Lazy Moon Pizza: The Giant Slice UCF Runs On
No. 8 for pizza in Orlando with a Net Score of 91.6, Lazy Moon built a campus institution out of 20-inch pies, triangular boxes and a slice you have to fold. A profile.
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East Orlando
Valhalla Bakery: The Vegan Bakery Orlando Keeps Decorating
No. 3 for bakeries in Orlando at 92.7 — and a 2026 PETA statewide nod for its vegan Key lime pie. How Valhalla Bakery on Old Cheney Highway wins over vegans and omnivores alike.
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Where to Eat in East Orlando Right Now
A top-ten pizzeria, a top-three bakery, two top-ten coffee bars and one elevated dining room, all within a few miles of the UCF gates. Our current map of where to eat in East Orlando.
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East Orlando, Explained: The City a University Built
Florida’s largest university, the state’s largest research park and a blackwater river — East Orlando is three places wearing one name. Our guide to how the UCF side of town actually works.
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Date Night in Avalon Park: Cheese Boards, Lakefront Italian and a Fountain at Dusk
A Bowigens pour, a cheese board from Cheese To Share, dinner at Mangia or Chabuca and a lap of Avalon Lake — the Avalon Park date night, sequenced.
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The Best Things to Do in Avalon Park: A Food Hall, a Lake and a Town Built for Lingering
Loop Avalon Lake, graze the Marketplace, catch a Town Park festival and ride sixteen miles of trails — the best things to do in Avalon Park, sequenced into a day.
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The Marketplace at Avalon Park: The Food Hall That Became a Town’s Living Room
Eleven vendors, a brewery, a wine boutique and a general store under one roof at 3801 Avalon Park East Boulevard — inside east Orlando’s favorite food hall.
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Avalon Park, Done Properly: Inside Orlando’s Town That Built Itself a Downtown
A Swiss banker’s pasture became a walkable town with its own clock tower, lake and food hall — how to do Avalon Park well, from first coffee to last stroll around the lake.
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