This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s Bungalow Neighborhood news, and some bonus headlines you may have missed.
If you missed us on Real Radio 104.1 this past Friday, you can still listen to our 111th episode of “Bungalower and the Bus” HERE and you can also read our March zine online HERE!
🦆 TOP TEN HEADLINES:
- 🌯 So, Baja Burrito Kitchen closed suddenly and apparently all of Orlando is really upset about it.
- 🍿 The schedule has been released for the 2019 Florida Film Festival, for all 184 films.
- 🚕 The City of Orlando will designate two trial rideshare hubs in the Central Business District to help ease the late-night bar exodus.
- 🍝Sette Italian, by the Se7enbites crew, has opened in Ivanhoe Village and now we want to eat there every day this week.
- 🚴♂️ In bike-related news, Juice Bike Share will close at the end of the month and the new Colonial Pedestrian Bridge has officially opened.
- 🏊New designs were just released for the Packing District YMCA and it looks a little bit like a theme park/cruise ship. We’re not mad about it.
- 🍸 A Steve McQueen-themed cocktail lounge is opening above Bullitt Bar, suddenly making us wonder if the Bullitt was named after the 1968 film.
- 🏗️ “Injuries, deaths mount as I-4 Ultimate project rolls on, records show.” – Orlando Sentinel
- 🚒 “Orlando fire chief resigns following
investigation into allegations of harassment.” – FOX 35 - 🍴 “Central Florida restaurateurs share new eateries’ journeys from concept to first bite.” – Orlando Sentinel
🦆 ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT):
- “Austin’s Coffee and The Falcon are having a baby.” – Bungalower
- “New owners breathing new life into The Wine Barn in Winter Park.” – Bungalower
- “City gains full control over land in front of Dartmouth Park.” – College Park Paper
- “Orlando’s 13 Essential Cocktail Bars.” – Eater Miami
- “Massive crackdown on sex trafficking from Palm Beach to Orlando yields hundreds of arrests.” – FOX 35
- “Finalist for $100,000 business plan competition has dummy text, dead links on
website .” – Orlando Venture Sourcing - “Coffee at The Robinson is coming soon to downtown Orlando.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Thad Seymour will continue as UCF interim president until 2020.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Five Orlando startups named Cade Prize Sweet 16 Finalists.” – Orlando Venture Sourcing
- [PAYWALL] “$17M project proposed near Orlando International Airport.” – Orlando Business Journal
- [PAYWALL] “Unicorp sells marquee Winter Park retail centers for $63.5 million.” – GrowthSpotter
🦆 PARTNER LINKS:
- “New business brings car wash to you.”
- “You’re invited to a Rolling Stones tailgate party on April 24 in Jacksonville.”
- “History Center’s Retro Game Night returns, March 29.”
- “Poutine Palooza is back for the third year.”
🦆 HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK:
- 🚴♂️ Tuesday 3/26: Bike Plan Update Public Meeting (Delaney Park)
- ⚔️ Tuesday 3/26: Opera on the Menu at Maxine’s (Colonialtown South)
- 🦈 Tuesday 3/26: Cult Classics/Science on Screen – Deep Blue Sea (Maitland)
- 🤓 Wednesday 3/27: 100 Things To Do In Orlando Book Signing (Mills 50)
- 👕 Wednesday 3/27: Spring Fashion Show (Mills 50)
- 🤓 Thursday 3/28: UCF Distinguished Lecture Series – Mark Fenton (Downtown)
- 🌼 Thursday 3/28-31: Festival of Arts and Flowers (Ivanhoe Village)
- 🐾 Thursday 3/28-31: Myakka Sasquatch Expedition (Out of Bounds)
- 🔵 Thursday 3/28-31: Florida Blueberry Festival (Out of Bounds)
- 🤓 Friday 3/29: Retro Game Night – College Edition (Downtown)
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