NEWS: The calendar says it’s autumn, even if the thermometer doesn’t. So get set for a slew of fall food news … Create Your Nature has two new limited-edition fall oatmeal bowls – the Back to School adds pecans, apples and apple butter, while the Fall, available through Thanksgiving, tops the grains with pecans, golden raisins and pumpkin butter … Duck Donuts offers three limited-time fall doughnut toppers: pumpkin icing, chopped apple and streusel … Holsum de Puerto Rico is bringing Puerto Rico’s No. 1-selling sandwich cookie, Deliciosas, to Central Florida, saying relocated islanders are nostalgic for brands they are unable to find in Florida … This year, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights will feature food items themed to the highly anticipated Stranger Things maze, like Christmas Tree Light Cupcakes, Syrup & Waffles (a nonalcoholic frozen drink topped with tiny waffles), the Upside-Down Burger and, wow, Demogorgon Totchos.
OPENINGS: Café Frutos Selectos has opened their second Orlando-area restaurant downtown on the ground floor of the 55 West building on Church Street … Saltgrass Steak House, a Landry’s restaurant, has opened its first Orlando location at 8850 Vineland Ave.; Landry’s also operates the T-Rex Café, Rainforest Café, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Yak and Yeti, Mitchell’s Fish Market and Morton’s Steakhouse … Speaking of Mitchell’s Fish Market, a new Bar Louie location will take over the old Mitchell’s space at Winter Park Village in early 2019 … Maitland City Centre will welcome second locations of Houndstooth Kitchen & Eatery and Sanford Brewing Co. in the next six months.
EVENTS: Pizzeria Roberti hosts their first autumn dinner at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, but it will also be their last day of service. Owner Joe Roberti made the announcement last week, saying he’ll focus his efforts on his upcoming Sanford restaurant, Grain & Ember. The dinner offers five “rustic Italian” courses plus beer and wine; go to facebook.com/pizzeriaroberti for more info and tickets … Cress marks the 30th anniversary of Hispanic Heritage Month with a Cress Hispanic Heritage Dinner Thursday, Sept. 27. Reservations are being taken for two seatings of the multicourse dinner; for all-inclusive tickets, visit cress restaurant.com … Kadence announced the fall schedule for their monthly barbecue pop-ups; Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4 will see “home-cooked Filipino goodness” in the Kadence backyard from 5 p.m. until they sell out.
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This article appears in Sep 19-25, 2018.
