In an era of consolidation, Portrait Bank will buck a national trend by opening a boutique institution where your neighbors will call the shots. Heck, you can even stop by and chat up the president.
There’s a new ‘Restaurant Row,’ a homegrown Colombian café, a culinary legend’s dream come true, a place with more than 50 sips and a Tokyo-meets-Barcelona surprise—each just opened or is on the way.
And so it has for 100 years at Orlando Family Stage and its various progenitors. But it might instead have been curtains without timely help from key Winter Parkers.
Jim Pugh, for decades Dr. Phillips Center’s chief champion, gets a thank you in bronze from the same sculptor whose statue of Fred Rogers graces Rollins College. In fact, Winter Parkers have always been crucial to the arts center’s success.
Locally owned shops, urban farms and some newish restaurants tell the culinary story of Winter Park. Here are some neighborhood-defining places you and your friends will want to try.
