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Top tables: The best restaurants that opened in Orlando in 2022
Our critic’s picks.
Toll relief program for Florida drivers is in effect through the end of 2023
Some financial relief looks to be on the way for Central Florida drivers, and indeed in the state at large, who blaze up and down toll roads. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new toll relief program into law that took effect on Jan. 1. The program has set aside $500 million to go back into…
Orlando dive bar St. Matthew’s Tavern snapped up by Team Market Group
Team Market Group closed out 2022 with a bit more of the ol’ aggressive expansion, purchasing Orlando dive bar St. Matthew’s Tavern on Mills Avenue. As reported by Orlando Business Journal in the finals days of 2022, nightlife movers TMG added St. Matthew’s to their extensive portfolio of properties that currently includes (deep breath) Mathers Social…
Orlando breaks legends Baby Anne and DJ Icey take over the Vanguard this weekend
Orlando breaks legends DJ Icey and Baby Anne are bringing their classic sounds to downtown’s Vanguard this weekend, as part of the “Planet Rock” showcase. Planet Rock takes over Vanguard this Saturday, with a lineup featuring Icey and Baby Anne, alongside Monk, Audiotrap and Stylus. The event kicks off at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the…
Anti-Semitic slogan projected on busy street in downtown Orlando on New Year’s Eve
The phrase has been publicly displayed in Orlando before.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro hunkers down in Orlando as successor takes office
As Napoleon was to Waterloo, now former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is to Disney World? As reported by the New York Times on Sunday, Bolsonaro has decamped to Orlando following his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s general election back in October. The right-wing politician — dubbed the “Tropical Trump” because of his admiration for the…
Icon Park wheel loses power on New Year’s Eve, stranding riders for hours
Riders were trapped on “The Wheel” at Orlando’s Icon Park for hours on New Year’s Eve due to a power failure. And you thought your NYE was bad? The 400-foot observation wheel at the beleaguered Central Florida amusement park lost power on Saturday night, stranding 62 people for several hours, before 80 firefighters from Orange…
Florida lawmakers sue for the right to lobby while in office
Nearly 80% of Florida voters in 2018 approved a constitutional amendment restricting lobbyists
Florida’s poor oral health is an ‘untreated crisis,’ say dental access advocates
Sixty-six of Florida’s 67 counties don’t have enough dentists to provide necessary care
‘They Write Themselves, Part Two’
Another cartoon written by ChatGPT
The 10 most important American political stories of 2022: Part One
The end of Roe, the Trump collapse and more.
Federal appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban
Dissenting judges call the reasoning behind the majority opinion ‘both medically and scientifically flawed’
Free Will Astrology: ‘All meaningful change requires a genuine surrender’
Your horoscope for the week of Dec. 29 through Jan. 4
‘They Write Themselves, Part One’
An actual cartoon written by A.I.!
Florida gas prices snap back up after last week’s low
Aaaaand we’re back.
Lawsuit over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 14th Amendment-flouting redistricting map scheduled for September
Too little, too late for politicians who lost their seats, and the constituents who supported them
The Undie Awards: Honoring the biggest Orlando music happenings in 2022
OK, PYTs: It’s time once again to honor some of the biggest things that happened this year in Orlando music. Welcome back to This Little Underground’s annual Undie Awards THE 2022 UNDIES Best local representation: Ms. Meka Nism This year, Orlando metal icon Ms. Meka Nism was elected president of the venerable Recording Academy’s Florida…
Year in Review: The most important Orlando stories of 2022
From rent control to redistricting, this was the news that meant the most
Top Tastes: The best bites we took in 2022
Not fancy, but fully satisfying
New Netflix crime-caper series ‘Kaleidoscope’ can be watched in any order and still make equal sense
Sort of like living through 2022, which is to say, no matter how you shuffle it, nothing makes sense!
