Food & Drink

The Cuz — it also goes by the New Yorker. Photo by Robert. My girlfriend wanted deli. We found this place online, figured we’d give it a try, and ordered across both halves of the menu. Also this week: 10 things to do in Pasco County, Sept. 8–13. Little Road runs the length of west…

Zephyrhills started as a colony for Civil War veterans. That’s not a metaphor — in 1909, Captain Howard B. Jeffries, himself a Union veteran, bought 35,000 acres and founded the Zephyrhills Colony Company with exactly that plan. Before that it was called Abbott, dating to 1888. Jeffries renamed it Zephyrhills in 1910 — zephyr for…

The modern sand wedge was invented in a garage in New Port Richey. That’s not a local legend that’s grown in the retelling — Gene Sarazen, the golf champion, built a house here and worked out the club in his own garage. It’s one piece of a stranger story: this town was supposed to become…

A Beef O’Brady’s became an Irish pub. A container-park unit that has burned through four concepts became Korean fried chicken. That’s Wesley Chapel’s summer in two sentences. Here’s every restaurant we can confirm opened in Pasco County this summer, newest first, with what was in the building before it. July 18 — 1916 Irish Pub,…

If you’ve been meaning to work your way through downtown New Port Richey’s growing restaurant scene, August hands you the perfect excuse. Downtown Dine Out runs from August 16 through 22 at selected dining establishments throughout the district, turning an entire week into a celebration of the walkable, waterfront food scene that’s been quietly becoming…

Pasco County’s food truck scene has grown into something worth planning around, and SunWest Park in Hudson hosts one of the best showcases of it: the annual Scallop & Music Festival. It’s a free event (parking runs $5, or use a Pasco County Parking Pass) spread across multiple days, pairing live music with the county’s…

If you’ve lived in New Port Richey long enough, you know that some of the best meals in this town don’t come from white tablecloth restaurants — they come from a cart, a window, or a tiny spot you’d drive past a hundred times before noticing. Hot dogs in NPR have their own culture, and…

If you’ve ever rolled into Zephyrhills on a quiet Tuesday morning with nothing but a growling stomach and a little time to kill, you already know this town takes its breakfast seriously. Z-Hills, as the locals call it, isn’t exactly a flashy food destination — and honestly, that’s what makes it so good. You’re not…

Look, I’ve lived in Pasco County my whole life. I went to high school off Little Road, my first job was in New Port Richey, and I’ve been eating tacos at every strip mall, roadside truck, and family-owned joint this county has to offer since before half these places even opened. So when I tell…

Look, I’ve lived in Pasco County long enough to know that the early morning hours here are something special. That window between about 6 and 8 AM when the Gulf breeze is still doing its thing, the humidity hasn’t turned into a wall yet, and the snowbirds are just starting to stir — that’s when…

Look, if you’ve lived in New Port Richey long enough, you know that finding truly great pizza here isn’t about stumbling into a chain restaurant on US-19. It’s about knowing which spots the locals actually drive to on a Friday night, which places have been feeding families for decades, and which newer joints are quietly…

Look, I’ve lived in Pasco County my whole life, and I’ve eaten my weight in pizza probably three times over by now. I’ve sat through the tourist trap spots, the chains that opened and closed before anyone noticed, and the hidden gems tucked behind strip malls on US-19 that nobody talks about enough. So let…