This Sunday, Feb. 26, is the annual Orlando Shakes Gala, benefitting Central Florida’s premier professional theater organization. Of course, a gala usually features an auction and Shakes’ will have one, too. In fact, the silent auction items are already online and taking bids. You can see them here.

And among the items up for bid are some of the area’s best restaurants. Because I have a close connection with Orlando Shakes in Partnership with UCF, I’ve been helping the gala committee put together the Scott Joseph Collection of restaurants for the auction, and all this week I’ll be highlighting some of the selections.

Today we begin with: Me.

Well, me and Enzo’s on the Lake. As you’ve read here, the iconic Longwood restaurant was recently sold. Any time a popular restaurant undergoes a major change like that, I need to go back and do an updated review. I’m inviting two diners – the successful bidder and his or her guest – to join me for a multi-course dinner with wine and help me write the review. We’ll talk about the surroundings – the dining room ambience, noise level, lighting – the service (Enzo’s staff has always been the epitome of professionalism; has anything changed?) and of course the food. I’ll record your thoughts and use your quotes when I sit down to write the review.

This week I’m showcasing the restaurants that are part of the silent auction for Shake It Up!, the gala for Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF.

Today, an Italian dining package featuring two of our favorites: Stefano’s Trattoria and Tornatore’s Ristorante. The package comes with two $100 gift cards to Tornatore’s and one $100 gift card to Stefano’s.

The items are currently for bid online here. The successful bidder will be names at the event on Sunday, Feb. 26.

This week I’m showcasing the restaurants that are part of the silent auction for Shake It Up!, the gala for Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF.

Bites & Bubbles, the Mills 50 restaurant and lounge, is offering a $100 gift certificate PLUS two tickets to one of their monthly wine dinners. You can bid on it online now or at the gala on Sunday. Tickets are available here. Shake It Up! is 5 p.m. Sunday at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Have Park.

And if you missed my review of Bites & Bubbles, you can read it here.

Here are a few more items you can bid on NOW, whether you’re attending Sunday’s Shake It Up! gala for Orlando Shakes or not. See the full list with instructions on bidding here.