Orlando
Comfortable Rooms and Comfort Food at the DoubleTree Downtown Orlando
The Downtown DoubleTree isn’t trying to be the kind of hotel where you lounge by the pool all day without ever leaving the grounds. It’s also not a Disney property, and if you’re traveling with kids and planning on spending a lot of time at area theme parks, this may not be the best hotel for you.
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Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria Takes Sandwiches to New Heights
Want to impress your date in Orlando? Take them to one of the city’s many fine gourmet eateries.
Want to find out if your date is The One? Take them to Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria (67 North Bumby Avenue; 407-894-0865; PomPomSteahouse.com) in Orlando, Florida.
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A Profusion Of Fusion At Orlando’s Tako Cheena
When Pom Moongauklang opened her first Orlando restaurant, the eponymous Pom Pom’s Tea House and Sandwicheria (67 North Bumby Avenue; 407-894-0865; PomPomSteahouse.com), patrons were spooked by watercress and walked out when they realized American cheese wasn’t available.
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A Spanish Surprise—Fine Tapas at Downtown Orlando’s Ceviche
It’s my fourth day in Orlando and I’m starting to understand that there’s more to dining here than theme park hot dogs and chicken fried steak. So far I’ve had excellent new Italian food and mind-blowing Latin-Asian fusion. Now I’m about to have another culinary revelation: Tapas at Ceviche (125 West Church Street, Orlando; 321-281-8140; Ceviche.com/Locations/CevicheOrlando) that’s like a little bit of Barcelona flown into downtown’s happening Church Street Station.
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Pom Pom Girl: Orlando’s Greatest (and Edgiest) Cheerleader
One day last year, a man in Seattle took delivery of 20 turkey sandwiches. What’s so remarkable about that? Well, they weren’t delivered by a college student in a beat-up car. They came via FedEx overnight delivery. And they weren’t made in the Emerald City. They came from a sandwich shop in Orlando, Florida.
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Hawkers Asian Street Fare Gives A Taste of Asia
Last night, I went to Asia. I was in another world as soon as I stepped through the threshold of Hawkers Asian Street Fare (1103 North Mills Avenue, 407-237-0606, , HawkersStreetFare.com), a new Orlando favorite dining spot that serves up the flavors of Asia’s tasty street foods under one roof.
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Alligator Bites and Flamenco Nights: Exploring Orlando’s Fine and Funky Dining Scene
What to eat for dinner tonight? Tapas to make Penelope Cruz weep? Fusion tacos? Pizza fired in a wood-burning oven imported from Italy? Or maybe just the best turkey sandwich you ever had? The wealth of choice gets overwhelming when you’re in a foodie town like … Orlando.
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