OPENINGS: Look for The Glass Knife, a swanky new café/pâtisserie, to open this Friday on South Orlando Avenue in Winter Park … The folks behind the Tamale Co. food truck will open Tamale & Co. Take Out in the former Kalienne’s Bakeshop space in Altamonte Springs … The Patina Restaurant Group will launch three concepts in Disney Springs early next year: Maria & Enzo’s, Enzo’s Hideaway and Pizza Ponte … Noodles & Rice will open an outpost in Avalon Park sometime next year … Grills Restaurant Lakeside hopes to open on the west side of Fairview Shores by the end of the year … Buda Libre, by Iron Chef America contestant Roberto Trevino, is poised to open any day now on Church Street … Over in Lake Nona Landing, Urban Hibachi will open their third restaurant later next year … See’s Candies has opened a pop-up “holiday gifting center” in the Mall at Millenia. The center will be open until Dec. 27 … Frank Anderson, who ran the kitchens at James Beard Award-winning Animal and Son of a Gun in L.A., has been named culinary director for the Rez Grill, opening Dec. 14 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino … Chianti’s Pizza and Pasta will open a 120-seat restaurant in Longwood Village in the space that previously housed Carmela’s of Brooklyn.
CLOSINGS: Nova Restaurant in Ivanhoe Village has closed … The Farmacy has ceased its organic grocery operations inside the North Quarter Market.
NEWS: Growing Orlando, a nonprofit urban farm initiative, needs your help. Last month, thieves stole many of the farming tools and equipment they need to run their South Street Garden. Go to growingorlando.org/donate to make a contribution … Hawkers Asian Street Fare will move its headquarters and test kitchen to Church Street, and will utilize the glassed-in covered bridge as a mock dining/bar area as well as for special tasting events.
EVENTS: Kevin Fonzo (formerly of K Restaurant) pairs up with Kathleen Blake for the Feast of Fonzo Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Rusty Spoon. Cost for the four-course dinner with wine pairings is $65 … A Taste of Dr. Phillips, with 22 Orlando restaurants participating, is Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Dellagio Town Center. Cost is $70.
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This article appears in Nov 8-14, 2017.
