OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:
City Food Hall has finally opened in Ivanhoe Village with a cocktail bar and numerous vendors including Taglish, Raman Takagi, EggDose, SmashDunk BRGR, Blessed Belly Birrieria, Cheese to Share and Kalalou Caribbean along with the already-open second-floor Chez Les Copains, which is now serving wine and cocktails … Chef Henry Moso has opened his second Mosonori, serving gorgeous handrolls in an equally gorgeous space at 7541 W. Sand Lake Road …
Luminescent, a high-end coffee joint by day and a cocktail bar celebrating the flavors of India by night, will open at the end of May in the old Baguette Factory building at 12286 E. Colonial Drive. A small menu of Indian street food-inspired bites will also be served … Agave Azul will open its sixth location at the Town Center at O-Town West … Look for Tiger Sugar (my fave boba tea joint) to open its first Orlando location at 717 N. Mills Ave. in late April/early May, next to Kōri Bakery & Dessert in Mills 50 … Evergreen Juice Bar opens April 27 at 415 E. Central Blvd. offering smoothies, açaí bowls, live juice, cold-pressed juice and healthy toast … Look for Habibi Lebanese Grill to open in the old Tijuana Flats space at 13770 W. Colonial Drive in Winter Garden next month …
Phat Ash Bakes, the local bakery by Ashley D’Acunto and her husband, Israel Erazo, will open a brick-and-mortar on the ground floor of the Milk Stacks apartments at 221 S. Bumby Ave. on May 3 … Bricks & Bowls has replaced Nourish Coffee Bar + Kitchen on the first floor of the Center for Health & Wellbeing at 2005 Mizell Ave. in Winter Park … Yummii 2 Go, the Asian fusion restaurant next to Jeff’s Bagel Run at 1330 N. Orange Ave. in Winter Park, has closed and will soon be replaced by a Chinese restaurant employing tabletop stir-frying machines to make mini bowls of kung pao chicken, wagyu curry and Hunan spicy beef, à la L.A.’s Tigawok.
NEWS & EVENTS:
Orlando Science Center’s annual Science & Wine fundraiser goes from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 26. The food and wine walkaround will feature 150 varieties of vino as well as food from local purveyors like Black Rooster Taqueria, Chuan Fu, The Moderne, Superica, Tabla and more. Tickets are $135. Visit osc.org/wine to purchase …
2025 James Beard Award finalists for Outstanding Restaurateur Scott Drewno and Danny Lee of D.C.’s Fried Rice Collective will collaborate with Kaya chef Lo Lalicon on a multicourse meal celebrating Korean and Filipino flavors Thursday, May 1. Cost is $150. Visit exploretock.com/kaya for reservations.
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This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2025.
