Algarve Restaurants

By Robert Patterson

Dining at a Walt Disney World® Resort restaurant is always a unique and tasty experience. The imaginative and creative spirit of the theme parks is not lost on the resort restaurants or cuisine. From American dishes to the cuisine of Zimbabwe, Walt Disney World® Resort has it all. Over 150 restaurants at the Walt Disney World® Resort make it possible for you to find just about every type of food imaginable.

The Magic Kingdom® Park is the perfect place to begin your culinary exploration of the Walt Disney World® Resort. Drop in the Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café for a quick lunch as you tour Frontierland® or save your appetite for Tomorrowland®'s Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café. The majority of the restaurants you will find at the Magic Kingdom® Park are counter service, inexpensive eateries serving up American classics.

True food connoisseurs will want to visit Epcot® and the World Showcase. The World Showcase features internationally themed pavilion restaurants serving traditional dishes of the nations they represent. Sample the international flavors as you walk the showcase, or plan a more formal dining experience during your visit with priority seating.

Guests of Disney-MGM Studios will enjoy dining at restaurants that are imaginative, entertaining and most importantly, delicious. Take a trip to the past at 50's Prime Time Café or step into the future at Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater. Dishes at Disney-MGM Studios vary from American classics like turkey legs to more contemporary meals of lobster ravioli or filet mignon.

Enjoy the exotic flavors of Africa and Asia when you dine inside Disney's Animal Kingdom. Sample fare from the Tusker House Restaurant or the popular Rainforest Café as you explore this unique blend of action park and zoo. Although the theme park's best dining is international, the kids will still find plenty of American favorites to choose from.

A walk along the Disney Board Walk will reveal all the great boardwalk treats reminiscent of summers by the beach. Stop into the Beaches & Cream Soda Shop for an old fashioned malt or pick up some yummy salt water taffy at Seashore Sweets. The Disney Boardwalk area is also home to varied and diverse restaurants servicing all price ranges. Sophisticated steak lovers will want to check out Shula's Steakhouse or Yachtsman Steakhouse for some choice cuts and lighter eaters will enjoy Mediterranean dishes at Spoodles or seafood and vegetarian dishes at the Flying Fish Café.

Classic Disney restaurants such as Fulton's Crab House and Portobello Yacht Club are favorites of the Downtown Disney area. Downtown Disney area restaurants incorporate a nice variety of styles and flavors including Italian, Cuban and Californian dishes. A wonderful family friendly spot for dinner, the Downtown Disney area also offers a great opportunity for a romantic evening out.

Tired from a long day in the parks? Spend your evening dining at one of the wonderful Walt Disney World® Resort hotel restaurants. Convenient and delicious, restaurants such as Jiko - The Cooking Place inside Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Victoria & Albert's inside Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa are wonderful dining experiences.

Creative, diverse and always tasty, restaurants inside the Walt Disney World® Resort are certain to please all food lovers.

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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at the Santa Fe Bar and Grill on Friday, but found nothing, according to an inventory list.

During a period of two months, a registered confidential informant made three purchases of cocaine, on three different occasions at the bar, located at 830 301 Boulevard.

When the search took place, however, nothing illegal was found on the premises.

The previous owner of the bar, Pablo Campos was found shot to death at his home Oct. 21. And, on July 16, Jose E. Villanueva was fatally shot in the parking lot of the bar.

Clerk hurt in robbery

MANATEE - A Manatee convenience store clerk was injured during an armed robbery Monday afternoon.

About 4 p.m., a man walked into the Fastenal Co. store in the 1400 block of Commerce Boulevard.

The suspect picked out some glasses and went to the counter to pay for them. As the clerk was counting out the change, the suspect waved a box cutter and cut the clerk on the arm.

He then grabbed the cash, left the store and got into a gray Buick LeSabre with two other men and fled westbound on Commerce Boulevard.

The clerk's injury did not require care by paramedics.

The suspect was described as having short dreadlocks with rubber bands at the ends.

Internal organs found

Two men Monday evening found what appear to be the internal organs from a calf while fishing near Boyd Bridge, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

About 5:30 p.m., they saw a small heart and set of lungs in the water and called 9-1-1. When deputies arrived, they pulled the organs onto the beach. Shortly thereafter, deputies found more organs, such as intestines and stomach, floating in the water underneath the bridge, according to the sheriff's office.

The county body removal team responded to pick up the organs. Upon initial investigation, the organs appear to be that of a calf. The organs were taken to the medical examiner's office for more investigation.

It was unknown how long the organs were in the water and where they came from.

- Rebecca Blue and Marc Masferrer

If you buy the McKittrick Hotel in western Kern County, part of your down payment is on the bar. And the walls. And the floor. And just about every flat surface in the building’s restaurant and bar.

And assuming you would want to scrape them off, the estimated one million pennies carefully glued there over the years by owners Mike and Annie Moore would take care of part of the $50,000 down payment on the sale.

The unusual decorations have put the steakhouse restaurant and bar on the map, being featured in news stories and a PBS television report.

The Moores have put the hotel up for sale with an asking price of $1 million. None of the 14 rooms, however, is open; the Moores just operate the restaurant and bar.

They’ve owned the hotel since 1999 and now say it’s time for them to retire.

“The daily overflow lunch crowd from the oilfields and the destination for motorcycle and car clubs also includes people who just like great steaks,” says the sales pitch from LoopNet.com, a commercial real estate Web site.