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Downtime destination 3 eateries inside Suncreek Brewery offer familiar favorites with an upscale twist. STORY: ROXANNE BROWN AND THERESA CAMPBELL
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owntown Clermont has been on the rise with a fresh revitalization, which includes a fun hangout to visit and savor delicious craft beers and tasty eats inside the Suncreek Brewery, 790 W. Minneola Ave. Suncreek provides a “great destination for your downtime” with the city’s original craft brewery, winner of Best Place for Drinks in the Chamber of Commerce’s Best of South Lake Awards for the second consecutive year in 2020. We at Style love that the brewery has three separate restaurants serving a wide array of delicious foods to enjoy with your favorite brew. The food offerings, which include trendier selections than typical bar foods, come from Michael’s Ali Coal Fired Pizza, MAC’d OUT and Savoree, all three which have sister operations in Winter Garden. Want specialty pizza? Michael’s Ali serves up authentic 900-degree, coal-fired pizza, along with coal-fired wings, craft sandwiches and some of the biggest burgers you’ve seen. Just ask Gunnar Morton and Blake Stone, who both ordered the “Dirty Doug,” a grilled steak burger topped with ham steak, a fried egg and fresh burrata on a buttered brioche bun. “I don’t know if my mouth is big enough,” Blake exclaimed before strategically taking a first bite of the massive burger facing him. After having figured out how to do it, Blake says, “Mmmm. It’s rough and it’s messy, but it’s so good.” Gunnar, who works at Suncreek, says he eats at all three of the neighboring eateries often, but proclaims Michael’s Ali his favorite because of the coal-fired wings with “Crazy Diego sauce,” his favorite, plus the tasty pizza and burgers. “I eat here all the time and it’s always good; and the coalfired, it has that certain great-tasting flavor to it,” says Gunnar. Macaroni and cheese lovers are bound to love MAC’d OUT, a specialty mac and cheese stand inside the brewery that features house-made fresh pasta and five cheese sauces, filled with your choice of additional ingredients, and topped with an herb Romano crust. Savoree offers a wide assortment of handcrafted salads, sandwiches, wraps and fresh bowls. “We cater to everybody,” says General Manager Diego Tarazona (namesake of the Crazy Diego honey-sriracha
