You can’t deny people are awesome. Who doesn’t like sitting down with good friends to ask them interesting, insightful, and funny questions? That’s what 11 Questions is about. I’ll be featuring some friends I look up to as well as people within the community I’ve always wanted to get to know. As a bonus, I’ve […]
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Halloween 2021 event roundup
The Bungalower Events Calendar is always full of curated events in the Orlando area and that’s no different for Halloween 2021. We’ve picked out some of the better ones, weirder ones, and Halloweenier ones for you to sort through in order to have the best Orlando Halloween possible. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 3RD ANNUAL ZOMBIE RUN! 5:30 p.m. […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Downtown, Food & Drink, News
CRA funding new Sidewalk Cafe Incentive Program
The Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Area is launching a new program to help downtown businesses. According to internal city paperwork, the Sidewalk Cafe Incentive Program (SCI Program) was designed to help encourage downtown business owners to enhance their outdoor sidewalk spaces to help promote a more “lively, vibrant, and consistent streetscape.” The program will offer […]
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House of the Day: 2/1 Colonialtown home asking $317,000
This two-bedroom, one-bathroom home is located at 1406 Montana Street [GMap] in Colonialtown North, within walking distance from popular local businesses like The Guesthouse, Black Rooster Taqueria, Pig Floyd’s, and Quantum Leap Winery. The 894 SF home features a detached garage and a fully enclosed Florida room with an extended deck at the rear of […]
Posted inComing and Going, Eyes on the Street, Featured, Food & Drink, Winter Park
Eyes on the Street: Bad Ass closes Winter Park location
We often get photographs and tips from our Bungalower readers of things that are happening around town, so we have started featuring them on the site in a series called Eyes on the Street, in honor of our favorite urbanist Jane Jacobs. “I went to get a sandwich today and found out that Bad As’s closed its […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Coming and Going, Food & Drink, People, SODO
A La Cart owners trying to open new location in SoDo
UPDATE: The scheduled review date by the Planning and Zoning Board is subject to change and interested parties should follow the board agenda for any updates. The owners of A La Cart (Facebook | Website) are trying to open a second location of their popular craft beer bar/food truck park, with their eyes set on a parcel located […]
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Hungry Pants launches new evening menu, with wine
Hungry Pants (Facebook | Website) is launching an all-new evening menu on Friday and Saturdays called Nibble and Tipple featuring a special new menu that will be centered around scratch-made small bites (the nibbles) and natural wine (the tipples). The expanded natural wine menu has been hand-selected by the folks at Golden Hour Wine, a woman-owned wine shop […]
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Taste of College Park announces 2021 winners
The 2021 Taste of College Park took place on Thursday, September 30, at the Dubsdread Ballroom in College Park and we finally have the list of winners. The event, which is hosted by the Rotary Club of College Park, features food and wine from nearly two dozen curated food and beverage operators from around the […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Civics and Participation, Downtown, Events, Eyes on the Street, Photos
PHOTOS: Come Out With Pride 2021
Orlando’s big gay blockbuster Pride event, Come Out With Pride (Website), took over Lake Eola Park this weekend with a sea of rainbow and blue, pink, and white Trans pride flags and we were there, with what seemed like most of Orlando. “We don’t have the official numbers but the police chief said it’s the biggest they […]
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Come Out With Pride 2021 is this weekend
Orlando’s big gay blockbuster Pride event, Come Out With Pride (Website) , is back this year in downtown Orlando, following a mostly virtual event last year due to the pandemic. The main event will take place noon Saturday, October 9, through 9:30 p.m. at Lake Eola with a festival around the park complimented by the annual Come […]
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Pet Alliance sees record-breaking numbers of donations following fire
Over 13,000 people have donated money to the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando (Facebook | Website) in the past two weeks, following a major fire at their Conroy Road shelter resulted in the tragic death of a number of shelter animals. Those donations have almost reached the $1 million mark, breaking records for the local organization […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Coming and Going, Downtown, Featured, Food & Drink, News, Quality of Life
Downtown Nighttime Economy programs slowly fading away
A few programs that were launched by our former Nighttime Economy Manager, Dominique Greco, seem to have faded away over the past few months, while the City mulls over her replacement and the next steps for possible civic programs to support the hopeful resurgence of its downtown. Greco, who served as the City of Orlando’s […]
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Check out the latest designs for Lincoln’s second Church Street tower
Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company is ramping up its plans for its second mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Orlando, The Edge, and the following plans were submitted to the Historic Preservation Board for a courtesy review for their upcoming meeting on October 6. The 33-story tower will be located at 225 S. Garland Avenue [GMap], sandwiched between […]
Posted inBuildings, Coming and Going, Orlando, Retail, Signs
Skycraft Surplus moves into new location on Edgewater Drive
Skycraft Parts and Surplus (Website) has moved out of their old home at 2245 W. Fairbanks Avenue [GMap] in Winter Park and into a much larger facility up the road at 5021 Edgewater Drive [GMap] in the Northgate Plaza, escaping the ongoing impacts of the I-4 Ultimate Project. The last time we shared news of the […]
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Sportstown has new owners
UPDATE: According to former owner, Lee Wortman, they purchased the bar in 1981, not 1990 as previously indicated in this article. Sportstown Billiards (Facebook | Instagram) has sold to new owners. The popular Milk District sports bar, located at 2414 E. Robinson Street [GMap], has been in business since 1958 when it was doing business […]