Recently, News-Journal staff writer Aaron London and his dinner companion ventured for something different close to home and landed at 27 Fathoms in The Pavilion at Port Orange. While the restaurant offers a wide variety...

Diners who like a place with pumped-up volume -- in plate clatter, musical entertainment and food quantity -- will be interested in this busy, fun and noisy niche toward the southernmost end of Volusia County.

Copy editor Sherry Mims and her husband, Amir Fleminger, braved the fierce Bike Week traffic on Atlantic Avenue to go to Neelam Authentic Indian Cuisine and were surprised to see a sign saying Aavtar instead.

Old-fashioned food does not equal a tired menu at Mario's Restaurant in Ormond Beach, as copy editor Sherry Mims and her husband, Amir Fleminger, discovered during an outing to the family-owned restaurant.