What an impressive transformation.
That space across the street from Lake Ivanhoe, the one that had for many years been Brian’s Diner and for one brief moment in 2014 was Elliott’s Public House, is now home to Nova. (The name is derived from its location at North Orange Avenue and Virginia Drive.) Actually, it occupies a little more of a footprint than its predecessors, expanding into an adjoining business (with permission, one assumes).
I wish I could more enthusiastically recommend the food. But a sampling of the menu on two visits showed that the execution falls short.
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I popped in to check out Pho & Roll, which recently replaced Pho Curry Ford (and whose name, as Faiyaz of the Orlando Weekly pointed out, was a bit dirty sounding if you pronounced pho correctly).
The menu for Pho & Roll says that it is “Vietnamese food with a modern twist.” Don’t know what that twist might be, except to offer fewer options than the older, more traditional Vietnamese restaurants in the area. And I don’t count that as a negative.
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