Florida food that isn't the same old stuff.

In St. Augustine's Spanish Quarter, there are no shortage of places to eat.

But I'm not a fan of the Quarter, and when we travel there I seek out non-tourist food spots. Columbia? I can get Cuban food, from the Spanish restaurant giant, here. Pizza? Sure, I guess. But what about something a little more interesting?

When I poked around St. Augustine to gather information for this month's Road Trip, I asked my host to point me toward places to eat that wouldn't be the typical Quarter experience. She did, with pleasure — locals love to turn tourists onto places...

In the Spanish Quarter, Meehan's Irish Pub & Seafood House has seafood a-plenty.

When I was invited to eat at Meehan's Irish Pub & Seafood House, my first thought was that I didn't want to go anywhere near the Spanish Quarter in St. Augustine. My second thought was,"Seafood at an Irish Pub? Really?"

Yep, really.

The Irish family who owns this restaurant — and boy are they Irish — don't confine themselves to shepherd's pie (which is actually made with lamb and beef, making it one of the few shepherd's pies that...