Part 1 - Are You Going to Finish That? : Florida’s Most Insane Food Challenges

As of 2018 there were 41,366 eating and drinking place locations in Florida in 2018. That puts us at number 4 after CA, NY, and TX,

 

1,096,000 restaurant and foodservice jobs in Florida in 2019 = 12% of employment in the state

And by 2029, that number is projected to grow by 14.1%

= 154,700 additional jobs, for a total of 1,250,700

 

$50.1 billion

Estimated sales in Florida’s restaurants in 2018

 

Every dollar spent in the table service segment contributes $2.04 to the state economy.

 

So because of that we’ve got so many amazing cities with incredible places to eat that have quite literally put some places on peoples must do vacation spots.

 

So for this special two part episode we’re going to taking you all over the state for some INSANE food challenges and then next week we’re going to be bringing you all of our most famous eateries that you may have even seen on TV!

 

Where are the spiciest wings in town? Why would you ever want to eat 8 pounds of pho? Are Garrett and Steph going to eat a 6 pound burrito? What's the name of that guy from Man v. Food? Find out all this and more on this weeks episode of Just a Podcast in Paradise.

 

Check out some of the products we talk about on this weeks episode here:

What to Pack

 

Check out our instagram at https://www.instagram.com/just.take.a.dip/ for some reviews of the places we virtually visit in tonight's episode!

 

If you want to support the show and get the recipes from every episode head over to Patreon

 

If you have any Florida travel questions for us, or to enter this weeks trivia challenge, hit us up https://twitter.com/thedipcrew on Twitter or email me at steph@justadayinparadise.com

 

Follow along on some of our adventures over on our Youtube Channel