Ride & Dine®: Florida

Be sure to inquire about the special discounts you can receive by taking the Rocket Ship Car to the following establishments: Crabby's Beachwalk Bar & Grill, Crabby Bill's IRB, Crabby Bills @ Clearwater Marina, Sea Breeze Island Grill & Raw Bar Reddington Shores, and Sea Sea Riders in Dunedin.

 Ride & Dine® Has arrived in Florida!  Here, we will feature area points of interest, gourmet food, fun and entertaining activities for groups, family, visiting relatives, and snowbirds!   As time goes on, we will be adding more packages in the future.

Package FL#1: Yogurt Run 

You, your friends and family will climb aboard our themed car  and travel in style as your driver takes a path back in time to unique destinations in and around the Clearwater and Tampa area.  What child, or adult, wouldn't want to ride in a real rocket ship! 

This all inclusive package to "Ready Set Yo" yogurt and specialty coffee shop will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth, or yogurt passion with the best tasting yogurt and specialty coffees in Pinellas county!   Their extensive menu board is sure to have something for everyone. Using only the freshest ingredients and toppings you can be sure the quality of their products are the best.    "Ready Set Yo" is tastefully decorated with plenty of seating.  The topping bar has a variety of of toppings to choose from.  Their specialty coffee pares great with the fresh bake goods that are available too!

As they like to say at "Ready Set Yo....."Grab a cup...Fill it up...Top it...Weight it...Pay it....Yo!       

"Ready Set Yo" has something that will sure tempt even the hard to please palate!  After satisfying your sweet tooth for this healthy, smooth yogurt, or their great specialty coffee, you will re-board the Rocket Ship Car® and be returned to your point of origin. 

Visit them and "friend" them on Facebook  at "Ready Set Yo" for a first hand look at this new and long awaited Ride & Dine®

Fee: $30.00 per person and includes a $5.00 coupon good towards any yogurt, specialty coffee, bakery, and toppings of your choice!

(A Travel Fee and/or a fuel surcharge fee OF 8%  may apply: Please call(727) 216-3770 for details).

Days/Hours: Mon-Sat. 7am. to 10pm., Sun. 8am. to 10pm.

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies) 

Note: A minimum of 8, and a maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

Package FL#2: "Wine Tasting"

On this all inclusive "Wine Tasting" package you will climb aboard our themed car  and travel in style as your driver takes a path back in time to unique destinations in and around the Clearwater and Tampa area.  What adult, wouldn't want to ride in a real rocket ship to.......

"The World is Our Vineyard"

Since 2003, Aspirations Winery has been supplying custom label wine, serving our restaurant and hotel clients, retailers and markets, corporations and individuals.  We have expanded our selection of classic wines in response to feedback from some of our customers.

Our own premium wines start with high quality crushed grapes which we import from grape-growing regions around the world. We ferment them into excellent, smooth, low sulfite premium wines, comparable to many commercially produced wines at twice the price.  This provides us the unique ability to produce many different varietals in our winery.  Our  wines consist of many of your favorite traditional red and white varietals as well as a number of exceptional and unique blends.

Many of our customers enjoy our wonderfully unique and very popular fruit infused wines which we produce here at the winery.  For those looking for something on the lighter and sweeter side, our fruit infused wines all start with a traditional parietal grape (e.g., Riesling, Merlot, Shiraz, etc.), to which we infuse natural fruit flavors. The result is a wine for both the non-wine drinker and wine enthusiast alike.  Our fruit-infused wines have a final alcohol content of 8.5%, compared to 11%-14% in traditional parietal wines.

 
All of the wines we produce at Aspirations Winery have the distinction of being produced with MINIMAL ADDED SULFITES, a level just sufficient to insure the quality and stability of our wines.

For those that favor a more mainstream red and white, we've got you covered!

Burford Family Wines of northern California is supplying us with finished wines for us to bottle and label for you. The current selections include these three delicious California vintages, of which are available for your custom label:

• ’09 Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon • ’07 Lake County Merlot • ’09 Lodi Chardonnay

Select any of our varietals for your custom label wine or personalized wedding favors. Most are available immediately.

Looking for a Specific Varietal?
We have access to hundreds of wines from all around the world. Just ask us and chances are we can get it!
(Requires a minimum purchase of 2 cases)

Visit their web site at: www.aspirationswinery.com

Fee of $30.00 per person includes: Transportation to and from "Aspirations Satellite Winery" on our "Rocket Ship Car"®, 4 one  ounce tastings, an assortment platter of cheese, crackers, and chocolates + an additional 2 three ounce tastings just because you rode our "Rocket Ship Car"® to "Aspirations Winery"!  It doesn't stop there.....You also receive an additional discount, off of their already low prices, for any bottles of wine you may wish to purchase and take with you!

(A Travel Fee and/or a fuel surcharge fee OF 8% may apply: Please call(727) 216-3770 for details).

Tasting Days/Hours: Tues. 1pm to 5pm., Wed. & Thur. 10a to 5p, and Sat. 11am to 3pm

Closed: Sun. & Mon.

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies) 

Note: A minimum of 8, and a maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

Package FL#3: Holiday Light Rides!

Ride & Dine®: Ohio

This Ride & Dine® excursion is one that will definitely fulfill your need for Popcorn, candy and much more...

Come and see how it was done back then and how the tradition has continued for over the  years.  Made from only the finest ingredients these taste treats will delight your taste buds! 

Let us take you back in time to the great smells of fresh popcorn and candy being made.  Oh, and let's not forget about the "Sweet's"!    and more "Sweet's" ! We will take you via the original roller coaster car - "The Thriller"® (now motorized), or one of the original Rocket Ships (motorized)  both from the world famous Euclid Beach Park®, to the Campbell's Sweets Factory for a tour and back again.  Your ticket entitles you up to $5.00 worth of their famous popcorn and candy products!  Visit their website at: www.campbellssweets.com for a behind the scene's look on how popcorn, candy and their other products are made with this Ride & Dine® from "The Euclid Beach Boys®"!     

Fee: $30.00 per person and includes $5.00 voucher to be used toward the purchase of any popcorn product of your choice. 

(Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

Tour Days: M-W-F

Tour Times: 3:00 pm AND 3:45 pm

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies) 

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

This Ride & Dine® excursion is one that will definitely fulfill your need for homemade ice cream!  Made from only the finest ingredients in a huge variety of flavors, Mitchells Ice Cream is second to none!  These are some of the delectable flavors that you will have to choose from....Peanut Butter Chip, Butter Pecan, Double Chocolate Chunk, Rocky Road, Caramel Fudge Brownie, Cookie Dough, Chocolate, Strawberry, Cookies & Cream, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Vanilla, Blue Cosmo™, No Added Sugar Fat-Free Vanilla, along with to many more to list!  They also serve fat and dairy free fruit sorbets, and low-fat frozen yogurts in a variety of flavors!

Mitchell's has a flavor that will sure tempt even the hard to please palate!  After satisfying your sweet tooth for homemade creamy smooth ice cream, you will re-board your vehicle and be returned to your point of origin.  Visit their website at www.mitchellshomemade.com for a first hand look at this new Ride & Dine® from "The Euclid Beach Boys®"! 

Fee: $30.00 per person and includes $5.00 in free homemade ice cream, and your choice of toppings too!  (Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

This Ride & Dine® tour will take you back in time to the memorable Christmas Story house that Ralphie made famous.  Filmed right here in Cleveland in the historical Tremont area.  You will see the infamous "Leg Lamp" that Ralphie's Dad just had to have lighting up the front window.  Inside the house you will see the furnished living room, kitchen, upstairs bedrooms, and all of the amenities of that historical Christmas season.  Best of all, a free gift will be waiting for you at the end of your 20 minute guided tour. www.achristmasstoryhouse.com

After your tour you will re-board your themed vehicle and enjoy a scenic ride  through Cleveland's historic Tremont area, the Flats, and on to Sainato's Restaurant Pizza & Catering.   At this truly unique restaurant you will  enjoy some of the best tasting pizza, calzone's, and pasta that Cleveland's Italian heritage has to offer.  After dining you will re-board your themed vehicle and be returned to your point of origin.  Visit their website at www.sainatos.com for a first hand look at this new, behind the scenes, Ride & Dine® from "The Euclid Beach Boys®"!

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Fee: $45.00 includes admission to the Christmas Story house, and a $10.00 food voucher for Sainato's Restaurant!  Gratuity is extra.  

(Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

I can't begin to describe how delicious this tour is!  Especially if you are a confirmed "Chocoholic"! 

Brandt's Candies was started by George and Agnes Brandt in Willoughby, Ohio, and has been in business since 1948. Customers are able to watch the delectable confections being made in  an open kitchen behind the showroom, just as it has been for the past 61 years. Brandt's is known throughout northeastern Ohio for the highest quality chocolates around, produced on site. 

Still doing business the same way today-as a family owned, family run store.  This generation of the Brandt's family is proud to carry on the tradition at the very same location their ancestor's started years before, in order to provide you with the same timeless treats you remember from your childhood.

Their candy is homemade, following original recipes, using only the finest and purest ingredients.  This gives their products the fresh and delicious taste that makes their chocolates so unique.  They hand-dip their creams, jellies, gooey caramels, and marshmallows in fine milk & dark chocolate along with hand-dipped coconut, nuts, dried fruit, and of course mouth-watering cherry cordials!  How can you forget the cherry cordials!  The candy is then displayed in the original showcases ready for you to take home and enjoy!

Brandt's will also custom make chocolate creations for any occasions, and also have a wide selection of sugar free  chocolates too!  Take a look at some of them here.

After satisfying your sweet tooth you will re-board your vehicle and be returned to your point of origin. Visit their website at www.brandtscandies.com for a first hand look at this new and delicious Ride & Dine® from "The Euclid Beach Boys®"!

Tour Days: Fridays & Saturdays only.

Tour Times: 12:00 pm (noon) thru 4:30 pm only.

Fee: $25.00 per person and includes a $5.00 candy voucher, a very memorable, and sweet, Ride & Dine® ride! 

(Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

Well here is the Ride & Dine® anxiously waiting for!  Right now we have the following wineries on board: DeBonn'e, Old Firehouse, and Grand River Cellar's. Would your group be interested in lunch or dinner at either Old Firehouse or Grand River, or just do some wine tasting’s? If anyone reserves through our Ride & Dine packages they receive an added extras! At Old Firehouse Winery  you receive 7- one ounce tasting's, a short tour/talk, crackers, a ride on their Ferris Wheel that over looks the lake, and a free souvenir! Lunch and dinner is also available at Old Firehouse Winery along with a great sunset over the lake, if you plan it right, and because you reserved through us the fine staff at the Old firehouse will even include an appetizer! Visit their website at www.oldfirehousewinery.com for a complete overview of their winery.

Grand River Cellars offers a tasting that includes three - 1 ounce glasses of wine along with cheese and crackers for ten. Their wine tasting’s are available 7 days a week from noon to 5:00 pm only. Depending on the time of your Ride & Dine® event, at Grand River Cellar's you may do a lunch or dinner, and includes your choice of wine (1 glass). Because you reserve through us you will receive a free dessert with either lunch or dinner! If you wanted to start there with a lunch, you have that option, or you can finish there with a dinner. Visit their website at www.grandrivercellars.com to view their lunch and dinner menus.

Your per person costs are as follows: (costs are calculated on  10 people/car additional charges may apply if the number of people participating is below 8 per car.)

Tasting & lunch: $72.00 (add a 2nd winery tasting for $12.00, or a 3rd for $24.00)

If inclement weather threatens we do have a backup plan. Feel free to ask us about your options.
 

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

Well it has finally arrived, and it is our sweetest and deadliest Ride & Dine yet! Titled as "Death by Dessert" this Ride & Dine will definitely send shivers down your spine, and tantalize your taste buds! As usual one of our themed vehicles will pick you up at a predetermined location and escort your party to Cleveland’s hidden treasure of a cemetery, and tourist destination, Lakeview Cemetery.

Founded in 1869, Lake View Cemetery sits on 285 acres of land and was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian England and France. There are over 102,000 people buried at Lake View, with more than 700 burials each year. There are 70 acres remaining for future development. Anyone can be buried at Lake View, without regard to race, creed, religion or walk of life. Offering the beauty, serenity, selection, history, horticulture and architecture rarely found in other cemeteries.

Your tour will include the Garfield Monument, built in memory of the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield.  In the crypt directly below the Memorial Hall are the bronze caskets of President Garfield (draped with an American Flag) and his wife Lucretia.

Along with these two stops you will also visit the resting places of John D. Rockefeller organized the Standard Oil Company, Law enforcement agent, Eliot Ness is probably most famous for helping to bring down gangster Al Capone, in Chicago, the Lakeview Damn, built in 1978 by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District at a cost of $7 million. The dam is 500 feet across, 60 feet above grade and 30 feet below grade, and at the time of dedication, was the largest concrete filled dam east of the Rocky Mountains. The dam can hold back 80 million gallons of water, and more!

If the Godfather had a certain bakery in mind when he gave this advice, he must have been referring to Corbo’s Bakery.   Corbo’s is a small family-owned establishment that has won the hearts of many foodies in its home city. Reminiscent of stepping into any old-country grandmother’s dream kitchen, the pastries are displayed with a pride that only hints at their extraordinary taste. Corbo’s Bakery is a vital addition to the Little Italy area and a must visit attraction for the city of Cleveland. The pastries, bread, and other desserts are all hand made fresh by skilled bakers. Although there are many different kinds of foods from this bakery, any first-timer should try one thing- their delicious cannolis. It is apparent that not only the finest ingredients, but a tangible love of baking, goes into everything Corbo’s makes.

For those who have never experienced cassata cake, it is definitely worth trying. A white cake filled with creamy vanilla pudding, and strawberries, topped with their homemade whipped cream, it is one of the best cakes you will ever taste. Corbo’s cassata cakes are a popular choice for Cleveland weddings, celebrations, and business functions, and has been hailed by many as "the best Cassata Cake in the Midwest"…..and the closest one can get to an Italian grandmother’s cooking. Once your sweet tooth has been more than amply satisfied, we will transport you back to your starting point to complete this spectacular Ride & Dine package.

This all inclusive package is only $30.00/person, and includes an $5.00 voucher for your choice of dessert and beverage.  Gratuity is extra.  This package is available Tuesday’s through Sunday’s 9:00 am to 4:00 pm from May 1^st to October 31st.  (Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

If inclement weather threatens we do have a backup plan. Feel free to ask us about your options.
 

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

This is the newest item added to our famous Ride & Dine® packages!  Take a trip back in time to the quaint little town of Chagrin Falls to this long time favorite little parlour right on top of the famous falls!  

The building housing The Chagrin Falls Popcorn Shop was built in 1875 to be a retail showcase for The Pride of the Falls flourmill adjoining it. There was a water wheel driven gristmill, powered by the Chagrin Falls River. Somewhere around the middle 1940’s the building became known as ‘The Popcorn Shop’, and began serving fresh locally produced items such as Ice Cream, Popcorn, Candy,  Coffee and Gifts and still does today. A note from Dewey Forward, proprietor: Almost everyone I meet from Northern Ohio has a childhood memory of the Popcorn Shop.  They remember trips to Chagrin Falls with their Grandparents or Family, grabbing some rich Ice Cream and walking the falls and the village of Chagrin, becoming whom we affectionately refer to as “CONELICKERS”.   People seem to just adore this place.  That’s why I bought it in 2001 after the great accident. A van lost its brakes coming down the perpendicular street leading to The Popcorn Shop in November of 2000. The van slammed into the front of the Popcorn Shop dislodging it from the bridge it abuts and almost pushed the whole building into the river. After purchasing it along with the original owners family the McClennans, we restored the building from the foundation up. It’s built like Fort Knox now!  The popular proprietary products at the shop are: Ice cream soft serve custard, DEWEYS COFFEE  (organically grown, fairly traded, fresh roasted locally), Country Parlour Scooped Ice Cream, Fresh Double Cheese Popcorn, Original Butter & Salt, and Old Fashioned Candies. We also feature fresh Kettle Corn, Sunny Corn (low fat) and Golden Caramel Corn. The shop sells memorabilia and gifts of Chagrin Falls as souvenirs of our fine village.

Fee: $30.00 per person and includes a $5.00 food voucher, for a very memorable, and sweet, Ride & Dine® ride! (Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

If inclement weather threatens we do have a backup plan. Feel free to ask us about your options.
 

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.

Package Ohio #8:

Is currently under construction!

(Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

Is currently under construction!

 (Travel Fee and a fuel surcharge of 8% may apply: Please call for details).

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Gladly accepted for all event registrations!

(3% convenience fee applies)

Note: Maximum 10 person capacity for this Ride & Dine® event.  Additional costs may be incurred depending on the location of pickup, its distance from the point of destination, and the exact number of people attending.