OPENINGS: Cafe Linger, by Johnson & Wales graduates Michael Brito and Christina Gribkowsky, will open this spring in the former NYPD Pizza space on Edgewater Drive … Bem Bom is awaiting inspections and anticipates a mid-February opening on Corrine Drive … Over in the Milk District, look for Stasio’s, an Italian deli/market, to open on the corner of Bumby Avenue and Robinson Street … Midici Neapolitan Pizza Co. will open a pizzeria inside the Maitland City Centre. Bonus: The franchise owners hope to offer full table service when the restaurant opens in late summer … After a bitter dispute that ended their planned foray into the Milk District, all-vegan eatery Leguminati will pair up with Foxtail Coffee Co. and open inside the cafe’s soon-to-open space in the Hourglass District … Gringos Locos has opened their newest location at 517 E. Michigan St. in the SoDo District … Spice Indian Grill hopes to open by the end of the month on Corporate Boulevard near UCF … Jon Smith Subs has opened on Aloma Avenue in Oviedo … Another Marlow’s Tavern will open at Oviedo on the Park Tuesday, Jan. 23 … Grills Lakeside Seafood Restaurant & Tiki Bar has opened on OBT on the shores of Lake Fairview in College Park.
EVENTS: The 11th annual Taste of DeLand takes place Saturday, Jan. 20, from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $20 in advance, $25 day of … The Thirsty Topher and Blue Bird Bake Shop team up for a beer and cupcake pairing in the beer bar Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 6 p.m. … Festivities for the fifth annual Windermere Wine and Dine start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Windermere Town Hall; 28 restaurants are participating and tickets are $100 … Bad As’s Sandwiches and Deli Fresh Threads throw an anniversary celebration starting at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Every sandwich purchased scores you a free beer from Orlando Brewing … M Lounge in Ivanhoe Village hosts a whiskey pairing class Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 6:30-8 p.m. Paying guests will sample four whiskeys: Jim Beam Masterpiece, Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Decades, Blanton’s and Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. Cost is $100.
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This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2018.
