OPENINGS
Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine has opened its third restaurant, this one in the Lake Nona Town Center (update: Bosphorous informed us post-publication that the opening has been pushed back to the weekend of March 11) … Rasa Asian Street Food has opened in the former Le Rouge space in Dr. Phillips … Former Osprey Tavern executive chef Bruno Fonseca now mans the kitchen at Millenia106 Restaurant & Bar in the space formerly occupied by Figueira Brazilian Grille near the Mall at Millenia … Pei Wei Asian Diner has opened a new location at the Mall at Millenia … Big Kahuna’s Island Style Bowls will open in Winter Springs by mid-March … M Lounge, a third-floor rooftop bar above the Major Investments building in Ivanhoe Village, will open this April … Mai Bistro, promising “Vietnamese street food with modern twists,” will open by mid-April in the former Scientology building on East Colonial Drive near Altaloma Avenue … Look for another Zoë’s Kitchen to open in the Center of Winter Park (aka the former Kmart plaza) sometime next month … Duck Donuts will open in the Crosslands plaza in Kissimmee this spring.
NEWS/EVENTS
Foodstock Orlando, a multi-day food and music festival, goes from Wednesday to Saturday, March 1-4, at various venues around the city. Visit foodstockorlando.com for more … Reel Fish Coastal Kitchen & Bar in Winter Park will offer lunch service starting Tuesday, March 7 … James Beard Award winner Tony Mantuano (who’s also a 2017 semifinalist for Outstanding Chef) teaches a ravioli cooking class March 11 at noon at Portobello in Disney Springs. Cost is $55 … The 23rd Annual Taste of Oviedo goes from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 11 with more than 30 food vendors in attendance. Admission is free … United We Brunch is March 18 at the Orchid Ballroom from noon-3 p.m. with nearly 20 restaurants participating. Cost is $40, or $65 VIP (includes early admission). More at brunch.orlandoweekly.com … The Second Harvest Food Bank’s Chef’s Night Series continues March 20 with James Messinger, corporate executive chef of Seasons 52, prepping a five-course dinner with wine. Cost is $100. Visit feedhopenow.org for more … Cress Restaurant’s Hari Pulapaka plans to open the Global Kitchen Cooking School in DeLand sometime this fall.
This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2017.
