After opening briefly during the holidays and St. Patrick’s Day, Morimoto Asia’s street food window reopens May 15 with a revamped menu. In addition to sushi and onigiri, on-the-go guests can sample bao tacos, donburi rice bowls, sticky ribs, takoyaki, taiyaki and various other snackables.
NEWS/EVENTS Yours truly and Kristen Manieri of Orlando Date Night Guide, both of us Canadian expats, host the first-ever North of the Border Bash & Poutine Palooza at K Restaurant on Victoria Day (that’s May 23 to all you non-hosers). Cost is $30 ($35 at the door) with all proceeds benefiting the Kevin Fonzo Foundation … Leguminati, the vegan food truck, will sling brunch from noon to 3 p.m. Sundays at Artichoke Red Vegan Market in College Park … Osprey Tavern teams with Paul Hobbs Winery for their first wine dinner – five courses on Sunday, June 5; call 407-960-7700 for reservations … Throughout May, guests donating $2 or more to No Kid Hungry receive a voucher for a complimentary hand-spun shake as part of Shake Shack’s 5th Annual Great American Shake Sale.
OPENINGS College Park continues its string of restaurant openings, the latest being the Doghouse, a tot-and-hotdoggery located in the same building (and owned by the same folks) as the Soda Fountain … More College Park news: Caliente Spicy Cuban Fusion on Edgewater Drive is on hold for at least six months, says owner Jim Lakey … In Mills 50, Restaurant ASH, by Hell’s Kitchen contestant Ashley Nickell, has opened in the old Funky Monkey space … Next! Clermont’s Wallace Grill says it will open a second location in the former Fifi’s Patisserie/Nick’s Italian Kitchen space in the Sanctuary condos on South Eola Drive … 4 Rivers Smokehouse will open an outpost in Kissimmee later this summer on Osceola Parkway near the Loop … Puerto Rican restaurant La Isla Restaurant Bar & Grill has opened in Sanford.
CLOSINGS Propagation, the furniture/coffeehouse on Mills Avenue, will close at the end of this month.
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This article appears in May 11-17, 2016.
