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Most of the time you will find enough to satisfy your appetites in the parks and it will usually be too much of a hassle to head out of the parks. But if you do leave the parks and their exhaustive choices of restaurants and food not to mention what the hotels have to offer then you can head downtown where you can find the locals dining out. Tourists tend to head to International Drive that offer all day buffets and decent restaurants. For a real choice in food the Epcot's World Showcase is full of world cooking. Here are some of what the real orlando has to offer. Bahama Breeze, 8849 International Drive, tel 407/248-2499. The name indicates the Caribbean menu served in a lively atmosphere. The Globe, 25 Wall St Plaza, tel 407/422-1669. This is a twenty four hour restaurant serving new style American lights meals such as veggie burgers and salmon salad. Le Coq au Vin, 4800 South Orange Ave, tel 407/851-6980. For a French restaurant, this place serves exquisite food at unusual low prices. Magic Mining Company, 7763 W Hwy-192, tel 407/396-1950. As the name suggests the joint has a mountain theme and serves the famous surf and turf menu, that is steak and seafood. Ming Court, 9188 International Drive, tel 407/351-9988. A high class, high quality Chinese cuisine at reasonable prices. Numero Uno, 2499 South Orange Ave, tel 407/841-3840. This is a cuban restaurant with low prices. Race Rock Supercharged Restaurant, 8986 International Drive, tel 407 248-9876. In keeping with the theme park flavour of the rest of the city, the restaurant has a race car theme. It is a real all American eatery serving burgers and milkshakes surrounded by auto memorabilia. TuTu Tango, 8625 International Drive, tel 407/248-2222. This must visit restaurant has a fusion of world food in an atmosphere done out like an artist's studio where real artists, painters and sculptors, work while you knosh. White Wolf Café, 1829 N Orange Ave, tel 407/895-5590. This is a laid back antique shop that serves sandwiches and salads. The prices of the food are reasonable, the same cannot be said for the antiques. The parks tend to have a closing end of the day event with parades and firework spectacles. If you are still standing at the end of a busy day of sight seeing and amusements then you have an endless choice of themed nightspots and bars of every possible persuasion where you can have every possible drink and dance every possible dance. Go western or sing along to cole porter or joust in medieval land. Pleasure Island in the Disney Village marketplace is an area set up with shops and bars and nightclubs. Here you can dance the night away and drain you wallet. Drinks are not cheap. There is a complete selction on the waterfront including a comedy warehouse and again themed clubs. If you want to escape escapism then head into the real downtown are on church street in the restored Victorian building where there is a surreal mall scenario that houses restaurants, bars and clubs. There are even some with evening shows. Even the old town has taken on a theme park feel but you are in Florida and you didn't come for the culture. |