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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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City Council approves $3 million package for downtown projection park
We told you HERE in October 2017 and HERE in October 2020 that the City of Orlando was inching ever closer to starting construction of a new projection park in the Downtown Business District, and it appears, that we have another update one year later – the park is expected to be open by spring 2022. The […]
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Dazzling Nights returning to Leu Gardens this November
Creative City Project (Facebook | Website) is still ramping up for its upcoming Immerse festival in downtown Orlando but they’ve already announced the next event in their calendar, and it’s a return of the blockbuster holiday light extravaganza, Dazzling Nights. Last year’s event brought a record-busting number of guests through Leu Gardens and this year’s event is promised […]
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Stasio’s owners opening new pizza fritta concept next door
The Palo family, which owns the ever-popular Stasio’s Italian Deli (Facebook | Instagram) in the Milk District, has just signed a lease for a new concept in an empty building at 2300 E. Robinson Street [GMap]. As first reported by Jack Witthaus for Orlando Business Journal, the new concept will be called “Alfo’s Pizza Fritta” […]
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CFCArts announce the hiring of three Vice Presidents
Central Florida Community Arts (Facebook | Website) has just announced the hiring of three newly created Vice President positions; Terrance Hunter will serve as the vice president of operations and education, Vicki Landon was named as the vice president of development and community affairs, and Justin Muchoney will be the new vice president of creative and production. […]
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Grill’s Seafood owner says, “God told me not to take this vaccine.” Won’t force employees to get vaccinated
UPDATE: Penovich added the following statement on our social media concerning our coverage. “@orlandobungalower this is Joe Penovich owner of Grills Restaurants. Thank you for the post. (The actual letter to my employees may help clarify some things). I do believe in God and as a follower of Jesus Christ I believe we can hear […]
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The Nook hosting pop-up parking lot piano performance
The Nook on Robinson (Facebook | Website) has made a name for itself by hosting out-of-the-box events like a series of pajama synth parties, screenings of the trashiest movies in cinema history, or even a night where people were invited to scream at the sky. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that they’ve come up with yet […]