Owners plan to open St. Matthew’s Tavern and Beer Garden at 1300 N Mills Ave. (at Montana St.) in the Mills 50 District [GMap]. Owner Matt Fassl told Bungalower that the inside will be a tavern and the outside a beer garden. Fassl previously worked as a bartender at Savoy in Ivanhoe Village. There is […]
Posted inChurch Street, Coming and Going, Downtown, Food & Drink
Schumann’s Jäger Haus German Restaurant Opens Today on Church Street
Schumann’s Jäger Haus (Facebook) a German restaurant at t 25 W Church Street (btwn. Orange Ave. & Garland Ave.) opens today in Downtown Orlando [GMap]. We told you earlier this month that the Mulvaney brothers who used to run Mulvaney’s Irish Pub on Church Street planned to open this German concept. The inside is a major change for […]
Posted inBuildings, Featured, Thornton Park
A Look Inside the Eola House at Lake Eola Park
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan will officially cut the ribbon to open the Eola House in Downtown’s Lake Eola Park this morning. The Eola House is located at 512 East Washington St in the southeast corner of the park [GMap]. The house will serve as the office for Lake Eola Park, […]
Posted inEvents, Orlando
Event Picks: Park(ing) Day, Functionally Literate, Eola House Opening, 13in13: Solos and More
Friday, September 20 PARK(ing) Day September 20 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Audubon Park Garden District PARK(ing) Day is a annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted […]
Posted inChurch Street, Coming and Going, Downtown, Food & Drink
Eternal Tap on Church Street Closed
Eternal Tap at 116 W Church St (at Gertrude’s Walk) in downtown Orlando is now closed [GMap]. We aren’t quite sure on why or if they plan to re-open. We have attempted to reach out to them but their voicemail is full and they aren’t responding to emails. Their last Facebook and Twitter posts are from […]
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Cousins Subs to Open First Orlando Location in SoDo
Cousins Subs (Website | Facebook) is getting ready to open at the SoDo complex on S Orange Ave. in Downtown South. They expect to open this location in the first week of October. This is the first Cousins Subs location in Orlando. They Milwaukee based company has over 140 Cousins Subs shops in six states. Cousins […]
Posted inBuildings, Downtown, Featured
Developer Proposes New Entertainment Building on Orange & Pine in Downtown
A developer is looking to build a new building at 30 S. Orange Ave (at Pine St.) in downtown Orlando [GMap]. According to documents submitted to the City of Orlando Appearance review board the building will be three floors and a total of 9,767 square feet. The main use of the building being proposed is […]
Posted inFeatured, Lake Fairview, Parks
Lake Fairview Park to Undergo Renovations
At an open house tonight City of Orlando Officials will discuss plans to renovate part of Lake Fairview Park located at 2200 Lee Road [GMap]. The renovations are part of a larger master plan for both Lake Fairview Park and Trotters Park which is located directly across the street. The project being discussed at an […]
Posted inDowntown, Food & Drink, Retail
Meltz Sandwich Restaurant to Open at Chase Plaza in Downtown
Metlz Sandwich Restaurant (Website | Facebook) is set to open their first location at 165 S. Orange Ave. in the Chase Plaza [GMap]. We stopped in today and owner Robb Harmon told us they are excited to open their first location in the heart of downtown. The sandwich shop, located next to the old Pipers […]
Posted inComing and Going, Lake Como, SODO
Wawas Opening Closer to Downtown
We’re killing two Wawas with one post here (pun intended). The Wawa at 3025 Curry Ford Rd (at Crystal Lake Dr.) [GMap] is set to have a grand opening on October 3. The Lake Como Wawa will be the first one in the Bungalow area. Not too far behind will be the Wawa in Downtown South on Orange Ave. […]
Posted inArt and Culture, College Park
College Park Partnership Begins Dumpster Art
The College Park Partnership (Website | Facebook) turned the dumpster on Smith St. between Gallery on the Edge and Truffles and Trifles (across from Downtown CREDO) into a piece of art [GMap]. The design committee of the College Park Partnership asked local artist Kim Turner of Soggy Dog Studio (Website | Facebook) to paint a mural […]
Posted inAsk Bungalower, Buildings, Coming and Going, Downtown, Featured, Retail
Ask Bungalower: Residence Inn at Orange and Colonial in Downtown Orlando
Jernigan asks Bungalower about the Orange & Colonial Hotel that was approved downtown: I put 2 and 2 together that this will likely be a Residence Inn – but either way, any timeline on demo of existing building (red one, not Mama B) would be exciting to hear. Jernigan is correct back in May the […]
Posted inCrime, Events, Orlando
WANTED: Super Joy Riders
Security cameras caught Super Joy Riders doing good in the community. It is believed that the Super Joy Riders, still at-large, were in the process of removing graffiti off of the building in the 1700 block of Ivanhoe Village when the security cameras captured them. The anti-criminals can be seen in the video wearing capes […]
Posted inDowntown, News, Sports
City Council Approves Use of Eminent Domain for Downtown Soccer Stadium
The city has been purchasing land for the soccer stadium however they have only been able to purchase a little more than 70% of the land needed for the stadium so far. The stadium will be located north of Church St, south of Central Blvd., east of Parramore Ave., and west of Terry Ave. [GMap]. Despite […]
Posted inComing and Going, Mills 50, Retail
New 7-Eleven Opens in Mills 50
A new 7-Eleven opened in the Mills 50 area this weekend. The connivence store located at 1600 E Colonial Dr. (at Fern Creek) [GMap] is the latest 7-Eleven to move into the Bungalow neighborhoods. Ever since Wawa has entered the Orlando area 7-Eleven appears to be expanded as well with newer stores. 7-Eleven is more […]