_ Loyd HAVE MERCY  HAS MOVED!The food is even better!  The kitchen and dining room and PARKING LOT are all bigger.  Daughter, Janna, brother, Louis and wife Mary flank Loyd and me at LOYD HAVE MERCY, 640 S. Park Avenue, Titusville. ___________________________________________________
  Moe's Southwest Grill at the Mall of the Millennia  - Conroy Exit on I4 is a Chef and Mrs. Chef pick.
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 Tell Curtis, Moe's Mgr that ChefLarry sent you. _______________________________________Indigos Fruit Smoothies has soooo much more.  I love the Ginger Thai Peanut Chicken Salad.  But the smoothies are really great._Tell Karren, the owner that ChefLarry sent you.  Indigos is located at 3120 South Kirkman Road, Suite E, Orlando, Florida, 32811. Indigos' "On -The-Go" is great.! 407-822-8965
  COLD FIRE  Rapid Cool Down Spray is a safety tool especially designed to COOL downHOT surfaces rapidly.

You can get it from Mike Johns at the Warbird Musuem or check out the COLD FIRE website at: www.southeasternfiresystems.com

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Southern Smokehouse BBQ, Inc, located at the Flea Market in Melbourne on Eau Gaille___________________________________ ___
Grandma Rie knows how much ChefLarry loves her authentic Italian "Bodacious Biscotti" which are"Famous for what's NOT in it"___________________________________ 
I discovered Uncle John's Pride in Tampa.  Kevin and the Crofton family make an outstanding sausage - in flavors, too.  I hope you get a chance to try it.  Check out the Crofton and Sons website and see where you can buy it.  You can order on line, too.  My personal favorite is Italian and Gwen loves the blueberry, yes blueberry sausage.  As far as I know, you can get it at Sweetbay and the Italian and others are available at Winn-Dixie. This the friendly Kyra who'll take care of your order at the Crofton & Sons Pick-up reception area in Tampa. 
_____________________________________________ Grecician Delight Gyros really makes me happy, as you can see here, as Nick Petrich presents me with the product. 

 Chefs, I suggest you check this product out.  Not only does it make a GREAT GYROS sandwich, but you can put it on a pizza, in a salad or any other creative ideas you can come up wirh.  Check out Grecian Delight.  Nick's cell number 708-945-0828

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Flan and Cappucino El Leoncito Style Its beautiful and delicious.  I, along with everyone in Titusville agrees that this is the BEST MEXICAN CUISINE in the area.  The location is perfect, overlooking the Indian River and the Cape (great for launches), the service is the best and the food is really, really GOOD!  The day we did our RADIO GRILL remote we were so busy EATING the GREAT FOOD that we forgot to take pictures of the entrees until we took a break and the exquisite Flan and PERFECT CAPPUCINO were served. 
ChefLarry with Miguel, the owner and Restauranteur Extrordinaire!
El Leoncito #2, Michael and ChefLarry  _____________________________________________   When you go to the Asian House at 407 Cheney Hwy in Titusville tell them ChefLarry sent you. This is upscale, exquisite food at very reasonable prices.  The place is one of my favorites and it is so down to earth and casual.  Check it out and  see for yourself.  

 See Christmas 2008 Tab for more photos frrom Asian House  ________________________________________ 

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This is Titusville's Legend on Garden Street......... 

Dixie Crossroads

This is the place to find the best hushpuppies you'll ever taste.  The Rock Shrimp and White Shrimp are great, too - done any way you like them prepared.  Great, friendly staff, as well.  This is a perfect Florida experience.

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The BeachSide Cafe

109 5th Avenue                                Indialanic, Florida 32903                 

321-953-8444

This is a great place for breakfast in a great location.  Their homemade rye toast is absolutely the best.  Their Eggs Benedict Specials are indeed special and their variety of Skillet Egg dishes are superb.  The servings are HUGE.  We don't mind the drive all the way from Titusville - every Sunday.  Tell their personable and talented owners, Sonya and Luigi Fusco that ChefLarry sent you.

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 My favorite place for Soul Food in Titusville is Loyd Have Mercy on South Street in Titusville.

Here's the spread Loyd's wife, Mary brought to the Space Walk of Fame Museum Live Remote.

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Recently at the Titusville Farmers Market, I discovered the masterful work of another chef,  Jean-Pierre who bakes amazing breads and sells exquisite marinated olives.  He and his family winter in Florida and Summer in my home state, Illinois. Jean-Pierre, along with Paula, Jean-Louis, Stephanie and Laura take great pride in their work and sell their products at local farmers markets.  So, you'll see him around for at least a few months. They can be reached at 954-805-4775 or check out the website:   olives-4-you.com.

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Patty Burbank  head cook and sandwich maker

  
Blanche's 

Road Side B.B.Q

The Best pulled pork sandwich. you can put any of there B.B.Q sauces from sweet to Valcano Hot on your sandwich. located at 25143 cortez Blvd Brooksville Florida 352-796-6632
 

Mr. Moy's restaurant, Kow Kow has been in business longer than I've been alive.  In 60 years they have truly perfected their craft.  Kow Kow

at 6755 North Cicero in Lincolnwood, Illinois is a MUST.  I'm sure you'll agree that it is the one of thebest, if not THE BEST Chinese restaurant you've ever been to. It was a small place at the corner of my block when I grew up and now they have moved to beautiful big space a few miles away.  They still do take-out and if you're in the area do yourself a favor and get some

GREAT CHINESE.  847-677-7717

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Tthe Grecian Delight Research and Development Manager, John Matchuk joined us for the January 29th RADIO GRILL SHOW.

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Island Oasis  Rep., Kirk Henning must be pretty good to successfully sell Slush in the Chicago area in the dead of winter, with temperatures below zero.  I can't wait to debut his delicious flavors in Titusville.His cell is 630-989-8744

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As I've mentioned on the show, I was in Chicago starting December 14th.  I touched down at 11:00 AM and before I got too far, Marjorie and Walter wisked me off to breakfast at one of their favorite places, The Sunrise Grill in DesPlaines on Touhy Avenue.  I ate breakfast and decided that the food was prepared by a real pro.  As I suspected, Jose the owner had worked at many prestigious places - The SwissHotel and Four Seasons, to mention only two.  Without hesitation we made reservations to return for dinner.  Jose and his partner, German Rivera operate in a small strip mall in an out of the way location, however the food is OUTSTANDING.  If you're in the Chicago area, do yourself a favor and check out the Sunrise Grill.  Here are a few pictures we snapped with my cell phone. 

This is Jose Medina with another exceptional dish.  With the right venue, I predict that Jose could become one of the top chefs in the entire Chicagoland area.

And dessert was exceptional...the BEST Pumpkin Marscapone Cheesecake I ever had and my Sister-In-law,  Marjorie the professional baker totally agrees.

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In Chicago, you can find GREAT restaurants everywhere.  Habana Libre is one of them.

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If you are Chicago and don't go to the "dawgs" I wont' be responsible for your loss.  Superdawg at the corner of Devon and Milwaukee Avenues is a true Chef Larry favorite, for as long as I can remember - and they're STILL GREAT. 

The great "dawg" crew.  They LOVE what they do.  Who wouldn't?
Very Good!
Very, VERY GOOD!

And while you're in and around Chicago, if you're in the mood for some really fine Middle-Eastern, Persian or Mediterranian Cuizine you'll find it at Reza's. This is an excellent   Lamb dish...

and look at this outrageous and delicious Hummas Plate!

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 Upon my return from Chicago, Gwen informed me that Jockamo haD been missing me in the worst way and had been just laying and digging in our Titusville "sand" yard.  He needed a bath in the worst way.  Jockamo was strong, very strong, with lots and lots of hair and needs more than the yard hose to come clean.  Maybe it was the "chef dog" on the building that attracted us, but anyway we ended up at Paw Park Place 
at 315 South French Avenue (Hwys 17/92) in Sanford.  What a Great Place to Come Clean - very, very CLEAN!
Jockamo knew that the General Manager, Christine Winkelman took a liking to him.  She showed us the ropes, then Gwen and I proceeded to wash, and wash and wash Jockamo. He  LOVED HIS BATH, now we're sure when Charlotte gets older and needs some pampering away from home, she'll love Paw Park Place, too.