Food Fanatics
Local Chefs Share Passion & Love for Cooking By Chris Kridler Julie Shipley (pictured above) Owner and chef at The Soup Shop, Melbourne Favorite creation: Green chile chicken soup, inspired by a soup sold in the Albuquerque airport Julie Shipley didn’t used to be much of a cook. But when her airline pilot husband, Phillip, and son, Ross, started spending a lot of time hunting, the sometime computer repairwoman found herself drawn to the culinary arts. “I was turning into a bitter old shrew, so I decided I’d better get a hobby,” she jokes. She pursued her new interest 150 percent, studying in New York at the ...
Readers’ Choice Dining Awards
2014 Dining Awards With top-rated cuisines and eateries for every taste, the Space Coast restaurant scene delivers something for every dining distinction. Once a year we ask our readers to share with us their favorite dishes and restaurants on the Space Coast. From pizza to fine dining, SpaceCoast Living names the best of the best in over 20 categories! Best Sunday Brunch: River Rocks Best New Restaurant: Crush Eleven Most Romantic: The Melting Pot Best Fine Dining: The Fat Snook Best Sports Bar: Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Best Lunch: D.I.G. Bistro Best Pizza: Bizzaro Pizza Best Burger: Long Doggers Best for Visitors: Grills Riverside Best Steak: Outback Steakhouse Best Wine List: Matt’s Casbah Best Happy Hour: Island Pasta Company Best Italian: ...
Road Trip
By Michelle Cannon Epting Destination: Remarkable Restaurants Worth a Drive When planning a Florida getaway, there are many destinations and factors to consider. If one allows one’s palate to be the guide, a visit to one of these places may be inevitable. Key West At the southernmost tip of Florida, and indeed all of the U.S., lies a tropical paradise known as Key West. Attracting free spirits, wannabe pirates, and party people from all over the world, Key West has a unique vibe. Perhaps the best spot to experience this easygoing ambience is Blue Heaven, a well-known destination in its own right. Upon walking under ...
Ride the Wind – Wind Surfing on the Space Coast
By Cindi Courbat Photos courtesy of Tinho Dornellas Tinho Dornellas came to Brevard County with his wife three decades ago to open Calema Windsurfing & Watersports. Their waterfront facility, now located in Kelly Park on Merritt Island, has gained worldwide recognition as a premier windsurfing site. Combine the delicate balance of riding a surfboard and the exuberant feeling of sailing in the wind — and suddenly you understand why sailboarding (also known as windsurfing or boardsailing) is one of the most popular watersports here on the Space Coast. “You couldn’t ask for better conditions,” said Tinho Dornellas, an avid water-sportsman who came to Brevard ...
Happy Place
By Michelle Cannon Epting Our homes act as havens from the world, sources of memories, and extensions of ourselves. Whether characterized by unusual architecture or a classic style, a connection to nature or a correlation to history, a home can speak to its owners’ style and taste. Often, there is a certain room or space within a house that holds special meaning to those that call it home. Riverfront Retreat - Bob and Susie Johnson The Eau Gallie area of Melbourne was named for the French term for “rocky water,” a reference to the coquina rock found along the shore of the Indian ...
The Mediterranean Sea Meets the Melbourne Coast
Story by Suzanne Fox Sevel, Photography by Uneek Luxury Tours Robert and Maria Seelman’s beachside home is named appropriately “Villa Encantada” or enchanted villa. Like its owners, their home is brimming with personality. It is also a study of contradictions: grand and cozy, intimate and convivial, familiar and unexpected, Spanish and American. It is possible for a home to be all these things and still simply be a magical place to live. This unique yellow home, with ornamental wrought iron balconies, terra cotta barrel tile roof and circular turret, looks as if it would be equally at home in Spain. Stand in ...
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