OPENINGS: Downtown mainstay Artisan’s Table will move to 55 W. Church St. in early 2019. Chef-partner Monica McCown says the move will allow the restaurant to build out a bigger bar area and focus more on the late-night food and drink crowd. Expect to see a lively patio scene by January or February of next year … Curate, a Milk District art gallery/studio by Dixie Dharma’s Shaun Noonan, will serve exclusive prix-fixe vegan dinners with wine pairings by night. Curate will start dinner service at 2428 E. Robinson St. this summer … More Milk District news: A La Cart Street Food & Craft Beer, a 10,400-square-foot food truck park, will also open this summer. The space will host five full-time food trucks, house a 15-tap bar, and have open-air seating for 61 people … Tako Cheena is now open for lunch Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on the second-floor terrace of the Stonewall Bar on West Church Street … Bites & Bubbles, specializing in champagne and caviar, has opened in the old Brooklyn Coffee/Restaurant Ash/Funky Monkey space in the Mills 50 district … After issues with permitting prevented Argentinean restaurant Chalten from opening in Ivanhoe Village, the eatery found a new space at 124 Live Oaks Blvd. in Casselberry and is open for business. Chalten serves soups, salads, sandwiches and raw healthy bowls. They’re open daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. … Tomkos Tavern, a 12,000-square-foot restaurant specializing in wood-fired pizzas and meats, as well as state-of-the-art sports simulators, will open on Turkey Lake Road in Dr. Phillips later this month … Ana’s Brazilian Kitchen has opened in the old Primo Hoagies space on Commodity Circle near South John Young Parkway and Sand Lake Road … Look for Blended Cafe Bar to open later this month in College Park. The eatery will serve everything from bao and banh mi sandwiches to bubble tea and craft beer … Filipino restaurant Inay’s Kitchen has opened in Ocoee … Over in Winter Garden, Tex-Mex joint the Whole Enchilada has opened on Plant Street … Luisa’s Cellar, a wine/craft beer bar serving tapas and desserts, will open this month on Sanford Avenue in Sanford … Vitality Bowls, “America’s superfood cafe,” will open May 17 at the Grand Oaks Village plaza on the corner of Conroy-Windermere Road and Dr. Phillips Boulevard.
NEWS: Snowbirds Vintners, a wine portfolio created by Cuisiniers’ Jamie McFadden, was awarded a Silver medal in the American Fine Wine Competition’s annual rosé competition.
EVENTS: Bangrak Thai Street Kitchen will set up at Pizza Bruno for a joint collaborative dinner May 15 at 6 p.m. … Urbain 40 hosts a five-course Italian wine dinner May 24 at 7 p.m. Cost is $145 … Kadence will stage a duck tasting dinner – a special edition of their dinner tasting menu – May 24. Visit kadenceorlando.com for more information.
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This article appears in May 9-15, 2018.
