“Philadelphia has always been an important city for me,” he said in a release. “It’s where I spent a formative part of my early career, so coming back…
Read more Bellevue Hotel’s new restaurant is an inventive ode to Thomas EdisonCouncilmember Rue Landau, the first openly gay person elected to City Council, said the center builds on previous tourism outreach like the “Get Your History Straight and Your…
Read more LGBTQ+ visitor center to help tourists plan itineraries, purchase tickets and find destinationsWest Town’s new pizzeria replacing Parson’s Chicken & Fish is here at long last. Dicey’s Pizza & Tavern has kept busy over the last week inside the former…
Read more Behold West Town’s New Tavern-Style Pizzeria With an EdgeAt around noon on a Friday, chef and owner Miriam Montes de Oca hurried out of her restaurant, Morena’s Kitchen, and headed to Rush Medical Center. Her 26-year-old…
Read more A Dominican Legend Known for Her Fried Chicken Rises Once MoreThe lines form about an hour before the 9 a.m. opening time, with customers waiting outside Fat Peach Bakery hoping to grab a treat like a strawberry milk…
Read more Inside Bridgeport’s Smash-Hit Bakery With Long Lines Fueled by Strawberry Milk Croissants and Mexican MochasPhoto by Rob Bartlett Pisco Peruvian Gastrobar will open another location in Lake Mary in late November. OPENINGS & CLOSINGS: Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza has opened a second…
Read more A new outpost of Pisco Peruvian Gastrobar in Lake Mary, a second Orlando space for Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza, and more local restaurant openingsclick to enlarge photo by Rob Bartlett Doshi Doshi, the modern Korean restaurant that opened in Winter Park a little more than two years ago, will serve its…
Read more Doshi, the modern Korean restaurant in Winter Park, will close at the end of the monthGavroche, a modern French restaurant from Jason Chan — one of the city’s most beloved industry figures — debuts in Old Town. The narrow space has been transformed…
Read more Inside Old Town’s Demure, Yet Mindful Modern French FortressPhoto courtesy Joybird Books/Facebook Joybird Books in Audubon Park will close at the end of the month Audubon Park lit outlet Joybird Books has announced they will be…
Read more Audubon Park’s Joybird Books closing doors at the end of Octoberclick to enlarge Beignets & Brew via Facebook The North Quarter space where Downtown Credo poured coffee served with a healthy dose of social activism will soon see…
Read more Beignets and Brew opening next month in Orlando’s North Quarter neighborhoodclick to enlarge Photo via KappysSubsfl.com Kappy’s Subs, 501 N. Orlando Ave., Maitland Kappy’s Subs is saved! The long-lived diner has come to a lease agreement with the property’s…
Read more Kappy’s lives; Soulful Collective opens in Winter Park; Isan Zaap owners will open another Thai resto in downtown Orlando’s North QuarterWE LOVE OUR READERS! Since 1990, Orlando Weekly has served as the free, independent voice of Orlando, and we want to keep it that way. Becoming an Orlando…
Read more California fast-food chain Jack in the Box to open outpost in Lake Nonaclick to enlarge Courtesy photo/Susie Davidson Powell Heather LaVine Heather LaVine, proprietress of Golden Hour Wine in Baldwin Park, is bringing the funk to Mills 50 this year.…
Read more Quicksand, a natural wine bar from Golden Hour’s Heather LaVine, will open later this year in Mills 50Photo via Chi-Kin/Instagram Known for captivating customers with bold flavor, signature sauces and “im-peck-able” Korean flair, the fan-favorite fried chicken joint Chi-Kin is opening a second location in…
Read more Korean fried chicken restaurant Chi-Kin opens second location in OctoberAfter being closed for over a month, Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining and its sibling restaurant Kaun Khmai will reopen on Wednesday, September 18 at its Rogers Park location…
Read more Khmai Cambodian Will Reopen After Starbucks Construction Left The Restaurant Covered in DebrisRiver North, especially the area surrounding Hubbard Street, is one of Downtown Chicago’s busiest neighborhoods at night. Tourists and locals alike fill the bars, clubs, and restaurants with…
Read more Explore Celebrities Jimmy Butler, Chase Rice, and Roquan Smith’s New Chicago ClubBrittany Walsh Lyne and Patrick Lyne, the duo behind the popular Winter Park eatery Farm + Haus, announced the restaurant’s closure on social media last week, after less…
Read more Winter Park eatery Farm + Haus closes on Park AvenueLettuce Entertain You Enterprises has brought its hit Ema to the suburbs hoping the North Shore appreciates chef and partner CJ Jacobson’s menu that mixes California cool with…
Read more Lettuce Entertain You Brings Ema to the North ShoreNew June owner Noelle Blizzard started her baking business in July 2021 as someone without much of a hankering for desserts. But after selling croissants, buns, tarts and…
Read more After starting a bakery out of her home, New June owner to open first store in Brewerytownclick to enlarge Photo via Raising Cane’s The Louisiana-style fast food chain will open its new Winter Park outpost at 100 S. Semoran Blvd. Beloved chicken joint Raising Cane’s…
Read more Raising Cane’s new Winter Park location opens this week
