1921 Mount Dora

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1921 Mount Dora sets modern Florida cooking inside a historic 1921 house, and guests describe the meal as personal rather than formal, elegant and unhurried. The kitchen leans on local farms for Spanish octopus with hazelnut romesco, wood-oven roasted oysters and a Wagyu burger, and regulars warn you to go hungry and never skip the appetizers. It is the Mount Dora splurge guests call one of their best meals ever, finished with the 1921 cheesecake made with goat cheese.

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