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Logan Pedersen

The best places to take your HOCO date to dinner

Updated: Oct 18, 2023

With many places inside DeLand, it may be hard to decide on a place to take that special someone. But with the right knowledge it can be much easier to decide.



BakeChop is an American restaurant in Downtown DeLand.

 

When you are looking for a restaurant, you might want to know what kind of food it has, how good of quality the food is and know how much it costs. On google maps when you search by restaurants you will see a group of filters and one of the first ones of those filters is the $ so what does that sign mean.


There are four main stages of the sign which are, $, $$, $$$, $$$$ which refers to the cost per person for the average meal. For the $ is in the range of $1-$13 which will show up fast food places and some cheap restaurants. Now you should most definitely not take your homecoming date to a fast-food place.


The $$ is in the range of $14-$25 which is mostly all good sit-down restaurants. The places in this price range are the places where you will want to go to impress your date. Now if you really want to impress your date there are two more price ranges which are $$$ with the range of $26-$34; and the $$$$ with being $35 or more per person. Most places in DeLand are in the $ to $$ price range with very few in the $$$ to $$$$ price range.


For people looking to go to places in the $ range these are some places that are sit down restaurant type. Tijuana Flats which is a Tex-Mex chain restaurant know for an extensive hot sauce bar & colorful, muraled walls. With it’s fast service and popular items earns the place a 4.2 out of five stars.


Rachel’s Wing Shack is not a chain restaurant but have chicken wings as their specialty with different types of wings and over 50 combinations of house made sauces. While this may be a bad idea for a date with all the sauces but with the average of over one thousand revives averaging a 4.4-star average it might be a good place to sit down and eat.


Now looking at the places in the $$ price you have some few good options ranging from Italian to Greek. Starting off is Dobro’s Restaurant which is an unpretentious restaurant serving popular Italian dishes, plus Chicago-style deep-dish pizzas. This is a place where I would recommend getting a reservation beforehand if possible due to the limited seating inside but great food options, including those with celiac disease an entire page with only gluten free items.


On top of its fast service and wide selection of food it averages an average of 4.6 out of five stars. Next place is Santorini Greek Cuisine which is a cozy dinner spot dishing up a variety of Greek classics, from gyro wraps to moussaka & whole fish. Also being a very busy place with limited seating space we recommend you also get a reservation for this 4.8 stars out of 5 restaurants.


BakeChop is an American restaurant with creative plates from locally sourced ingredients, with house-baked treats & coffee drinks in hip digs. It has many menu items to choose from ranging with gluten free, and vegan free dinner items and desert items. With it’s great dessert specials and cozy interior this restaurant has a 4.7 stars out of five with a totally of 850 reviews.



Santorini Greek Cuisine in Downtown DeLand.

 

With this hopefully one of these restaurants will suit you needs to bring that special someone to have dinner with before dancing the night away.


Photos by Nanci Jimenez

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