Best New FL Restaurant Dishes Out Classic Cuisine: Southern Living

ORLANDO, FL — What's that scent permeating the air? Smells like fried chicken, oysters, schnitzel and homemade french toast.

It must be coming from the South's best new restaurants. Southern Living recently released its list of the South's Best 2024 award recipients, including those for best new restaurants in each southern state.

This year, Orlando's Norman's took the honor in Florida.

The winners were selected by Southern Living readers via a third-party agency, Proof Insights. The regional magazine said online voting took place last year from July 12-Aug. 23.

More than 20,000 people made nominations and voted in the publication's eighth annual contest.

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See what Southern Living had to say about Norman's:

"Norman Van Aken is no newcomer to Florida’s dining world. Since the 1990s, he has established that the Sunshine State has a cuisine all its own. After years at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Orlando, his namesake restaurant now has a new home at the Dellagio Town Center. The massive space has an elegant indoor dining room (with a and a lounge-like outdoor terrace, which gives the restaurant two distinct personalities. The menu, which includes many classic Van Aken dishes like My ‘Down Island’ French Toast (foie gras, griddled brioche, passion fruit caramel, and candied lime zest), is still as strong as ever, making a night at Norman’s feel comforting yet surprising."

Norman's: 7924 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando

See the full list of Southern Living's Best New Restaurants 2024 here.