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. […]
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The Capital Grille’s Plates Winter Menu
The only few months out of the year that Floridians can enjoy cool weather outside are those first few precious months of the new year. Luckily, Darden’s The Capital Grille continues to offer new, affordable specials on their Winter Lunch Plates Menu. Unlike it’s cousins Olive Garden and Red Lobster, The Capital Grille goes for […]
Finesse (n: the restaurant) in Lake Mary
(Editor’s Note 04/08/2012: Finesse closed on March 29, 2012. Source: Scott Joseph.) A new year means fresh menus! This Latin-inspired menu belongs to Finesse (n: the restaurant), a cozy, chef-owned restaurant in Lake Mary, Florida. The main dining room and bar were decorated in dark wood and deep crimson. The walls were covered in culinary terms […]
Cevíche Tapas Bar and Restaurant
Hispanic dinners are boisterous and involve sharing conversation over courses upon courses of food with family and friends. A meal is as fun as it is intimate. Cevíche Tapas Bar & Restaurant specializes in tapas — small plates of cold and hot entrées — which is one of the best ways to share a group dinning experience. […]
Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Orlando
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Orlando has a full-service restaurant, Technique, which is open to the public with very limited dinner hours from Tuesday through Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The opportunity to experience culinary students using what they’ve learned in a traditional dinner setting was what interested me most about […]
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, […]
G & G Thai Cuisine
***UPDATED: Sadly, this restaurant is permanently closed.*** Adam and I have been to this place time and again, once as eat-in and twice as take-out, and had memorable experiences regardless. The first time we ate in waiters were attentive and the meal was the best Thai we’ve had in Orlando by far. I ordered the […]