Is food in a restaurant taxed in FL?
I honestly don't remember, but I suspect it is. FL has a tourist-heavy economy, and we all know how locals like to shove the bills for their benefits off on tourists. I don't think FL is any different. So they probably have high restaurant taxes, hotel taxes, rental car taxes, amusement park taxes, etc.
I haven't lived in FL since 1981, but I still remember the discussions around taxing toilet paper. It's one of those things that sticks, I guess.
Shalom.