Everyday Southchase: Errands, a Community Pharmacy and One Good Plaza Run
Southchase Village, the bilingual community pharmacy at 12981 South Orange Blossom Trail, and the art of getting a week’s life admin done in a single corridor pass.
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Southchase by Rail: Using the Meadow Woods SunRail Station
The station is named for Meadow Woods but serves Southchase — SunRail says so itself. A practical guide to the 120 Fairway Woods Boulevard commute, opened July 30, 2018.
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A Southchase Family Weekend: Gators, Crayons and the Neighborhood Park
A realistic two-day plan built from what is actually here: Gatorland in the ZIP, the Crayola Experience just north, a community park on Welson Road, and corridor food throughout.
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Gatorland: The 1949 Original, Southchase’s Own
Before the theme parks, there was Gatorland — Owen Godwin’s 1949 roadside attraction at 14501 South Orange Blossom Trail, still family-run, still the Alligator Capital of the World.
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A Florida Mall Day, Done Right: Southchase’s Big Trip North
Just north of Southchase at Sand Lake Road, The Florida Mall — opened in 1986, about 1.7 million square feet, 250-plus stores — plus the Crayola Experience inside it. How locals do it.
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Where to Eat in Southchase: A Real Guide to the Orange Blossom Trail Corridor
No destination dining — but a working corridor of Dominican, Pakistani, halal Chinese and steakhouse cooking that rewards anyone willing to eat where Southchase residents eat.
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The Cut Is the Destination: Southchase’s Ranked Barbershops and Nail Salons
Two of Orlando’s top five barbershops and a top-three nail salon sit on this one corridor. Southchase’s ranked grooming scene, explained without the hype.
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Tu Casa: The Dominican Kitchen Southchase Has Kept Since 2006
At 9251 South Orange Blossom Trail, Tu Casa has served Dominican and Caribbean home cooking — mofongo, sancocho, pernil and a well-regarded Cuban sandwich — since 2006.
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Chaat House: Two Decades of Halal Pakistani, Indian and Chinese Cooking on the Trail
Chaat House at 9472 South Orange Blossom Trail says it opened in 2005 with five chaat items; today its halal menu runs to more than 70 dishes across Pakistani, Indian, Chinese and American cooking.
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Southchase, Honestly: A Local Guide to Orlando’s Working South Side
Southchase is a residential community on the Orange Blossom Trail corridor between Hunters Creek and Meadow Woods — quiet subdivisions behind a busy, bilingual strip of small restaurants, barbershops and services.
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