From Feb. 10-15, Capa Steakhouse at the Four Seasons Resort offers Matsusaka wagyu beef to guests in a tasting menu dubbed “From Matsusaka With Love.” Cost is $250 per couple and will feature a trio of 3-ounce cuts (ribeye, tenderloin, strip loin). Taco Tuesdays at 4 Rivers Smokehouse will get you three brisket tacos and a drink for $6.99. At the Coop, three fried chicken or three fried catfish tacos and a drink will cost you the same. Happy National Meat Month!
EVENTS Restaurant impresario Jason Chin (Seito Sushi, Osprey Tavern) and chef Joseph Cournoyer-Burnett (Osprey Tavern) host Beard in Baldwin April 9 – a “food and wine fest-style” event on Baldwin Park’s lakefront. Expect top chefs from Central Florida to take part (Kevin Fonzo has already committed) in this Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner. Cost is $75, $150 VIP … Speaking of Kevin Fonzo, he teams up with Geraldine Fowler to present a French wine dinner Thursday, Jan. 21, at K Restaurant. Cost is $65. Fonzo also hosts a Wild Game Night dinner Feb. 1 … Café de France in Winter Park hosts a four-course wine dinner with Rhône region pairings Thursday, Jan. 28. Cost is $69… On Feb. 4, Ravello at the Four Seasons Resort hosts a five-course dinner with pairings from Markham Vineyards. Cost is $175 … Create hygiene kits for Clean the World, an Orlando-based NPO, then learn the art of wine blending as part of Do Good Date Night Feb. 11 at Quantum Leap Winery. Tickets are $25.
OPENINGS Sign, sign, everywhere a sign! Marquees for Black Rooster Taqueria and the Tako Cheena satellite space have gone up in Mills 50. Look for the former to open sometime next month, and the latter in a couple of months … Armando’s in College Park has a new awning, but the restaurant is still a couple of months away from opening … There’s live crawfish to be had at Cajun Hotspot Seafood and Sports Bar on West Colonial Drive near North Hiawassee Road … Oklahama Joe’s BBQ will be a part of the ACE Café project downtown when it opens later this year … Look for the second area outlet for popular Puerto Rican chain El Meson Sandwiches to open in Kissimmee in late spring.
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This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2016.
