The Write-Up
Family owned since 2000 and tucked inside the Full Sail campus, Zackleys fires wood oven pizzas alongside paninis and Jamaican beef empanadas. It is the rare campus food spot that has outlasted the buildings around it, and the Nutella pizza has a quiet following with students between sessions.
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Similar Feel
Matched by vibe, not by neighborhood: the places across Greater Orlando closest in spirit to Zackleys.
UCF's divey, sticker-plastered college hangout, famous for slices bigger than your head and pies guests call ginormous.
11551 University Blvd, Orlando, FL 32817
An old-school, no-frills slice shop on East Colonial Drive serving New York-style pies guests say taste like the kind they grew up eating.
11873 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32826
Longwood's old-school New York slice shop, family owned and confident: their line is it is not the water, it is the recipe.
201 W State Rd 434, Longwood, FL 32750
In Winter Garden's Stoneybrook area, artigianale pizza rooted in Sao Paulo Italian tradition, with founders from Mooca shaping the menu.
12107 Stoneybrook W Pkwy Suite 105, Winter Garden, FL 34787
Keep Going
Other places in University, closest to Zackleys first.
On Semoran Boulevard, a high-energy, genuinely friendly drive-thru where the crew remembers regulars and sings to birthday windows.
116 S Semoran Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792
A no-frills takeout staple in Aloma Square that regulars prize for one thing above all: consistency.
Lucky China, 6756 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792
A Latin grocery on Forsyth Rd carrying the pantry staples, snacks, and drinks the big supermarkets skim past.
2914 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park, FL 32792
A 32-lane bowling house on Aloma Ave run by a local family group that has operated Central Florida lanes for decades.
2530 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792
A bright healthy cafe on University Blvd built around smoothies, juices, salads, and weekly meal prep for students.
7612 University Blvd Unit 21, Winter Park, FL 32792
A Middle Eastern grocery on Hanging Moss Rd stocking halal meats, fresh fateer and pita, baklava, and za'atar.
6148 Hanging Moss Rd, Orlando, FL 32814