Jock Lindsey’s, an Indiana Jones-themed bar, is now my favorite bar at Walt Disney World and this is why. You can’t beat the view—watch a sunset from the open deck as water taxis and 1960s amphibious cars ferry guests back and forth over the bay. Vintage-inspired cocktails hit the spot—The Bitter Barkeep shakes together Barsol […]
Lake Buena Vista
Whisper Creek Farm: The Kitchen
A farm-to-table, nano-brewery, and 7,000-square-foot garden by JW Marriott Grande Lakes Orlando. Soak that in. Now consider that The Kitchen delivers farm-fresh eggs, vegetables, and fruit of their own making, and they can also pair everything with their house-made craft brews and fruit/herb infused cocktails. Their signature Chive Biscuits with Pork Butter are served with […]
Siro Urban Italian Kitchen in Lake Buena Vista
Tucked away in the back corner of the Marriott World Resort lobby is Orlando’s newest Italian restaurant helmed by Chef Greg Picard and Chef Anthony Burdo. The casual, open layout with rustic wood-top tables and warm lighting was inviting. The long table layered from end-to-end with antipasti and dark wood full-service bar didn’t hurt either. […]
Gulf Wild at Fulton’s Crab House
Jason Delacruz and many other Florida Gulf Coast fisherman want to change the way wild-caught fish are harvested from the Gulf of Mexico. Sustainable, safely-caught seafood is the focus. Uniquely numbered gill tags make individual fish easily trackable right down to the men who pull them from the water. Fisherman, dealers, and consumers can be […]
Epcot Int’l Food and Wine Festival 2011: Part 2
There are several festival dishes that will look familiar from my last post, so I would retrace those steps again, but consider those dishes apart of my festival favorites. Many menu items, like Argentina’s beef skewers with chimichurri sauce and the Fisherman’s Pie, were also present at last year’s festival, which makes them reliable hold-overs […]
Disney’s California Grill: Our Fifth Anniversary
When people talk about California Grill at the Contemporary Resort, a choir of angels sing Handel overhead. Both Adam and I decided to have our fifth anniversary dinner at the Grill where we could watch the Wishes fireworks and have fabulous food! We both kind of forgot there was an observation deck for the fireworks, […]
Epcot International Food and Wine Festival 2010
While Adam and I didn’t get to Food and Wine it up until after 6:30 p.m., we met up with Kathleen and Mike and made it from Puerto Rico to Ireland in record time! This was just the highlight tour, but I had an amazing time. After a quick run to the Epcot pin trading […]
Epcot: La Hacienda de San Angel
La Hacienda de San Angel, which is Epcot’s newest sit-down restaurant, is located right on the water in the Mexico Pavilion. After some heavy rain the crowd had thinned out in the park. By seven o’clock, tired and wet poncho-clad families were filing out of the World Showcase while Adam, Kathleen, Mike, and I made […]