Every once in a while I get a weird craving for gas station chicken. Anyone who’s been on a road trip knows that gas stations in the middle of no where have the best fried chicken. I’m not saying you won’t need some Tums to get you through afterwards, but it sure is tasty.
It’s no different here in SW Orlando. The best fried chicken can be found at Dodge’s Store on highway 50 in Winter Garden. The address is 12961 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden, FL 34787 if you wanna get directions. I swore to myself never to eat gas station food again when I got sick from a Blimpies sub that I got at a gas station once, but gas station chicken is another thing altogether.
With gas prices around $4 a gallon, it makes the fried chicken at Dodge’s seem like an outright steal. For $1.99, you can get 2 hot wings and a chicken strip which make for a quite a tasty snack. You can also get plenty of zings, dings, jo jo’s, fries, turkey legs, and of course, good old apple pie for about the same price as a gallon of gas. The price of gas is getting out of hand.
Everyone there is super friendly and it feels like you’re in a small town eatery where everyone knows your name and they’re glad that you came yet you’re at a gas station. There’s just something about the smell of car fumes and fried chicken that appeals to me I guess.
It’s no different here in SW Orlando. The best fried chicken can be found at Dodge’s Store on highway 50 in Winter Garden. The address is 12961 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden, FL 34787 if you wanna get directions. I swore to myself never to eat gas station food again when I got sick from a Blimpies sub that I got at a gas station once, but gas station chicken is another thing altogether.
With gas prices around $4 a gallon, it makes the fried chicken at Dodge’s seem like an outright steal. For $1.99, you can get 2 hot wings and a chicken strip which make for a quite a tasty snack. You can also get plenty of zings, dings, jo jo’s, fries, turkey legs, and of course, good old apple pie for about the same price as a gallon of gas. The price of gas is getting out of hand.
Everyone there is super friendly and it feels like you’re in a small town eatery where everyone knows your name and they’re glad that you came yet you’re at a gas station. There’s just something about the smell of car fumes and fried chicken that appeals to me I guess.
The Orlando Regional Realtor Association released the latest statistics for Orlando today and it shows some promising signs. For the first time this year, the inventory of homes is less than the level seen in the same period for 2007. There’s currently 19.6 months of inventory on the market which seems like a lot, but at least we’re headed in the right direction.
The number of total properties under contract show a distinct trend upward in the graph and the number of sales has increased every month in 2008. We had 1,276 sales and 3,225 properties under contract in May 2008. I believe this means more homes are selling.
Another promising statistic is that fewer homes are coming on the market. We definitely don’t need to add to the glutton of inventory already on the market, so I’m excited to see this. For the market to truly reach a point of stabilization, we really need to see an inventory level that’s far less then 19.6 months.
We’re not there yet, but the statistics show that there definitely is a steady march towards improvement underway for the real estate market in Orlando.
The number of total properties under contract show a distinct trend upward in the graph and the number of sales has increased every month in 2008. We had 1,276 sales and 3,225 properties under contract in May 2008. I believe this means more homes are selling.
Another promising statistic is that fewer homes are coming on the market. We definitely don’t need to add to the glutton of inventory already on the market, so I’m excited to see this. For the market to truly reach a point of stabilization, we really need to see an inventory level that’s far less then 19.6 months.
We’re not there yet, but the statistics show that there definitely is a steady march towards improvement underway for the real estate market in Orlando.
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