Jeff’s Bagel Run (Website) is opening 13 new shops state-wide in 2025 and one of them happens to be in our Bungalower neighborhood coverage area. Later in the year (we’re not sure when) a new location of Jeff’s Bagel Run will be opening at 3011 E. Colonial Drive [GMap] on the edge of the Milk […] The post Jeff’s Bagel Run opening Milk District location appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

Eight Orlando Main Streets are joining efforts this month to celebrate Orlando’s exceptional craft brewing scene through the launch of the ALE-Liance program in conjunction with Orlando Beer Week (Instagram | Facebook). The Orlando Beer Week is an annual collaborative effort between Orlndo’s top breweries and craft beer venues that features a long lineup of […] The post Main Streets join craft brewers in an ALE-Liance for Orlando Beer Week appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

A new “playful eatery” concept called The Burrow Cafe (Instagram | Website) has soft-opened in the Mills 50 District, right in the heart of Little Vietnam, in the former home of the Russian Ballet at 618 N. Mills Avenue [GMap], next to Colonial Photo and Hobby. The Burrow offers an upscale cafe environment with breakout child-friendly play areas, where […] The post New family-friendly cafe space now open in Mills 50 appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

A new French Brasserie is soft-opening this week on the second floor of the still-vacant City Food Hall in Ivanhoe Village. Chez Les Copains (Instagram), meaning “at your friend’s house” in French, is a new effort by award-winning chefs Michael Collantes and Danilo Tangalin focusing on Florida-grown ingredients. According to a press release issued earlier […] The post New French Brasserie opening in City Food Hall building appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

The City of Orlando will launch te next phase of reopening Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando on January 17 as part of their ongoing efforts to shift the public safety needle for late-night drinkers and partiers in the downtown core. The next phase will expand current barricade installations along Orange Avenue hat started in November. […] The post Orlando launching next phase of reopening Orange Avenue on weekend nights appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

Orlando’s own Cat Ridgeway (Instagram) has just released a new music video for her single “Sprinter.” “Sprinter” is inspired by a friend Ridgeway knew in school who took her own life and is a nod to how much she loved running and fitness. The song is the second track to be released from her upcoming […] The post Cat Ridgeway releases new music video appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

The Michelin Guide just added four new Orlando venues to its growing list of Florida restaurants, including Coro Restaurant, Sorekara, UniGirl, and the always fun to spell ÔMO by JÔNT. Visit Florida launched a partnership with the French tire manufacturer turned restaurant guide back in 2021 for just $150,000 a year for a content and […] The post Michelin Guide adds four more Orlando restaurants to its subsidized list appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

According to a recent report by Sarah Kinbar for Orlando Business Journal, downtown watering hole Shots Orlando has closed. The Orlando location first opened back in the summer of 2017 as SHOTS Bar & Kitchen (Website) at 69 E. Pine Street [GMap], underneath Mather’s Social Gathering and popular tiki bar, Aloha Beautiful. The bar dropped the […] The post Shots Orlando has closed appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

The Falcon (Instagram) in Thornton Park is known as being a bit of an arts hub with regular art shows, and some fantastic mural work on the outside walls, but they just outdid themselves with the recent addition of a cat mural on the back of the building. The cat in question is none other […] The post Thornton Park gets mural of free-range cat appeared first on Bungalower ..read more

Freehand Goods (Website) and Impress Ink (Website) are teaming up to raise funds for the California Wildfire Fund following a week of out-of-control fires in the Pacific Palisades of Los Angeles. ‘ The two local businesses have launched a fundraiser called “Coast to Coast” featuring a design created by Veronica Steiner of a bear and […] The post Local retailers team up to raise funds for California Wildfire Fund appeared first on Bungalower ..read more