SPONSORED: The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens (Facebook | Website) is hosting its new winter exhibition, Robert Reedy: Revival from now through April 11, 2021. The works featured are by Orlando-based contemporary American artist, Robert Reedy, who has a career spanning 40 years, in mediums like painting, prints, mixed media assemblage, and ceramics. Reedy […]
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House of the Day: Quaint 3/2 SODO home asking $284,900
SPONSORED FBC Mortgage: This three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is located at 2002 E. Harding Street [GMap] in South Downtown, sandwiched between popular businesses like Aardvark Beverages and Hourglass Brewing. This 1,508 SF home features ceramic tile in all the wet areas and laminate flooring in the living areas and bedrooms. The kitchen features white cabinetry with subway-style […]
Posted inComing and Going, Featured, Food & Drink, News, Signs, Uncategorized, West Orlando
Parliament House closing this weekend, hosting “Last Dance” on Sunday
UPDATE: We have since updated this post with the public statement from Parliament House management concerning the closure of Parliament House Resort. Infamous LGBTQ+ resort and playground, Parliament House Resort (Facebook | Website) as we know it, will be closing for business this Sunday, November 1. Parliament House staff were informed of the closure at […]
Posted inComing and Going, Downtown, Food & Drink, News, Video
VIDEO: Neon Beach in very soft opening phase
That beach barbecue-inspired concept we told you was moving into the former home of Fuzzy’s Taco space at 131 N. Orange Avenue [GMap] in downtown Orlando back in September is finally open. Neon Beach (Facebook) is a new concept by Tin and Taco’s Rob Bair and features a robust food and beverage menu featuring items like Smoked BBQ Tofu Burnt […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Downtown, Events, Featured, News, Quality of Life
City Hall to allow open containers downtown for Halloween
The City of Orlando will allow Halloween celebrations to spill into the streets this week in an effort to promote more social distancing. City Hall will allow alcohol in the streets in designated areas this year in the Central Business District in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 without hobbling local bars and […]
Posted inArchitecture and Design, Art and Culture, Buildings, Civics and Participation, News, Parks
Downtown Projection Park still in the works
We told you HERE in October 2017 that the City of Orlando was interested in converting an empty lot in the Central Business District into a modern “interactive public gathering space” and it seems that the initiative is still moving forward, albeit slowly. The half-acre lot, located at 274 N. Orange Avenue [GMap], is owned […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Featured, Lists
10 Halloween movies to watch that aren’t Hocus Pocus
Everyone and their mom is hosting outdoor movies right now and for some reason, most of them are Hocus Pocus. Don’t get us wrong, that movie is totally magical, but there are so many other options out there for your Halloween movie-viewing. And rather than sitting back and complaining on Facebook, which we’ll certainly do […]
Posted inComing and Going, Downtown, Featured, Food & Drink, Orlando
Joysticks Arcade Lounge has closed
Joysticks Arcade Lounge and Retro Bar (Facebook | Website) has closed. The ’80s-inspired arcade bar opened in downtown Orlando in January 2017 on the second floor of 69 E. Pine Street [GMap]. It featured a collection of game and movie-inspired sculptures, arcade games, and vintage game consoles that were free to use for guests. The space […]
Posted inDid You Know-town, History, Ivanhoe Village
Did You Know-town: A brewery in Ivanhoe Village used water from the lake
ALMOST ALL OF THE RESEARCH FOR THIS COLUMN WAS PROVIDED BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER. The Orlando brewery was established in 1936 and also built an ice plant from which it sold ice to the public and for use on-site. The brewery also had a tasting room called the “Good […]
Posted inArchitecture and Design, College Park, Coming and Going, Featured, News, Retail
Packing District files plans for new grocery store
GAI Consultants has just submitted a two-phased Master Site Plan to the City of Orlando for the construction of a new commercial project in The Packing District in the Fairvilla neighborhood, just to the west of College Park. The development is located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of NorthOrange Blossom Trail and Princeton […]
Posted inArt and Culture, News, Orlando
Regal Cinemas shutting down theaters until further notice
Regal Cinemas will be temporarily shutting down 536 locations across the country until further notice. The decision to close the theaters comes as a less and less movies are being released during the pandemic. It’s estimated that roughly 40,000 Regal Cinema employees will be affected by the closures, including locations in Apopka, Kissimmee, Oviedo Mall, […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Food & Drink, Orlando, Parking, Photos, Quality of Life
New curbside pickup program launched citywide
The City of Orlando has launched a new citywide Curbside Pick-up Program that will begin on Wednesday, September 16. The new program is meant to increase the ease of to-go operations at local businesses by designating existing on-street parking spaces as 15-minute curbside pick-up zones reserved for couriers and customers-only. Businesses that are interested in […]
Posted inComing and Going, Featured, Food & Drink, Orlando, People
Vegetarian foodies are storming Fort Pitt
EDIT: The correct name of the new burger concept is “Rock ‘n’ Billies.” Market on South’s veggie-friendly founders, Dixie Dharma (Facebook | Instagram) and Valhalla Bakery (Facebook | Instagram) are glowing up and making some changes this fall. Valhalla Bakery founder, Celine Duvoisin, will be moving her popular donut business out of the (Almond) Milk […]
Posted inComing and Going, Food & Drink, Mills 50
Brass Tap closing this weekend
Brass Tap (Facebook | Website) will be closing its Mills 50 location. The popular beer venue with over 60 taps and 100 types of bottled beer, located at 1650 N. Mills Avenue [GMap] in the Mills Park development, will be shutting down on Sunday, September 13, according to a post on the business’s social media. […]
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Florida Bars can reopen on Monday, with restrictions
“This state of emergency cannot last forever.” – Governor Ron DeSantis The Florida Defartment of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) has announced that bars in the state will be allowed to reopen again on Monday, September 14. DBPR Secretary Halsey Beshears told his Twitter followers that they would be rescinding Executive Order 20-09 that prohibited […]