Expect flavorful tomato sauces, fresh-roasted vegetables, and housemade dough toasted in an 800-degree coal-fired oven when ordering a pizza at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza. The original Anthony’s was started in 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by New York native, Anthony Bruno. Since then, the Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza family of pizzerias have expanded to 20 […]
Tacos El Rancho on Hoffner Avenue
Anyone near the Orlando International Airport with a craving for a killer delicious Mexican lunch or dinner look no further. Tacos El Rancho will more than satisfy and possibly surpass expectations. The outside façade is welcoming and colorful with menu items featured prominently in the windows in bright yellow writing, faux greenery, and shades of […]
Foodspotting Eat-Up at Steak and Salad Turkish Kitchen
[Updated 03/25/2012: Steak and Salad Turkish Cuisine is now known as Atilla’s Steak and Salad Bar & Grill.] Steak and Salad Turkish Cuisine was open, welcoming, and wonderful venue for July’s Foodspotting Eat-Up. The dining room was cozy and filled with a flood of natural light from the many wooden-framed windows. Several tables lined with […]
Dave & Buster’s Orlando VIP Pre-Opening Event
About ten years ago is when I saw my first Dave & Buster’s ad, but for the life of me I could not figure out why there wasn’t a Dave & Buster’s in Orlando. Now, we need not wonder any longer. On July 18, 2011, Dave & Buster’s Orlando opened its doors to the public, […]
Yelp’s Fire & Ice Gala in the Heaven Event Center
There is a mysterious building visible from the Florida Turnpike northbound perched on the edge of a small pond. This building is illuminated at night by blue and purple directional lighting. This building is the Heaven Event Center, a rentable event space and for one night, the gathering place for over two-hundred Yelpers at Yelp’s […]
Revisited: Lam’s Garden on East Colonial Drive
An addictive alternative to a traditional American breakfast or brunch is dim sum. Like sushi, dim sum encompasses a wide variety of dishes; steamed or baked buns and dumplings are the most familiar branch of dim sum that have even made it onto large chain restaurant appetizer menus. Buns, dumplings, or flaky pastry pockets can […]
Shannon’s Casual Café on South Orange Avenue
South Orange Avenue is packed with interesting eateries — German, French, and Polish among others — but I never had the pleasure of stopping by Shannon’s Casual Café until last week on my way to Evil Dead: The Musical. This café is located in a corner suite of a medical plaza named Water’s Edge across […]
Foodspotting Eat-Up at Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
Nile Ethiopian Restaurant offers kind service and delicious food presented in the Ethiopian tradition with injera; e.g., a spongey, crepe-like bread. Injera is then used to eat the food from your plate without any other utensils. The injera itself is very filling, so keep in mind to tear off conservative pieces during the meal. The best […]
Quick Bite: Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter on Oatmeal Bread
This butter can be summed up in four words; rich, creamy, and knockout delicious. I found Kerrygold’s Pure Irish Butter at Publix, which also carries three other Kerrygold butter varieties. I was acquainated with Kerrygold butters and cheeses at Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival last year and have treated myself to Kerrygold ever since. […]
Pio Pio Latin Cuisine on South Semoran Boulevard
Hispanic cultures and flavors have flourished in Central Florida over the past twenty years. A delicious example of that explosion is Pio Pio Latin Cuisine, which specializes in pollo a la brasa or rotisserie chicken. Meat lovers aren’t left out in the cold either because Pio Pio also has grilled steak, pork belly, and even […]