Some news on the restaurant front in Orlando/Central Florida this week:

Smoke and Donuts opening brick-and-mortar in the Milk District via Bungalower

Popular food truck Smoke and Donuts (Facebook | Website) has just signed a lease for the former home of Kernel Encore at 601 N. Primrose Drive [GMap], just by Se7enbites.

Smoke and Donuts will offer lunch and dinner dine-in, take-out, third-party delivery, and catering options out of their new home, which is just around the corner from their current stomping grounds at A La Cart, where they’ve been a resident food truck since June 2020.

Dim Dim Sum Officially Opens

Dim Dim Sum hosted the official Grand Open on November 10 with the ribbon cutting ceremony, led by the Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings and owner Tony Yeung. and many community leaders were among the guests. Mayor had a chance to show his cooking skill during the grand opening.

Dim Dim Sum – The Grove at Isleworth

4750 The Grove Drive, Suite 100

Windermere, FL 34786

Avalon Park Eatery Closes

Red-Eye’s Git-n-Messy Smokehouse is now open inside of Henry’s Depot Food Hall!

Pictured here is their 3-meat-sampler and it’s as juicy and delicious as we remember! Our friend Chef Chuck Cobb would be proud! via Historic Downtown Sanford