Foodies have always known Central Florida has a lot of great restaurants, and last night (April 18) at the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Florida Ceremony, 59 total restaurants were recognized. including Orlando’s first 2 Star Michelin recipient, and four new One MICHELIN Star restaurants. The ceremony took place at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Orlando continues its run as one of the most interesting food scenes with a new batch of Michelin Guide picks offering everything from Vietnamese and Chinese to Japanese and barbecue.
Just in time for the holiday season, Orlando’s Smokemade Meats + Eats introduces Sunday Brunch with early opening hours and their delicious Central Texas-Style BBQ.
Smokemade Meats + Eats, which has been serving up Texas-Style BBQ at pop-up events the last three years, will be in soft opening on its new restaurant starting at 11am on Friday, March
22nd.
Smokemade Meats + Eats has announced it will be hosting BBQ classes for Central Florida foodies the weekend of March 9-10, 2024.
Taco lovers rejoice! The Orlando Weekly is bringing back their annual Orlando Taco Week promotion April 6-20, 2022.
Actually running two weeks, participating restaurants will be offering $5 taco specials to enjoy. Other specials and the regular menus will also be available.
This year Father’s Day falls on June 20, and with all the vaccinations and mask restrictions getting reduced, it’s a good time to celebrate dad.
If you still don’t have plans, here are CitySurfing Orlando’s picks for celebrating Father’s Day 2021 in the Orlando area:
Orlando pitmaster Tyler Brunache is bringing Central Texas-style BBQ to Central Florida foodies via his Smokemade Meats + Eats, and I caught up with him at a recent pop-up appearance at Redlight Redlight to check out his offerings.