Archive for the ‘Dining’ Category

News of Hostess bankruptcy puts a damper on popular local dessert.

ORLANDO – When the news hit John Paonessa, he instantly knew it was going to have an impact on his business, potentially depriving his customers of something that he gets request for on a daily basis. “It’s our most popular dessert,” he said. Paonessa is the owner of Hamburger Mary’s, the restaurant at Church Street [...]

Review: The Olive Garden franchise.

FOUR CORNERS – If there’s one great strength that chain restaurants have, it’s familiarity. And if there’s one great weakness that chain restaurants have, it’s familiarity. It all depends, I suppose, on the person doing the dining. Take, for example, Olive Garden, the chain featuring Italian-American cuisine that has plenty of restaurants available across Central [...]

Review: The Grille at Solivita, a golfer’s paradise.

POINCIANA – Ambiance can be delivered in a variety of ways. A restaurant can have a fairly extravagant and eye-catching décor that aims to be considerably more interesting than the meals, for example. Now, at The Grille, the restaurant located inside the Solivita development in Poinciana, the décor is tastefully conservative. There was paintings on [...]

Amway Center will host the new Club at NBA City.

ORLANDO – Adding yet another attraction to downtown Orlando, city leaders met today at the corner of Church Street and Division Avenue for the groundbreaking ceremony for The Club at NBA City, a new part of the Amway Center. “We’re very excited to finally make this a reality and finally make this happen,” said Gerri [...]

Dining Review: Lunch at Wawa.

ORLANDO – Consider this: when Wawa Inc. decided to expand its business outside of the Mid-Atlantic and open a Wawa store in another part of the country, they took a gamble that residents of Central Florida – starting here in Orlando – would appreciate and take advantage of the “Wawa experience.” Area leaders like Orange [...]

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