Faiyaz Kara
Orlando restaurant critic. Orlando Weekly restaurant critic since 2006.
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Filipino Freedom Fest takes over Kaya complex, Peperoncino’s latest wine dinner and Bite30 in full effect
Local food events you won’t want to miss
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Orlando restaurant moves: Sparrow Wine Bar and Perla’s Pizza opening this fall; Financier Bistro closed in Winter Park; Kind Cleaver in search of new space
Plus new noodles, sushi, beer and more all around town
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Mid Drive Dive embraces College Park’s past with its mid-century aesthetics and menu
It really is the ideal neighborhood restaurant
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Kaya, the Filipino casual fine-dining restaurant, falls shy of winning a James Beard Award
The Mills 50 hotspot was one of 10 finalists for the James Beard Foundation’s Best New Restaurant Award
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Perla’s Pizza, the nonconformist pie house by Michael Collantes, will reopen this fall in Winter Park
‘All I can say is it’s Florida Man pizza’
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Orlando overflows with special chef collabs in June at Camille, Superica, Omo by Jont
Sonny Nguyen, Brandon McGlamery, David Tsan, Andrew Scala, James Petrakis and more visit each other’s kitchens for good causes
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West Orlando’s Pho Ga Hien Vuong specializes in superlative slurps
Noodle house dedicated to chicken pho also serves top-quality chicken dishes of all sorts
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UniGirl, Orlando’s first onigiri shop, opens this summer inside the new Mills Market on Colonial Drive
In addition to nori-wrapped rice balls, Mills Market will see a brand refresh of Bánh Mì Boy, a Japanese whisky bar, chef incubator and retail vendors.
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Sparrow, a wine bar and lounge by Good Salt Restaurant Group’s Jason and Sue Chin, takes flight this fall
Chef Wendy Lopez will curate a focused menu drawing on Spanish and European influence.
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Orlando food news: a new tiki bar in Dr. Phillips, a leafy spot for light bites and drinks in Ivanhoe Village, and free doughnuts on June 7
Plus more new restaurant openings, closings and moves and foodie events
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Smokemade Meats + Eats lures scores of Texas barbecue fiends to Curry Ford West
Orlando’s newest pit stop
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Artistry Restaurants will open the Chapman and Chase Lounge in Winter Park this year
We’ve been anticipating since December 2022.
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Oza Downtown will bring omakases and izakaya eats to Mills 50
Tim Liu, the man behind neighborhood joints Mikado and Boku, plans a high-low happening on Colonial Drive
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DBA, an offspring bar by the Strand, crafts stiff sips and cheffy snacks in Mills 50
Everything lovers of the Strand would expect from a bar operated by Joe and Alda Rees.
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Bite30 Orlando starts June 1, Great Southern Box Co. Food Hall and Bar opens May 24, and Lazy Moon Pizza’s Maitland outpost is open
Tasty food news from all around the city
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Some cool treats to cure your Orlando summertime phews
Summer Guide 2024: Cold comfort
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Domu’s Sonny Nguyen will open Rion’s Ocean Room and Gyukatsu Rose under the newly formed Small Food Group
The two-in-one concept will specialize in ‘poke by the pound,’ Japanese fried beef cutlets and a la carte seafood snacks.