A trip to The Yearling is like a trip back in time, like a visit to a Florida that no longer exists — except in a few special places. It takes only 30 minutes or so to drive southeast from Gainesville ...

CROSS CREEK -- When Claude Jarman Jr. walked into the Yearling Restaurant on Thursday evening, he was surrounded by himself. Paintings, photographs, drawings and a videotape of his most famous movie.

CROSS CREEK — The Yearling Restaurant in Cross Creek has earned a distinguished spot on Southern Living magazine’s list of the 17 Most Legendary Restaurants in Florida. This accolade highlights the ...

One thing never fails to surprise Robert Blauer. The owner of The Yearling Restaurant, a Florida landmark that serves the cracker cooking of Old Florida and pays homage to author Marjorie Kinnan ...

Junior calls this Facebook photo of his, “An Old Gator Eating Gator.” It was taken at The Yearling restaurant in Cross Creek, Fla., home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Yeah ...

J.J. Grey and Willie Green became friends many years ago when Grey and his band Mofro visited the Yearling Restaurant in Cross Creek. Green would be playing his blues in the corner and Grey would jam ...

CROSS CREEK — Travelers on Interstate 75 through mid-Florida pass less than 20 miles from a little community known as Cross Creek. Nestled in the woods, it was catapulted onto a larger stage decades ...