OPENINGS
Sno Tea Caffe, featuring Taiwanese shaved ice desserts, has opened near UCF in the University Commons plaza. A few doors down, look for Spice Indian Grill to open in the coming weeks … Grown, a USDA Organic Certified fast-food restaurant by former NBA star Ray Allen and his wife, Shannon, will open a stand-alone location inside the Walmart Supercenter in Lake Nona later this month … Ben & Jerry’s has opened on Park Avenue in Winter Park … Mather’s Social Gathering, a craft cocktail bar, will open downtown at Pine and Magnolia sometime this March.
NEWS/EVENTS
Norman’s hosts an eight-course Moet Hennessey Wine Maker’s Dinner Tuesday, Feb. 7. Cost is $150. On Feb. 8, they’ll host a five-course Chateau Montelena wine dinner. Cost is $175 … SeaWorld’s Seven Seas Food Festival is every Saturday from Feb. 11 through May 13 … Cask & Larder’s Brandenburger Bock will be released at the Ravenous Pig Saturday, Feb. 18, at noon. The release party will feature live performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos by the Bach Festival Orchestra … The 9th annual Downtown Food & Wine Fest Feb. 25 and 26 will see more than 30,000 food and wine lovers at Lake Eola Park. Admission is $20 ($25 day of) with food and beverage tickets available for $2 each … Foodstock, a multi-day food and music festival, takes place March 1-4 at different venues around the city on each day – Church Street, I-Drive 360, Pointe Orlando and Tinker Field. Visit foodstockorlando.com for more … The Ocala Culinary Festival, March 1-5, offers a host of food-related events and seminars with the likes of James Beard Foundation vice-president Kris Moon, Norman Van Aken, Jeannie Pierola (from Tampa’s Edison: Food + Drink Lab) and many more. The festival culminates with the Grand Tasting on March 5. Visit ocalaculinaryfestival.com for more … The 23rd Annual Taste of Oviedo goes from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 11 with more than 30 food vendors in attendance. Admission is free … The 4th annual Field to Feast dinner takes place March 25 at Long & Scott Farms. Disney’s top chefs headline this dine-and-drink-around that’s fast become one of the fave events of the local culinary cognoscenti. Tickets are $175 and can be purchased at edibleorlando.com.
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This article appears in Feb 1-7, 2017.
