OPENINGS
The long-awaited Mills 50 location of Lazy Moon Pizza is finally within reach: The owners are hiring staff for the Colonial Drive shop and should be serving huge slices by mid-November … Brownieria, a brownie-and-coffee chain with 24 locations in Brazil, will open their first cafe in the U.S. in the Lakeside Crossing shopping center in Winter Park this December … Also at Lakeside Crossing, Kona Grill, with its Hawaiian-Asian-sushi menu, opens Nov. 21 … Bartaco, the taqueria fusing flavors from Mexico to the Mediterranean, has opened in the Marketplace at Dr. Phillips … Holler & Dash Biscuit House, a fast-casual chain launched by Cracker Barrel in March, opens Thursday, Nov. 3, in Celebration serving all manner of biscuit sandwiches … Dead Lizard Brewing Co. celebrates its grand opening at noon Saturday, Nov. 5 … Look for Your Pie, a pizza chain out of Georgia, to open on the ground floor of the new SkyHouse apartments on Magnolia Avenue … Brass Tap has opened another location in Waterford Lakes.
CLOSINGS
Konbini at East End Market has closed, but a smaller, more focused version will open inside Kadence in December or January.
NEWS/EVENTS
Four Seasons Orlando executive chef Fabrizio Schenardi and executive pastry chef Rabii Saber will cook at the James Beard House in NYC on Nov. 12. Cost is $135 for members; $175 for the public. Locals can experience a practice run of the meal at Ravello Thursday, Nov. 3; cost is $95 … DoveCote Brasserie will serve Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. commencing Sunday, Nov. 6 … Seito Sushi in Baldwin Park is offering a late-night happy hour menu from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday … The finals of the Orlando Couples Cook Off take place Nov. 12 at Aggressive Appliances. Tickets to watch contestants battle it out for “Orlando’s Top Culinary Couple” are $15 … Cress Restaurant will serve brunch at Tomazin Farm in Samsula Nov. 13 at noon. Cost is $50 and the event is limited to 60 guests … The rescheduled East Meets West dinner featuring chefs Austin Boyd (Seito) and Joseph Burnett (Osprey Tavern) is Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Osprey Tavern. Cost is $150.
This article appears in Nov 2-8, 2016.
