Food Scene
This is a good place for breakfast and lunch is okay. Popular with the locals. Small and reasonably priced. Some outdoor seating and dogs are allowed.
Melrose Cafe
886 N SR 21This is a good place for breakfast and lunch is okay. Popular with the locals. Small and reasonably priced. Some outdoor seating and dogs are allowed.
Our favorite place for lunch. Good food with a liquor license. Reasonably priced. Friday and Sat. night buffet that people come from miles to enjoy. Arrive early or wait for a table. Reservations
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Blue Water Bay
319 FL-26Our favorite place for lunch. Good food with a liquor license. Reasonably priced. Friday and Sat. night buffet that people come from miles to enjoy. Arrive early or wait for a table. Reservations
The Spinach Pie is our favorite but anything Italian is good. Outdoor seating for smokers with big screen sports TV.
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Betty's Pizza & Subs
319 Wynnwood AveThe Spinach Pie is our favorite but anything Italian is good. Outdoor seating for smokers with big screen sports TV.
Subway
12771 SW State Rd 45Next to the convenience store and easy to get to from our house.
Fryer's Chicken
321 FL-26Food place for fast food chicken and burgers.
Essentials
The best meat around! Small, family owned with butcher shop on premises. Prices are high so this is a good place to get last minute items.
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Williamson's Food Store
840 N SR 21The best meat around! Small, family owned with butcher shop on premises. Prices are high so this is a good place to get last minute items.
Everything Else
Trinity Episcopal Church
204 26Cute church and active congregation.
If you are a Senior and take your own plate service, you can get a large meal with seconds for only $2.50, $3 without a plate. Also great for ice cream and some child's gifts and take home mementos.
Melrose Senior Community Center
307 FL-26If you are a Senior and take your own plate service, you can get a large meal with seconds for only $2.50, $3 without a plate. Also great for ice cream and some child's gifts and take home mementos.
Monday thru Thursday. Make an appointment. Go to Keystone Heights for Walk-in needs.
Melrose Family Practice
300 FL-26Monday thru Thursday. Make an appointment. Go to Keystone Heights for Walk-in needs.
Eliam Baptist Church
6009 Hampton StIf you're Baptist, the biggest church in Melrose.
Closest post office, opens at 9:30am, closes for an hour at Noon and closes at 4pm.
United States Postal Service
859 N SR 21Closest post office, opens at 9:30am, closes for an hour at Noon and closes at 4pm.
Melrose Public Library
312 Wynnwood AveNice library with lots of children's programs and adult lectures.
Gainesville Eye Physicians
105 FL-26Only open on Tuesday but a personal friend of ours, Dr. Terry Marshall.
County Boat Ramp Road
County Boat Ramp RoadIf you want to explore Lake Santa Fe and have your own boat.
Melrose Optical Center
105 FL-26I*f you need glasses or need them repaired. Open thru the week.
Kangaroo Express
400 FL-26Need cash? This might work for you.
Ameris Bank
25501 FL-26Might be another place for an ATM that would work for you.
Lake Area Cleaners
320 FL-26Laundromat and dry cleaners.
Lake Area Animal Hospital
8762 State Rd 21This is where we take our pets for veterinary services.
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar and Restaurant if you are into sports. Okay food. Noisy atmosphere.
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Gator Bait Family Sports Grill
304 Florida 26Bar and Restaurant if you are into sports. Okay food. Noisy atmosphere.
Shopping
Kangaroo Express
400 FL-26Gas and convenience items, next to Williamson's Grocery. Subway attached.
NAPA Auto Parts - Melrose Auto Parts
899 N SR 21If you have car part needs.
Lake Area Watersports
829 N SR 21Have a boat needing some attention? This is a pretty large place.