Restaurants Citrus County Early Winter 2026

My first restaurant blog for 2026.  We returned to a couple of places we had not been to in years. We certainly enjoy the variety we have to choose from now in Citrus County.

You just can’t beat the fresh seafood at Seafood Seller in Crystal River. Our party of 10 enjoyed red snapper, Mahi mahi, Fried shrimp, Shrimp scampi, Grouper sandwich, and for dessert Beignets.

Dans Clam Stand in Crystal River: also a great place for seafood. They have live whole lobsters there. Their fried shrimp is very good…Served two different ways. People also had oysters,  the grouper finger basket, and a whole 3 pound lobster!

When we first moved here some 25 years ago, Chicken King (486-41) in Hernando was noted for his fried chicken…It has been years since we ordered from there., One day when we were out on our bikes, we decided to stop there for lunch. We ordered the wings, but they were more like fried chicken. They had good vegetable beef soup, and the coleslaw is very good.

Feeling under the weather for New Year’s Eve, we ordered barbecue from 220 Barbeque, Beverly Hills. It’s been awhile since we ordered something from them. The ribs are very good …I like that  they do not put the sauce on the ribs…get to add as much as we personally like. Generous portions. The cornbread is delicious. Coleslaw is good.

 

After Christmas, as I said, we were under the weather,   and so we’ve had several takeouts. We have enjoyed Lecanto Panera Bread’s breakfast and lunch sandwiches as well as,  the summer squash soup. 

Las Magueyes Beverly Hills. We  had not had Mexican in a while so we decided to try dinner there this week. Two of us ordered enchiladas, and two of us ordered taco salads ( one chicken and one beef). SERVICE is good and the prices are reasonable.

Blackwater Grille: We had friends coming in from out of town, and so we wanted to treat them to a nice scenic setting restaurant.   We drove out to Yankeetown. They were 20 minutes late seating us for our reservation,  took quite a while for the food to be cooked. There were several large parties there that night. But the food was excellent. Both Art and Rick had the red snapper cooked Mediterranean style. And Katie and I both had the shrimp dinner cooked Pam style, which has extra shrimp in a  cream sauce. Needless to say,  Kate and I brought plenty of shrimp home,  and the coleslaw is huge too. You see in the picture. They make a wonderful cobbler if you love dessert.

 

BRUNCHES/LUNCHES:

Firehouse Subs,  Lecanto is so convenient for us that we like the ease in picking up a sub  (ordered  ahead of time ). 

We have had Wawa breakfast sandwiches and they’re pretty good.  

At Black Diamond Club: last month… we’ve had the tomato soup which was good. I like the breakfast sandwich and the chicken quesadilla, and Art enjoys the hotdog. 

Jimmy T’s NY Deli Hernando has great Boars Head meat sandwiches.

New England Cafe  Beverly Hills for Friday lunch:  New England clam chowder and tuna melt.