Stories with 'downtown Orlando' tag

🍰 Grab your Hurricane-themed cakes, Ian’s a-coming

Looking at how Hurricane Ian’s approach will affect us in Central Florida and resources to make the week a little less stressful.  By: Kit Mohr Heck, it’s Tuesday. It’s Florida, we’ve got a lot of sand, and in case you’ve had your head buried in it this past weekend and managed to avoid every news […]

/ September 27, 2022

🍔 Biting into O-town’s Burger Week

Let’s take a bite out of Burger Week, shall we? Plus, where to find a Pickle Rick Negroni, Shaq is back and meat made from milk. Guess who’s back, Wednesday.  Shaq is back, back again, and this time with another chicken restaurant in Central Florida. Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken chain serves up the usual tenders […]

/ September 14, 2022

Is local government incentivized by increased housing costs?

(📸: giphy) Our last reader-submitted question in our series about the current housing crisis in Central Florida is about property taxes and how they incentivize local government.  It comes from Kelsey K. who asked: “Does the city/county have a perverse incentive to allow housing costs to go up? Local governments receive the majority of their […]

/ November 27, 2019

Where Orlando comedians get their start

When Orlando comedians want to test out new material or get some practice on the stage, they sign up for the Other Bar’s Open Mic Comedy Night. Every Monday night from 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m,  for the past eight years, new and veteran comedians have graced the corner stage. Ken Miller, affectionately known as […]

/ February 25, 2019

Where to park in downtown Orlando

May or may not have said this a time or two when frequenting downtown. 📸: giphy We asked you what you wanted to know about downtown and your 20+ submissions resulted in a three-way tie, all of which we will get to but we’re starting with Michelle Morales’ very relatable question: Where is the least expensive […]

/ February 19, 2019

Who takes care of the Lake Eola swans?

Tremayne Sirmons has 40 pet swans. Technically they don’t belong to him, but he does take responsibility for making sure they’re well taken care of. Sirmons is one of seven regular volunteers with the Lake Eola Swan Habitat Field Team, a city-organized group that helps educate the public about Orlando’s treasured creatures and keeps an […]

/ February 14, 2019