Central Florida’s dining map is gaining new restaurants, food counters and markets from Winter Park to Melbourne, with several more openings planned.
In Horizon West, Ravah Culinary Emporium is expected to open this month at 8800 Seidel Road. The business combines an artisanal bakery, coffee house, market, butcher shop and restaurant, with Brazilian, Spanish and Italian influences.
Two sushi concepts are expanding in the area. Kingdom Sushi has opened an all-you-can-eat location at 9240 Miley Drive in Winter Garden. Kura’s Revolving Sushi is planning an Altamonte Springs outpost next year at 175 E. Altamonte Drive, in the former Fidelity Investments space; the restaurant is set to include robot servers.
Pakistani street-food restaurant Chaska has opened at 8379 S. John Young Parkway in the former Shoufi Mahfi space. The concept comes from the brothers behind Koyla Pakistani BBQ and serves paratha rolls, bun kabab, Pakistani chopped cheese sandwiches and fried chicken zinger burgers.
Other recent openings include Lynora’s Italian Restaurant at 529 E. New Haven Ave. in Melbourne, its first Central Florida restaurant; Los Primos Bar & Kitchen at 3100 Alafaya Trail in Oviedo; and PCG Burgers at 5683 Red Bug Lake Road in Winter Springs and 9245 Miley Drive in Winter Garden. PCG Burgers also has a Windermere location planned.
Japanese convenience store UniMart is preparing a larger second location beside Light on the Sugar at 501 N. Orlando Ave. in Winter Park. The new shop will offer a broader selection than the original, including matcha, soft-serve and Japanese fruit such as Crown melon, Ibaraki strawberries and Nashi sand pears.
Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream is scheduled to open a grab-and-go counter near baggage claim at Sanford Airport on Nov. 22, followed by a full dipping cabinet in the terminal in mid-December. In Parramore, The Parramore Market has opened at 536 N. Westmoreland Drive as a micro grocery store intended to address food insecurity in the neighborhood.
There have also been changes to established businesses. The Grove Bar + Kitchen has been renamed Grove House Floridian Fare. Downtown Orlando’s Solita Tacos & Margaritas, at 222 S. Orange Ave., has closed after nearly four years.
