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Mom’s Next
OK, Easter is out of the way; time to start planning for Mother’s Day Brunch. We’ll be publishing a list of restaurants offering Mother’s Day specials beginning next week. Restaurateurs, if you’d like to be included in the listings, send your information to this link.
Please — PLEASE — include your addresses, both physical and Internet, the hours of operation on May 8, what you’re offering as a special, and anything else pertinent. Links to menus and photos are helpful. Just remember: If you don’t include it in your email to me, the good readers of SJO won’t see it in the listing.
Recent Restaurant Reviews
Despite having its headquarters in Orlando and an inventory of 15 or so brands, Tavistock Restaurant Group has only recently opened a restaurant locally. If you consider Lake Nona local.
Not to diss on Lake Nona. It’s certainly one of Central Florida’s most vibrant regions, with the growing Medical City, including UCF’s medical school and a new VA hospital, among others, and the new headquarters of the USTA. (I hope one of those medical facilities is planning to specialize in treating tennis elbow.) And there’s no argument that Lake Nona has been in need of some good restaurants to serve the residents moving into the mushrooming communities.
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I finally got a chance to experience the phenomenon that is Wahlburger’s. I had been to the massive grand opening for the Orlando location that included appearances by Paul Wahlberg, who founded the burger franchise, and his brother Mark, the heartthrob actor. The restaurant was packed to overflowing that night.
Turns out that it’s just about as packed most nights, even on a rainy evening midweek, before the hordes of young people start descending on the nearby bars.
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If you’re in the vicinity of the Winter Park Farmer’s Market Saturday, do yourself a favor and find a parking space (try Maitland) and visit the Tamale Co. food truck.
I happened upon the truck — which is more van-like, if you want to be technical — while I was strolling along looking for something breakfasty. You might be thinking, “Tamales don’t sound like something for breakfast,” to which I say, “You must be new here.”
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Last Chance for Supper Club
at Tapa Toro
There are still seats available for our next Supper Club, Thursday, April 7, at Tapa Toro, the Spanish restaurant under the Orlando Eye.
If you haven’t been here, you’re missing something. Everyone I talk to who has experienced it says they can’t wait to go back.
Tickets for the five-course dinner with pairings are $75 plus tax.
Click here for more details and to see the menu the folks at Tapa Toro have planned for us.
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