The results are in. Our readers cast their votes in the annual Best of Orlando® Readers Poll for all things nightlife: from Best Dive Bar to Club Night to Orlando’s best original cocktails, classic cocktails and even no-alcohol cocktails; beer selection, bartenders, club nights, trivia hosts and more. Here are the winners of all 53 […]
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Inside Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s massively ambitious ‘DTO Action Plan’ to revamp downtown
Modernized roads and bike trails, expanded Lake Eola and affordable housing options to (maybe) come
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Orlando City Council moves forward with permanent limits on downtown nightclubs
Sherry Gutch, the city’s Director of Placemaking, described the downtown club zone as ‘recovering from a Mardi Gras every weekend.’
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The Ren’s latest immersive entertainment is throwback cabaret ’24
Even if the world outside is burning, all you’ll hear is jazz
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25 classic Orlando-area dive bars everyone should grab a drink at
Karaoke halls, billiard hotspots, sports bars and plenty more places to grab a cheap beer and a good time
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Downtown nighttime parking restriction is no more. City says it was in place for only one weekend
The city says the 11 p.m. garage ban was only in place for one weekend in May
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Downtown Orlando parking garages now closed for entry after 11 p.m. on weekends
The city, along with the Orlando Police Department, quietly put the measure into effect May 10.
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New absinthe bar Death in the Afternoon soft opens in Orlando this week
‘Your friendly neighborhood absinthe house’
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Tampa police chief points to ‘Orlando model’ for nightlife amid curfew concerns
A 1 a.m. curfew was proposed for Ybor City after last month’s deadly shooting
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Orlando’s best live music happening Sept. 27 to Oct. 3
Lydia Lunch, Tegan and Sara, Kim Petras, NOFX and more
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Downtown Orlando bar Saddle Up announces a closing date again, this time in September
This might be the end for the Fireball shots, for real
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Renaissance Theatre’s immersive ‘Nosferatu’ returns to Orlando this fall
Nosferatu returns with an entirely re-vamped concept
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All the Barbie-themed parties, events and more happening in Orlando
Let’s go, Orlando Barbies
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SeaWorld’s Craft Beer Festival returns to Orlando with local brews and entertainment through this fall
The drinking fun goes down Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through September
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Orlando bar Shots to host Wild West-themed Barbie celebration next weekend
This Barbie is drunk
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Downtown bar Saddle Up to stay open, at least a little longer
Let the Fireball shots continue