UPDATE: The motion to raise the speed limit from 55 mph to 60 mph has been approved. The Central Florida Expressway Authority is considering upping the speed limit on State Road 408 as it passes through downtown Orlando from 55 to 60 mph. The move, according to the expressway authority, is meant to help ease […]
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Amway’s rooftop bar venue reopens under new name
One80 Skytop Lounge is now known as Sky Lounge at Amway Center (Instagram | Website). The bar, located atop the northeastern corner of the arena, first opened as the One80 Grey Goose Lounge in 2011 under the purview of Church Street Entertainment. Now under the management of Downtown Hospitality Group, in partnership with Orlando Venues, […]
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Orlando has e-bikes again, and they’re local
Locally-grown mobility app company HOPR (Website) is bringing sexy e-bikes back. HOPR, previously known as Juice Bike Share, has been operating a fleet of dockless rentable bikes for years but as of January, has stepped into the e-bike game – which is essentially a solo game as Lime pulled out their e-bike fleet in 2019 […]
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House of the Day: 3/2 Colonialtown home asking $509,000
This three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is located at 1035 N. Hampton Avenue [GMap] near popular local restaurants like Sticky Rice, Beefy King, and Chicken Fire, and just a block away from the upcoming Bento food hall project we told you about HERE. The 1,757 SF home features a large master bedroom with a renovated en suite […]
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Bungalower’s February 2021 issue is headed your way
The latest issue of our penny-saver, mini-magazine is about to hit the streets but we’ve also got it right here on the interwebs for you if you’re trying to stay home more. Each and every month we share a print edition of our hyper-local online coverage from the previous month, including our top ten headlines, […]
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New Mills 50 outdoor venue launching with Mayhem on Mills wrestling event
Bungalower Media, in partnership with our friends at Will’s Pub (Facebook | Website), will be popping up in an empty car lot in Mills 50 for a series of socially-distant, outdoor event programming over the next few months. Under the banner of “Carlotta’s Culture Park” we will be hosting a series of outdoor concerts, movie […]
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Orlando-based tech firm launches crowd-sourcing microloan app
“Most small business owners don’t want handouts. They want to work and pay back their customers, who love them enough to keep them in business. We want to help people create invested advocates for their business.” – MIVENTURE CO-FOUNDER JASON CRYSTAL Miventure (Facebook | Website), pronounced “My Venture,” is a new startup that specializes in […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Coming and Going, Food & Drink, Winter Park
New mocktail bar/tearoom now open in Winter Park
A new kava-focused lounge and tearoom has opened off Park Avenue in Winter Park. Zenva (Facebook | Website) describes itself as a “kava tea lounge and fine art gallery” and specializes in herbal teas, coffee, kava (a beverage made from Piper methysticum, which is native to the Pacific islands), kombucha, and a variety of alcohol-free […]
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Did You Know-town: Pilots have really weird names for flight paths into Orlando
We all know someone who can get lost on the way to the grocery store or have a hard time explaining routes to someone without referring to landmarks like “take a left at the big butterfly mural by City Hall” or “Take a right when you get to the old bus that looks like a […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Events, History, Mills 50
Will’s Pub hosting gallery of punk flyers and swap meet this month
Will’s Pub (Facebook | Website ) will be play host to the Orlando Punk Archive Flyer Gallery and Swap Meet on February 19 featuring flyers from Orlando’s punk scene past. The event, which allegedly hails back to when “…Kinkos on Robinson was open 24 hours/7 days a week” is sponsored by the Orlando Punk Archive […]
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Local Satanic Temple hosting “Dark Crafts” online fundraising event
The Satanic Temple – Florida Chapter (Facebook) is hosting an online fundraiser/auction/concert event this month. The group hosted their first-ever craft/art market in February 2020 and got a massive turnout. The streets of Thornton Park were filled with darkly-clad shoppers supporting locally-made witchy goods, henna artists, and leather workers who were all nibbling on demonic, […]
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It just got a little bit easier to find our magazines
Thanks to a donation by one of our Bungalower Buddies (Thanks, Khalil Makdah), we now have a fancy newspaper box for our monthly min-magazines. The folks at East End Market (Facebook | Website) have been kind enough to allow us to install it by their outdoor courtyard, where it will live for the foreseeable future. […]
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Cholo Dogs made a poutine hotdog
Popular Mexican hotdog cart, Cholo Dogs (Facebook | Website), has just released a new poutine hotdog, or “ween” as they put it, for a limited time only. The “Gran Norte Blanco,” or Great White North, is named after our editor, Brendan O’Connor, who comes from Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada, and features gravy, cheese curds, Fritos, and those […]
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New Will’s Pub kitchen now open
Will’s Pub (Facebook | Instagram) has just opened a new kitchen. The new food service was added in partnership with the folks at Swine and Sons (Facebook | Website) in Winter Park, with all foods being prepped off-site and then assembled at Will’s for each order, by former Dexter’s sous-chef, Shawn Bayne. The menu, which you can see […]
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TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK
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. Our latest episode of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 was recorded at Rockpit Brewing in the SoDo District, a few days before they held their […]