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Full Breakfast, Homestyle Dishes for Under $7

Cosmo's Cafe offers homestyle cooking for breakfast and lunch.

In the mood for a bowl of chili, Patch stopped by Cosmo's Cafe recently. The eatery is known for its homestyle soups and daily specials.  The restaurant, in a shopping plaza just south of Ulmerton Road, serves breakfast all day. Other options include: daily specials, soups, subs, wraps, club sandwiches, quesadillas, burgers, and salads. Everything is homemade. Every day Cosmo's Cafe prepares homestyle chili and soups. The hearty bowl of chili with cheese and onions was $3.21 with tax. The chili was zesty without being overpowering. The daily soup selections were cream of broccoli and chicken noodle. Have a heartier appetite? The daily specials were $5.95 on a recent visit. Choices included chicken parmesan with pasta and garlic bread and …

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Food Review: The Deli Diva

The Deli Diva's owner and chef, Anne Money Buck, knows her stuff when it comes to the deli business. She cooks up recipes passed down from three generations of deli chefs.

Located in downtown Largo on the old cobbled streets lies a small, yellow shack called The Deli Diva.  This New York style deli, owned by "diva" Anne Money Buck and the "deli dude" Robert Buck, serves-up a mean lunch. Open Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., it caters to the business crowd. This is no ordinary deli. Anne Money Buck knows her stuff when it comes to the deli business. After all she's a third generation deli cook. Everything on the menu is made fresh daily. It's the type of cooking that you know someone spent hours making and preparing as a labor of love. Their signature dish is the pastrami. Every morning at 3 a.m. the Buck's begin the curing process. It's a secret recipe passed down from Anne Money Buck's …

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