OPENINGS: Local pop-up outfit Jam Hot Chicken will open this summer in Hannibal Square in the space that previously housed Turkish breakfast joint Park Cafe & Bakery, Extract Juice Bar and, most recently, Sausage Shack … Look for yet another concept by Pig Floyd’s owner Thomas Ward. Peggy Floyd’s Luncheonette will offer breakfast, brunch and “linner.” A location or opening date hasn’t been announced as yet. Last month, Ward and Al Palo of Stasio’s Italian Deli announced they were opening Pigzza, a barbecue/pizza concept, this fall at 1050 N. Mills Ave. … Pita Mediterranean Street Food is slated to open next month at the 400 North complex in Maitland. Next door, Slidders Pizza is currently being built out for a fall opening … Eggs Up Grill, a breakfast chain based in South Carolina, will open at the West Point Commons Shopping Center in Winter Garden this summer … Over at Margaritaville, the resort’s signature restaurant, Euphoria, has been re-concepted into the Euphoria Fish House. Chef Joseph McFadden, who once ran the kitchen at An Tobar in Maitland, will be the executive chef.
NEWS/EVENTS: Fast-food chicken joint PDQ is teaming up with 4Rivers Smokehouse to sell a barbecue chicken sandwich for $6.99 at all their Florida outlets now through Aug. 2. Proceeds from the sandwich, designed by 4Rivers founder John Rivers, will go to benefit 4Roots, a nonprofit community alliance dedicated to investing in a healthy and sustainable food system … Susuru’s Lewis Lin and Charleston-based chef Nikko Cagalanan of Mansueta will host a Japanese-Filipino dinner pop-up from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Edible Education Experience in College Park. Cost is $90 … The Sanford Food Truck Festival goes from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in downtown Sanford with 12 food trucks, live music and outdoor seating … Tabla will host a Pitch Black: Dining in the Dark event at their Orlando location on June 23 from 6-10 p.m. Cost is $85.
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This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2021.
