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Pizza Bruno (Website), the popular pizza restaurant on Curry Ford, is in the final approvals for an SFS license for their popular Curry Ford restaurant.
The special restaurant-only license will allow them to feature new drinks like negronis and Aperol...
Foxtail Coffee Co. (Website) has soft-opened their new Hourglass District location, located at 2401 Curry Ford Road .
The new store is located in a former gas station/convenience store on the corner of Bumby and Curry Ford. The name of this...
The City of Orlando hosted a media event on Tuesday, July 24, as an official follow-up to the embattled Curry Ford Road Saftey Demonstration project which was hosted by Smart Growth America in April of this year.
The monthlong experiment transformed...
The Peaceful Peacock (Facebook | Website) is a new yoga studio located at 2500 Curry Ford Road in the Hourglass District that offers a variety of workshops and classes for yogis of all levels of ability but on...
The Foxtail/Leguminati collab space in the Hourglass District we told you about in January is expected to open on August 4.
The new coffee shop will feature vegan eats by Leguminati (Facebook | Website), which will be serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner options...
UPDATE - THE PRICE OF THIS HOME HAS BEEN REDUCED TO $319,900.
SPONSORED: This three-bedroom, two bath pool home is located at 1316 Newcastle Drive in the hot new Hourglass District, just southeast of Downtown Orlando.
The mid-century home was...
EDIT: To be clear, any quotes in the post below are not our own. They are pulled directly from the Smart Growth America study.
"Orlando’s project faced significant resistance, especially from people who care more about their speed than others’...
You may be familiar with local architect Ryan Young from previous I Wish This Was ... columns that he's done with us. Young is an architect and founder of leading design and construction group Interstruct Inc, which is responsible for projects like...
"Did Peppino's on Curry Ford Close?"
- Khalil Makdah
Peppino's Organic Italian Kitchen and Pizzeria (Facebook) has closed.
Pete, the former owner, named the pizzeria after his father, who taught him the craft back in New York where he grew up. Peppino's opened...
"“When a girl kicks you out of her apartment you don’t spend a week hanging around her parking lot.” - scott vocca to scott joseph
Claddagh Cottage Irish Pub (Facebook) is finally in soft opening in their new home in...
King's Pizza (Instagram | Website) has opened a new location at 2840 Curry Ford Road , smack-dab in the middle of the new Curry Ford road diet.
The first shop is located at 6550 International Drive but this second space...
SPONSORED: This five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home was custom-built only two-years ago and is located at 228 Page Street in Wadeview Park .
As you enter the open-concept living area of this 2,757 SF property, you'll notice the faux concrete stained tile flooring, black...
Pizza Bruno (Website) has brought back their brunch service.
The popular restaurant will offer an Italian-style brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The menu will feature items ranging from sweet to savory, including the Dutch Baby ($9) with amish butter, sea salt and maple syrup; Eggs...
The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the hosts alone and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Bungalower Media
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According to a recent announcement via MailChimp, vegan food-slingers Leguminati (Facebook | Website) will be shacking up with Foxtail Coffee Co. in their soon-to-open Hourglass District location.
The new multi-tenant space will open at 2401 Curry Ford Road sometime in...
Peppinos Organic Italian Kitchen and Pizzeria (Facebook) is now open in the privately-owned Hourglass District.
Peppinos, named after Pete the owner's father, specializes in wood-fired pizzas and handcrafted sandwiches made to order. They also offer a selection of local craft...
Orlando was chosen to participate in Smart Growth America's Safe Streets Academy; a crash course in how to make streets safe for everyone, regardless of how they're moving from A to B.
According to the program's Memorandum of Understanding, City...
The first Hourglass District development-spurred project is now open; a full-service gas station.
The new Mobil is owned by the same team behind the new aforementioned Hourglass District which we profiled recently HERE. Guests can simply pull up, fill up,...
According to Scott Joseph, Rogue Pub has swapped their "g" for a "q" to avoid a legal tussle. Click HERE to read Joseph's whole report, but the skinny is that another pub had the same name and raised a stink.
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While still in the early planning stages, the Hourglass District is beginning to take shape.
Led by the husband-and-wife team Elise Sabatino and Giovanni Fernandez, the new project will completely remake the intersection of Bumby Avenue and Curry Ford Road....
EDIT: The Coffee Garden (Facebook) moved out of the Ferncreek building and into to a the SODO Shopping Center in April, 2017 .
Kelly's Homemade Ice Cream (Website) is expanding into a new location this fall, taking over the former...
This 985 SF home is located at 3103 Page Avenue near Bass Lake with easy access to nearby shops in the SoDo and Hourglass Districts, as well as Downtown.
To the right, as you come through the main entryway,...
