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Too Cool for School: InnerG Café
There’s a bright yellow school bus on the side of the road on the way to Lake Alfred that’ll teach you a thing or two about good vegan...
Tara Crutchfield
Apr 1, 2024


From the UK, With Love
Edward and Ednamay Wales bought a 120-acre property in Lake Alfred during the 1950s. They moved their family from Winter Haven to live...
Tara Crutchfield
Nov 1, 2023


The Back Porch Restaurant
Drew Wales has a photo circa 1970s of him and his brother Justin selling peanuts for five cents a bag. Before 1985, five-cent peanuts...
Tara Crutchfield
Nov 1, 2023


Calogero’s Pizzeria
In a small tidy kitchen off Highway 17 in Lake Alfred, Calogero “Charlie” Restivo makes the best pizza in Polk County. Over piping hot...
Tara Crutchfield
May 1, 2023

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