Metro I-4 News » food http://www.metroi4news.com Highlighting the News from Florida's Central Corridor Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:48:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Bored? Don’t be this month. Festivals, Fairs and Food oh my! http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/02/bored-dont-be-this-month-festivals-fairs-and-food-oh-my/ http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/02/bored-dont-be-this-month-festivals-fairs-and-food-oh-my/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:08:27 +0000 Darby Dowdy http://www.metroi4news.com/?p=2680 The Orlando and Tampa area and even in between have plenty of festivals and fairs going on this month. Love food? There is something for you too. So get out of the house and have some family friendly and affordable fun all in your backyard.

Florida State Fair – Feb. 5-16

Florida Strawberry Festival – Feb. 26-March 8

Greek Festival of Polk County – Feb. 13,14,15 (I have gone to this event for the past 13 years if not longer. Great food and time. Looking to try something new? This is your event!)

Ribs on the Ridge – Feb. 21, Haines City. (Missed The Lakeland Pig Fest? Try Ribs on the Ridge.)

Wild Game and Steak Dinner by Lakeland South Rotary – Feb. 20

Pancake Festival – Feb., 14, 7:00am-7:00pm

Know of other events, festivals or food events coming up in the Orlando, Tampa or Winter Haven area? Leave a comment so we all can know and go!

]]> http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/02/bored-dont-be-this-month-festivals-fairs-and-food-oh-my/feed/ 0 Cheap Eats, Storm Preparation, Shielding the Press and More for July 28, 2008 http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/cheap-eats-storm-preparation-shielding-the-press-and-more-for-july-28-2008/ http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/cheap-eats-storm-preparation-shielding-the-press-and-more-for-july-28-2008/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:29:01 +0000 Chuck Welch http://www.metroi4news.com/?p=1343 Cheap eats: Food bargains can hide in unlikely places A sign of the season: Can your home weather storms? If not, listen up A sign of how far we're gone since 2000: Shielding Press Empowers The Public Bonus: If you still can't recount them do they exist? New voting machines: Paper trail to nowhere? Is the News Chief next? Cypress Gardens to Test Weekends-Only Presented without any comment whatsoever: Amtgard! Battles Begin With Swords Of Foam]]> A sign of the times: Cheap eats: Food bargains can hide in unlikely places

A sign of the season: Can your home weather storms? If not, listen up

A sign of how far we’re gone since 2000: Shielding Press Empowers The Public

Bonus:

If you still can’t recount them do they exist? New voting machines: Paper trail to nowhere?

Is the News Chief next? Cypress Gardens to Test Weekends-Only

Presented without any comment whatsoever: Amtgard! Battles Begin With Swords Of Foam

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