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Every Publix in Orlando, ranked

By Orlando Weekly Staff on Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 9:16 am

Few things inspire loyalty like a favorite grocery store. Throw in the already cultish adherence to the chicken and subs-sling grocery chain and any cross words about a favored Publix Supermarket are bound to start a fight.

With that in mind, we asked folks in the r/Orlando subreddit what their favorite (and least favorite) Publixes are in the Orlando area. Springing from that, we put together the definitive, unquestionable list of the best and worst places to get a Pub Sub in Orlando.

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21. The Grove

4870 S Apopka Vineland Road
This Publix is mostly fine. But who wants to be around rich people for that long?

22. Lakeside Village Center

7880 Winter Garden Vineland Rd, Windermere
There's just better options than Lakeside Village around.

23. West Point Commons

13750 W Colonial Dr, Winter Garden
This Publix was once good, but it disappointed customers in a long fall from grace.

24. The other Dr. Phillips Publix

7640 W Sand Lake Rd
What makes this Publix so disappointing is the fact that it's within eyesight of one of the best locations in Orlando.

25. Parkway Plaza

5265 S John Young Pkwy
This Publix demonstrates why no news is good news. Many of the stores ahead of it coasted by on anonymity. The only things we heard about this location were bad.

26. Kirkman Oaks

4606 S Kirkman Rd, Orlando
The consensus around this Publix is that it's old as hell and desperately in need of some TLC.

27. Metro West Village

2435 S Hiawassee Rd
This Publix rarely got mentioned, but when it did, the people talking were furious.

28. Lake Eola

400 E Central Blvd
One of only two true competitors for worst Publix in Orlando. It skirts by the winner of that dubious distinction because the haters of the other Publix had sheer numbers on their side. Everyone who mentioned this Publix called it a miserable experience from the petitioners out front to the confusing interior.

29. Colonialtown

1500 E Colonial Drive
Maybe the only Publix that sparked pure hatred in the entire discussion. Some used it as the baseline example of a bad Publix, others commiserated in their terrible experiences. Unquestionably, Colonialtown's Publix is the most-hated grocery store in Orlando.

Honorable (Un)Mention(ed):

Nobody cared enough about these Publixes to even argue for or against them:
-- Cornerstone at Lake Hart
--Landstar
--Rio Pinar
-- Avalon
-- Eastwood
-- Curry Ford Square
-- Conway Crossing

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