Orlando-- Downtown Establishments

[jzquince69]

Retail, restaurant, bar, nightclub, museum, art gallery, etc.

This thread will showcase info and photos of the above mentioned categories of establishments. Anyone with any photos or info please feel free to post em.

It is no secret that downtown Orlando is and always has been a happening place. 1998 Rolling Stone issue featured Orlando expose billing it as a "rave" capital of sorts, then Mayor Hood made bars and clubs close at 2 a.m. There was a crackdown on extasy in Chicago, Orlando, and Seattle at that time. Charles Barkley threw a patron thru a Rosie O'Grady's plate glass window back then as well. Club Paris opened up a few years back only to have Paris skip out on the opening night ceremony. Transcontinental moved downtown to CSS 2 years ago only to end up Filing and have Pearlman live out Midnight Express. The Citrus Bowl Parade rolls thru there every year; the Orange drops New Years Eve (or used to), and fireworks adorn Lake Eola every major holiday where gunpower igniting is expected.

My next post(s) will start a short list of establishments downtown of all categories.

[jzquince69]

Sanctuary: Fifi's/ Graze/ Beacon Lounge

801 N. Orange: Citrus

Lexington: District 5 restaurant

Plaza: Urban Flats/ *Cold Stone/ *Salon Elyse

Thornton Park Central: Hue

Church St. : Kres Chophouse/ Mako's/ Chiller's/ Lattitudes

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Grand Bohemian: Starbucks/ Boheme Restaurant

Suntrust: Cafe Ritazza

Metropolitan: Brix

Pine St. : Blue Room/ The Mark Lounge/ Pine St. Bar & Grille/ Breakfast Club/ Clubhouse/ Napsorin Thai Restaurant/ City Arts Factory/

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Church St. Station : Bliss Ultralounge/ Improv/ *Dolce Nightclub (taking over where Club Paris was)

Wall St. & Orange: Cantina/ Loaded Hog/ One Eyed Jack's/ Slingapour's/ Tiki Bar/ Monkey Bar/ Globe/ Subway/ Planet Smoothie

Pine St. : Tangueray's

Capital Plaza II : Sam Snead's

[jzquince69]

Church St. : Panchero's/ Amura's/ Gino's/ Antigua

Central Ave. : Central Station/ Casey's/ Tijuana Flats/ Crooked Bayou/ Orange County History Center

Orange Ave. : Ichiban/ Rhythm & Flo/ Gino's/ Earth Stone/ Midnight Pizza/ Tabu/ Pita Pit/ Club Firestone

[brickell]

I used to 4th of July over Lake Eola every year.
Some of other favorites from back in my day, don't know if they're still around -

Sapphire Supper Club
Wall Street Plaza
Free concerts at Church Street - Donovan, Poco, Arlo Guthrie
There was also a brick building on Orange, 3 or 4 stories. Pretty easy roof access if you knew where to look.
The Magic!
To a lesser extent the Predators.

[jzquince69]

Citrus Center : Citrus Club

Central & Pine & Rosalind: University Club

Bank of America: Emmanuel's on the 28th

Eola Drive: Panera Bread

Washington St. (Thornton Park): Dexter's/ Wildside Cafe

Orange Ave. : Cafe Annie's/ Downtown Mini

[jzquince69]

Orange Ave. : Alpha Bar/ Independent Bar/ Icon/ Vintage Lounge/ Sky60/ Room 3Nine

Church St. : Absinthe Bistro/ Dragon Room

Central : Knock Knock Martini Lounge

Pine St. : AKA Lounge

[jzquince69]

Magnolia : Cairo

Orange: Bar-be-que Bar/ Zinc Bar/ The Club

State Lane: Screamers

Church St. : Tryst Martini Bar

Central: Lee's Underground Tavern

Bank of America: Harvey's

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Summerlin (Thornton Park): Anthony's/ 7-11

Orange Ave: Dan's Sandwich Shop/ Detroit Joe's/ Cafe Express/ New York Deli/ Le Croissant Shop/ Mama B's

Embassy Suites: Eola Cafe

Central: Century Sub & Sandwich Shop

Signature Plaza: Sobik's

Library Parking Garage: Champs Deli

Livingston: Quizno's

[SkyDiveJunkee]

Originally Posted by brickell

I used to 4th of July over Lake Eola every year.
Some of other favorites from back in my day, don't know if they're still around -

Sapphire Supper Club
Wall Street Plaza
Free concerts at Church Street - Donovan, Poco, Arlo Guthrie
There was also a brick building on Orange, 3 or 4 stories. Pretty easy roof access if you knew where to look.
The Magic!
To a lesser extent the Predators.

Sapphire Supper Club -- still there, now called The Social.

I'm a big fan of the Bosendorfer lounge at the Grand Bohemian and HUE (Summerlin/Central).

[jzquince69]

Magnolia: Mad Cow Theatre/ Kinko's

Orange Ave: Sir Speedy/ Plaza Market & Spirits

Church St. : Big Apple/ Pearl Steakhouse

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Downtown Marriott: Zins Steak & Seafood/ Livingston Street Cafe/ Spectator's Sport Lounge

Magnolia: Avalon Island Gallery

Church St. : Club 23

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Amelia: Hoops

Centroplex: Sak Comedy Club

Magnolia: Daily News/ Hoagie Place

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Court St. : Kathmandu/ Cleo's/ S&N Billiards

[zerobullchip]

I used to love the little bar underneath Post Parkside. We used to meet there for happy hours after works. It was a cozy/eclectic place. I think it is no longer open.

[jzquince69]

Church St.-- Paradise Island, Cafe/ Cafe Europa

Garland Ave.-- MLA Furniture

Central Ave.-- Metro Espresso Pizza Cafe/ UPS Store

Thornton Park Central-- Central City Market/ Zou Zou Boutique/ Urban Think/ Renovatio Spa/ Starbucks/ Gelatone/ Urban Body Mens Clothing/ Shari Sushi/ Conceive Magazine

[jzquince69]

801 N. Orange - Shin Restaurant (now open)

Church St. - *Ceviche

101 Eola - *Harmoni Market

Central & Court - *Marble Slab

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Magnolia - Wireless Solutions/ Thai Cafe/ Mel Johnson Florist/ Trastavere/ Avis Rent-A-Car/ Downtown Media Arts Center (& Cafe)

Robinson - Metro Muscle/ B&S Market/ Java Lava

State Ln. - White's Glass & Mirror

Orange Ave. - La Belle Furs Cold Storage/ Fenix Restaurant/ Empire Szechuan/ Prunera Cafe

Colonial - Enterprise Rent-A-Car/ 7-11

Livingston - Hertz Rent-A-Car

Rosalind - ACME Cleaners

Central - Art Angels

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[jzquince69]

Recently, at 44 E. Central, that urban foodcourt opened up with three establishments inside: City Java, O'Naturals (sandwich shop), and Haagen-Dazs, right at the corner of Court & Central... open 'till 3:00 am on Friday & Saturday nights.