Beer, bocce and bowling: Restaurant, entertainment brand opens first Central Florida venue

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Chicago-based restaurant brand Pinstripes has opened its first Central Florida location near Orlando.

It’s in the tourism district at 11643 Daryl Carter Parkway.

Pinstripes Orlando is over 30,000 square feet. The two-story venue includes the restaurant, 16 bowling lanes, two outdoor patios and four private event spaces, according to a news release.

It also has four indoor and outdoor courts designed to play bocce, a team-based Italian ball game.

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The venue said it plans to take advantage of Orlando being a top convention destination in the U.S., pledging that over 1,000 events will take place at Pinstripes within its first year of operation, the release states.

Meanwhile, Pinstripes offers lunch, dinner and brunch on the weekends. It serves Italian-American dishes such as wood-fired pizzas, gelato, baked lasagna and tiramisu.

The restaurant also serves beer from local breweries such as Ivanhoe Brewing and Crooked Can Brewing.

This is Pinstripes’ second location in Florida, as it has another restaurant in Miami. According to a spokesperson for the brand, it has plans to open a Coral Gables location in the summer and a Jacksonville location in the fall.

“With 16 open venues in 10 states to date, we have a tremendous whitespace ahead of us, with the potential for at least 150 total locations domestically,” Pinstripes Founder and CEO Dale Schwartz said in a previously prepared statement.

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