Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
The revived Cosmic Concerts laser shows have one date left: Saturday, December 12, with Laser Holidays at 6:30 p.m., Grateful Dead at 8 p.m. and Taylor Swift at 9:30 p.m. — $15 per show, no late admission.
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The 40th Festival of Trees fills the Orlando Museum of Art Nov. 14–22, daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission is $23 for adults and $15 for children 3–12, seniors and first responders — and Tuesday closes early.
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Buns and beans in the morning, murals and a bungalow boutique at midday, fifty acres of gardens in the afternoon, and a three-room music complex at night. One perfect day in Mills 50.
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Beyond the crawl: Hawkers’ street food, Black Rooster’s Michelin-nodded tacos, late-night Tako Cheena, and Pig Floyd’s barbecue at its new Pigzza home. The corridor’s deep bench, reviewed.
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Bakery 1908 serves dim sum with its buns from early morning, and Santiago’s Bodega turns weekends into a crab-leg brunch production. Mills 50’s morning game, mapped.
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No valet, no dress code — just a Michelin Green Star Filipino dining room, a Japanese pub, top-ranked sushi and Orlando’s No. 1 ice cream, all within a walk. Date night for people who eat interestingly.
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A collector’s estate gifted to the city in 1961, Leu Gardens holds one of America’s great camellia collections, Florida-scale rose gardens and the deepest shade in the district.
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Zymarium, Orlando’s first meadery, ranks No. 2 among the city’s craft breweries, and Ten 10 Brewing pours the pints a few blocks away. How to drink Mills 50’s smallest, strangest drinks district.
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Will’s Pub has given Orlando bands their first stage since 1995. Add Lil Indies’ cocktails and Dirty Laundry’s tiki patio and one Mills Avenue complex covers the whole night.
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Orlando’s No. 1 coffee shop, a photo-studio café and a bench of independent roasters sit within a few blocks of East Colonial Drive. This is Mills 50’s coffee culture, cup by cup.
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