Photos courtesy Iron Skillet
GOOD EATS: IRON SKILLET
‘A Sumptuous Buffet Feast Every Day’ By Rick Allen
When was the last time you ate at a truck stop? Especially one as good as the Iron Skillet on the far north side of the county? It’s well worth the drive, even if you only have four wheels and not the usual 18 that park in their oversized lots.
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or years, I assembled a list of restaurants in Marion County that were open and serving on Thanksgiving and Christmas. One year, an odd suggestion showed up. “You need to include the Iron Skillet,” the message said. What? You mean that truck stop in Reddick? It’s open? Absolutely it’s open—and puts on one terrific holiday buffet. Last Christmas I opted not to cook and instead took my family there. It could become our new holiday tradition! The buffets may be extraspecial for holidays, but the Iron Skillet puts on a sumptuous buf-
OCALA’S GOOD LIFE retirement redefined
fet feast every day of the year—breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Or if you’d rather, there’s also a menu chock full of home-style comfort foods from the kitchen, 24/7/365, from burgers and hand-cut steaks to liver and onions, chicken tender melts, French toast, and no-sugar-added apple pie. “When you come into this restaurant,” says Scott Goldstein, the general manager for nearly 20 years, “you don’t realize you’re in a
