On this page I will be discussing places near (and not so near) to Central Florida to go for a Fly In Meal.
In November of 2025 the database for this website was damaged and the last 5 years of posts were lost, along with the backups. As a result, ALL of my flying articles were lost.
Today is November 26, 2025 and I will be attempting to rebuild every article, every restaurant review and every lost page. It will be a long task.
Back when I was flight instructing for a living, I would often fly somewhere in a small plane with a student, colleague, friend, business associate or even a date to enjoy what we called the “Hundred Dollar Hamburger.”
Times have changed. Rental prices have risen as well as fuel prices. A gallon of 100LL used to go for about $2, now it’s between $5 and $9.
Hence my new search, “The Three Hundred Dollar Hamburger”.
I recently started flying again after a seven year break. I was greatly disappointed to find out that my favorite airport restaurants had either closed or changed so much that they were no longer attractive. KTIX used to have the “Outer Marker Cafe” which was a nice, cheap place to sit, have a sandwich and watch a shuttle launch (yes it was that long ago.) KLAL had a great Italian restaurant which is no longer there.
November 11, 2023. 7FL6 – Spruce Creek: Fly In Cafe
December 14, 2025 – KFIN – Flagler: The Landing Strip Cafe
January 17, 2025 – KLCQ – Lake City: The Country Skillet
October 27, 2022 – KOBE – Okechobee: The Landing Strip Cafe
October 19, 2021 – KOCF – Ocala: Elevation 89
August 31, 2021 – KVRB – Vero Beach: Had to Return to Base
September 27, 2021 – KVRB – Vero Beach: But not CJ Cannons
March 22, 2022 – KVRB – Vero Beach: CJ Cannon’s
November 16, 2021 – X06 – Arcadia: Taco Tuesday
August 10, 2021 – X39 – North Tampa: The Happy Hangar Cafe
October 5, 2021 – X60 – Williston: The Pyper Kub
