There’s a moment of pure transcendence that happens when a fork breaks through a fluffy biscuit and releases a river of peppered sausage gravy, and Charlie’s Family Restaurant in Lakeland has mastered this sacred art.
You walk into this place and immediately understand that nobody here is trying to reinvent the wheel – they’re just making sure the wheel is perfectly round, properly inflated, and covered in gravy.
The first thing that hits you isn’t the decor, which could best be described as “comfortable American diner meets your grandmother’s kitchen.”
It’s the smell…