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  • Orlando bar and restaurant openings: Walter’s Tavern, Mamazzita Gastrobar, Jiang’s Kitchen, Dr. Drips and more

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    Pine Street Hospitality, the group that brought Orlando Bullitt Bar, McQueen’s, Sessions, The Basement, The Attic and Papi Smash’d Burger, will bring Walter’s Tavern, a 3,800-square-foot bar, to the Great Southern Box Co. Food Hall in the Packing District next month. The bar is named after Walter Phillips, son of Dr. Phillips, and will offer craft cocktails, live entertainment and an “elevated sports-viewing experience.”

    Mamazzita Gastrobar, a Peruvian/Latin restaurant that transforms into a nightclub with bottle service at night, has opened near the Florida Mall at 1949 W. Sand Lake Road in the same plaza as Viet Thai Café.

    Look for dumpling house Jiang’s Kitchen to open downtown at 27 E. Robinson St. early next year. Owner Eric Jiang will also open Fan Hwa, a Chinese dessert and bao shop, at 709 N. Mills Ave. No opening date has been announced. This summer, Jiang opened Sushi Izuki, an omakase house in O-Town West.

    Suya Bite, a new food truck offering West African comfort fare ranging from Nigerian barbecue suya beef, lamb and chicken as well as jollof rice, roasted corn and fried plantains, is now open at 1023 W. Colonial Drive near North Westmoreland Drive.

    Gallo’s Pollo & Grill, specializing in Latin American-style rotisserie chicken and other comfort staples, will open in the prominent space at 490 N. Semoran Blvd. near Aloma Avenue that was once home to La Granja.

    Dr. Drips, a vintage/trippy coffee shop by day and kava bar by night, has opened inside the 1618 Something Different furniture shop at 1618 N. Orange Ave. in Ivanhoe Village … Talkin’ Tacos, the all-halal Mexican taquería out of South Florida with locations in SoDo, Maitland and Lake Nona, has opened a fourth area location at 2007 W. Osceola Parkway in Kissimmee … Jeremiah’s Italian Ice has closed its Lake Eola store at 31 E. Central Blvd. a little more than a year after opening.

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  • Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

    Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

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    Team Market Group is slowly but surely putting their stamp all over Mills 50. The hospitality group led by founders/brothers Keith, Romi and Daniel Mawardi opened vegan burger joint Plantees two years ago, then began construction of Eastwood, their live-fire concept, slated to open across the street by the end of the year.

    But prior to Eastwood opening, the group will unveil Alfie’s HiFi Lounge this April. The vinyl listening bar will move into the space that recently housed St. Matthews’s Tavern, at 1300 N. Mills Ave.

    click to enlarge Graphic of Alfie's HiFi Lounge in Mills 50 - image courtesy Nuriel Mawardi

    image courtesy Nuriel Mawardi

    Graphic of Alfie’s HiFi Lounge in Mills 50

    The project, conceived and overseen by Nuriel Mawardi (a non-founder brother of the TMG clan) is named after the Mawardi’s father — Alfie Mawardi, who they say spent many a night at the legendary Studio 54 in New York City — and will draw inspiration from the vinyl listening bars Nuriel has visited in Tokyo, New York, London and Miami.

    “I’ve been to different listening bars all over the world, and every time I come back to Orlando, I think, ‘We need a cool place that isn’t downtown where we can turn it up at night,’” he says.

    click to enlarge St. Matthew's Tavern - Photo courtesy St. Matthew's/Facebook

    Photo courtesy St. Matthew’s/Facebook

    St. Matthew’s Tavern

    Alfie’s will comprise three separate rooms: the first with a 22-seat bar and high ceilings; a middle room with two sections for table service and a direct view of the DJ booth where “the music hits direct”; and a lounge with banquette seating and a dance floor.

    There will also be a a sizable outdoor area and back patio designed to look like a Japanese garden.

    “The design elements will incorporate a ’70 vibe,” Mawardi says. “My father, you know, he was a hippie music guy and went to Woodstock and spent many nights at Studio 54.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean the music being played at Alfie’s will be all Jimi Hendrix and Donna Summer. “Every vinyl DJ has their own collection, and a lot of vinyl records tend to be older music, but guests at Alfie’s can expect a more open format and multiple genres.”

    click to enlarge Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

    In keeping with the theme, guests can also expect cocktails of the era, possibly Disco Era classics like Midori Sours and Harvey Wallbangers. And as far as food? Well, that’s still being finalized, but they did build out a kitchen in the space and when they do offer a menu, I’m guessing “disco fries” may be an option.

    Alfie’s will initially open Thursday through Saturday, “and possibly Sunday.”

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