OPENINGS: Shiraz Market, my go-to place for all things Iranian (especially their kebabs) will move into a larger space in the strip mall on the corner of State Road 434 and 17-92 early next year … Bento Asian Kitchen has opened inside the Alafaya Square retail plaza near UCF … The oddly named Consumable Moments, a Belgian waffle bar, is now serving both sweet and savory waffles at 9450 Narcoossee Road in Lake Nona … Foxtail Coffee has taken over the stand-alone Starbucks space at 2453 S. Orange Ave. in SoDo. The location features a drive-through …
Like a Mills 50 bat-signal, the familiar neon of beloved Orlando dive bar Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors lit up the sky again when it reopened last weekend after a lengthy pandemic hibernation … Hunger Street Tacos will open their second location next spring inside the Plant Street Market in Winter Garden. Expect tacos al pastor shaved off the trompo, birria machete and a retail offering of salsa machas, handmade, nixtamalized tortillas and masa by the pound.
NEWS/EVENTS: Reyes Mezcaleria will host a Dia de los Muertos chef’s table dinner at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. The six-course, socially distanced dinner with tequila pairing and education from Don Julio tequila costs $113.85 per person … In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Barnie’s Coffee will offer customers 50 percent off all hot and cold poured coffees at their Park Ave. café from Oct. 23-25. Proceeds from the sales will go to the Winter Park Public Library … Orlando magazine’s former food writer Joseph Hayes has organized a series of dinners and food/beverage events to coincide with Pompeii: The Immortal City, an exhibit opening at the Orlando Science Center Monday, Oct. 26. Visit jrhayes.net/pompeiistable for more.
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This article appears in Oct 21-27, 2020.
