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Orlando restaurant openings: Pig Floyd’s, Mandola’s Italian Kitchen, The Packwoods, Melt Brownie and more
New spots for brownies, cocktails, Italian and much more
Faiyaz Kara
Orlando restaurant critic. Orlando Weekly restaurant critic since 2006.
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Cows ‘n Cabs, Orlando Greek Fest, Taste of Thornton Park and even more food events around town
Eat your way around the city
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Toshka Syrian Street Food is a (mobile) home away from home
Longwood-parked food truck serves Syrian staples
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New tastes in town: Violet’s Ice Cream Boutique, Burger Jawn, Corazon by Baires and more
Orlando area restaurant openings to know about
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A new outpost of Pisco Peruvian Gastrobar in Lake Mary, a second Orlando space for Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza, and more local restaurant openings
Food news and events from all around town
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Doshi, the modern Korean restaurant in Winter Park, will close at the end of the month
‘It’s a difficult choice, but under the current conditions, we can’t continue operating in this space’
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Coro in Audubon Park is the restaurant this city didn’t know it needed
Ever evolving and utterly extraordinary
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Beignets and Brew opening next month in Orlando’s North Quarter neighborhood
Specialty beignets will soon be deep-fried in NoDo
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It’s Oktoberfest at downtown Orlando’s Schmankerl Stub’n; Taste of Thai Festival happens this weekend; and a Firehouse surprise
Local food news and events
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Kappy’s lives; Soulful Collective opens in Winter Park; Isan Zaap owners will open another Thai resto in downtown Orlando’s North Quarter
Plus more tasty Orlando restaurant openings
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M’ama Napoli in Winter Park brings the finest from Italy’s South to South Orlando Avenue
Naples staples
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Quicksand, a natural wine bar from Golden Hour’s Heather LaVine, will open later this year in Mills 50
The intimate and inviting space will allow guests to ‘just sink in’
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Hawkers Asian Street Food files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The filing is necessary to ‘maintain operational control’ and to ‘preserve brand integrity’ from an ‘overreaching lender’
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SIX restaurant closings announced this week: Farm + Haus, Ethos Vegan Kitchen, Valkyrie Doughnuts, Kappy’s Subs, Bandbox and Chuck Lager Legendary Kitchen
Food news and events all around Orlando
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City Food Hall poised to open in Ivanhoe Village late September with EggDose, Chez Les Copains, Taglish, Ramen Takagi and more
Plus more food news from all over Orlando
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The Mongolorian closes; South East Asian barbecue joint DZÔ! BBQ will take its place
DZÔ! will serve a variety of South East Asian-style grilled meats in shareable formats
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Another Orlando location for Mochibae, Graze Craze charcuterie shop opens in Winter Park, Las Carretas Mexican Restaurant expands
Tasty food news from all over Orlando
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A Zymarium Meadery and Sushi Saint collab dinner, ‘Orlando’s first tabletop coffee shop’ for gamers near UCF, and more
Plus pizza with an Indo-Pak twist in Sanford
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TMG has plans for the old Graffiti Junktion space in Thornton Park: a restaurant celebrating Yucatán cuisine
June will deliver ‘umami bombs’ with Asian accents