I don’t know why, but Indian restaurants have always had a hard time catching on in Downtown Orlando, or in this case, South of Downtown. Maybe DaDa can reverse that trend.

SoDough is in SoDo and specializes in square Detroit-style pizza.

Tartini, the “Pizza & Spaghetteria” in the unofficially designated SoSoDo district, near Belle Isle on South Orange Avenue, has gone through several changes in its nine years, including ownership and, at one point in 2016, a closing.

But today, Tartini is back and serving some of the best Italian food around, and not just in this culinarily starved part of town but in all of Orlando.