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.
