now have a different breakfast sandwich with sausage …which is good.  They can prepare a good fried egg! Missing my ladies’ days lunches…

  

LUNCHES:

Cattledog Roasters.  Lunch ideas; Cranberry pecan chicken salad on pumpernickel  ;lobster roll; Strawberry blueberry spinach salad. 

We enjoy tuna melt and Reuben at  Beverly Hills New England Cafe.

Turkey club has become our Saturday favorite at Hernando  Jimmy T’s New York Deli.  

Bacon ranch sandwich at Lecanto Panera.   I like the bacon rancher sandwich. Art did not; he thinks it has too much garlic.

Firehouse subs Lecanto: Tried the Italian sub.  Good will try another flavor next time. 

Jersey Mikes Crystal River:  We enjoy their subs…quite a variety!

 

EXCELLENT MEAT MARKET:  Chopping Block  

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