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Pizza❕ 🍕 Pizza❕ 🍕 Tonight my other half and I drove a bit south for a truly yummy Local pizza experience. 🚗 Pizza Bruno (@official_pizza_bruno) was a FriYay homerun for dinner. 🍽 What we LUVed: 1) The delightful eclectic atmosphere, including strung mulit-colored lights AND kids Art with a decidedly pizza (Bruno) theme, 🎨 2) The throwback soundtrack with 80s & 90s hits from the likes of Young MC, O.P.P., The Beastie Boys and others which had me singing along even when my mouth was a bit full (apologies to neighboring tables), 📻 3) The staff was ahhhsome, 👫 4) The grilled cauliflower, ahhhsome beer & our side salads . . . YUM, 🍺 5) Our two pizzas . . . to quote my other half -- who is MUCH harder to please (TRULY) 🙄 -- it was "the best I've had in a long time" and "really, REALLY delicious. 👍🏻 A big 5⃣ LUVs for Pizza Bruno❕ 🔥Veni, vidi, vici yummy pizza❕ 😁 Gratsi❕ #iluvwinterpark #iluvlolo #5LUVs #pizzapizza #pizzabruno #pizzabrunoorlando #orlando #orlandouswonderful (at PIZZA BRUNO)

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Wooooo, Maitland❕ 👉🏼 The new Teak Neighborhood Grill in the former Rangetsu space is getting a big #5LUVs from us. 👍🏻 Ye olde other half visited last night with co-workers for happy hour, was favorably impressed. 🍷 So, back tonight we went and if you are looking for a Local, Locally owned & operated sports bar experience, I can strongly recommend this one. 🏈⚽⚾🏀 This space is big, spacious and completely remade. 🛠 And the food is TERRIFIC❕ 🍽 VERY impressed. 🍻 The other half got these beer battered onion rings and they were delish❕ 🍔 Everything was. 🍟 A new spot you absolutely need to check out❕ #iluvwinterpark #maitlandfl #mymaitland #teakneighborhoodbar #iluvlolo #orlando #orlandoiswonderful (at Teak Neighborhood Grill - Maitland)

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Uhhhh . . . W😊W❕ 🐟 Other half comes home tonight saying a coworker today was excited about going to Taco Tuesday at the Winter Park Fish Company. 🌮 We had never been. 🦈 But we have now❕ 🎣 Two dollar fish tacos and they are DELICIOUS❕ 👍🏻 Yum, yum, yum❕ 🍽 Definitely a L😊cal #5LUVs foodie experience❕ 🍺 And Julian & our other servers were ahhhsome❕ 🏆 We shall return. 🔙 #iluvwinterpark #iluvlolo #eatlocalorlando #nomnom #nomnomnom #fishtacos #winterparkfishco #winterparkfishcompany #tacotuesday #winterparkfl #orlando #orlandouswonderful (at Winter Park Fish Co.)

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Huge thanks to Mike Lombardi, the whole Lombardi clan at @Lombardis_Seafood and Chef Bob (@rocksstickshell) for a truly fun, yummy and informative afternoon today at Lombardi's Seafood. 🐟 I arrived already liking Lombardi's but I left with a LUV of the place, the wonderful family story behind it, the terrific passion the family brings to this long time Winter Park / Florida / Tampa business. 🐡 Truly, it was a terrific event and I am excited by all the new plans on the horizon for Lombardi's, the terrific products they bring to Locals❕ 👍🏻 A big #5LUVs for a great afternoon with amazing food, drinks, conversation & storytelling❕ #ILUVWinterPark #iluvlolo #lombardisseafood #LoveFL #hashtagflorida #PureFlorida #FromFishinLine #ToKitchenLine #LocalLUVents #winterparkfl #orlando #orlandoiswonderful #seafood (at Lombardi's Seafood)

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Another of those truly delicious Local places off the beaten track . . . La Spada's on Lee Road adjacent to David Maus Volkswagen. 🚘 The subs are ahhhhmazing❕👍🏻 This is the Deluxe Italian. 🇮🇹 This is the SMALL version. 😊 The first few bites plus are a bit of a challenge❕ 😲 #5LUVs from me for La Spada's❕ #ILUVWinterPark #nomnom #nomnomnom #foodporn #instayum #eatlocalorlando #laspadas #winterpark #winterparkfl #orlando #orlandoiswonderful (at LaSpada's Original Cheesesteaks & Hoagies)

[iluvwinterpark]

😊MG. 🐟 The Carolina Fried Flounder on the new menu at @Nova_Orlando. 👍🏻 D-licious❕ And, just sayin' . . . have been sampling the other entrees ordered around me -- fried chicken, red fish, scallops, salmon -- and ALL are seriously yummy. 🍽 When I don't like something much, I sort of clam up, say nothing. 😐 I like to stay positive. ➕ But this new menu at Nova, no problem going on and on about each bite I have had this evening. 👏🏼 Truly, a culinary treat❕🍴 Bravo, Chef Val❕ #iluvwinterpark #novaorlando #eatlocalorlando #5LUVs #nomnom #nomnomnom #instayummy #winterparkfl #collegeparkfl #orlando #orlandoiswonderful (at NOVA New American Restaurant)

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New menu tasting event tonight at @Nova_Orlando. 🍸 This is their Old Fashioned.😊 Since the first time I came here, truly, I have LUVed this restaurant, its yummy cuisine and the bright, lively, casual yet upscale environment. 🍑 With Atlanta roots -- all of us . . . me, Nova and Nova's Executive Chef, Val Domingo -- it reminds me so much of the capital of the south, memories of dining out in Midtown, Virginia Highlands, Buckhead and beyond. 🥂 Cheers to great unique Local establishments and the delicious dishes they offer. 👏🏼 Very much enjoying the yummy appetizers we just polished off in no time flat❕⏳ Gonna give those new app creations -- including fried green tomatoes and deviled scotch eggs -- my highest rating of #5LUVs. 🍅 Yum❕ #iluvwinterpark #ivanhood #ivanhoevillage #eatlocalorlando #oldfashioned #happyhourgram #collegeparkfl #winterparkfl #orlando #novaorlando #Hotlanta #MemoriesOfTheATL (at NOVA New American Restaurant)

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Such a delightful & YUMMY lunch today at @LaMerceUS❗👍🏻 This was the lunch special for the week, chicken in white wine sauce. 🍷 Those mashed potatoes were like buttah . . . soooo light, creamy❗😊hhhh, and the dessert❕ ❤ Will save that for another post. 👉🏼 Suffice it to say, it was AHHHHMAZING. 😎 Vito (owner), Carlos (chef & co-owner) & crew have some forthcoming tricks up their sleeve, including Spanish style fish & chips and items served in a paper cone -- traditional in parts of Europe -- you can easily carry with during the Art festival, to Flicks in the Park (like tonight), etc. 🎬 A #5LUVs experience today at La Merce❕ 👏🏼 #iluvwinterpark #iluvparkavenue #iluvlolo #EatLocalOrlando #LaMerceUS #nomnom #nomnomnom #winterparkfl #orlando (at La Merce Restaurant & Market)

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Officially: W😆W❕ 👍🏻 Today's lunch special at @GeorgesCateringWP. 🍽 It's a Chicago style Italian sub. 😍 The meat is like pot roast, thick yet tender with an ahhhhhmazing flavor and the peppers 🌶 so perfectly complement it❕🍴 It is truly #5LUVs and maybe more❕ If you have not tried George's yet, the construction around their corner is now largely complete. 👏🏼 Outdoor seating is back and, YES, the f👀d is as DELICIOUS as ever. 👈🏼 VOTED BEST SANDWICHES in Orlando food good reason❕ ✔ #iluvwinterpark #iluvlolo #georgeswinterpark #georgewiches #eatlocalorlando #nomnomnom #nomnomnom #bestoforlando #foodporn #foodgasm #winterparkfl #orlando (at George's Gourmet Cookies & Catering, INC)

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Opa❗ 🇬🇷 A super yummy dinner tonight at Greek Village in Lake Mary. 🍺 From the beer to the calamari to my traditional Greek salad (The Villager) to my terrific moussaka, this meal did not disappoint. 😊 Hat tip to @OrlandoSentinel reporter Lauren Delgado (@orlando.foodie), as it was her pic on the Orlando Foodie Awards which led us here this evening. 🍽 And it was #5LUVs all the way❗💙 Opa❗ . . . . #iluvwinterpark #orlandosentinel #orlandofoodie #greek #itsallgreektome #GreekVillageLakeMary #eatingfortheinsta #LakeMaryFL #orlando #orlandoiswonderful (at Greek Village restaurant)

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This years Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival gets underway in just one week and two days❕ 🎨 I'm told people either LUV or hate this years poster, which is reminiscent of a classic citrus crate label. 🍊 You can put me firmly, enthusiastically in the LUV column❕ ❤ I think it is AHHHHSOME❕ 👍🏻 #5LUVs for this years FUN, oh so Florida vintage feel design❕ ☀ I definitely want one❕ 🖼 . . . . #ILUVWinterPark #iluvparkavenue #iluvcentralpark #iluvwpsaf #wpsaf #wpsaf2018 #winterparkfla #winterparkfl #winterpark #LoveFL #pureflorida #roamflorida #hashtagflorida #authenticflorida #igers_Orlando #igersflorida #orlandoart #orlando #orlandoiswonderful #winterparkluvsart (at I LUV Winter Park)

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Woooo❕ 👍🏻 Call me IMPRESSED❕ 🌮 Tonight my partner and I ventured to downtown Orlando to check out @ChelaTacos, in the former Kasa space. 📍 I'll attempt to be succinct here, and say simply we LUVed EVERYTHING we had. 👌🏻 Seriously LUVed. ❤ Not Tex Mex, but more of an elevated, creative take on tacos, but NOT chi chi, over-the-top. 🧀 Creative, interesting, DELICIOUS with AMAZING flavors. 🐓 I THINK my fave was the chipotle chicken, but its difficult to say with certainty when they were truly all SO yummy. 🍍 The biggest surprise was surely the fried cheese taco with blackberry preserve. 😍 I ordered TWO❕ 👍🏻 My other half insisted he would not like it but WRONG❕ 😊 The second was because he ate half the first, then half the second again. 😁 Tuesday nights are All You Can Eat Tacos for 💲1⃣5⃣❕ 🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮 I am giving this new downtown taco spot a BIG, ENTHUSIASTIC #5LUVs. 🏆 Truly, these peeps deserve a try❕ ❤ Chela Tacos is yummay❕ . . #ILUVWinterPark #iluvlolo #ChelaTacos #downtownOrlando #eatlocal #eatlocalorlando #eatingfortheinsta #nomnom #nomnomnom #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful #tacos #TacoTuesday #sporkorlando #tastychomps #orlandobytes (at Chela Tequila and Tacos)

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For me, a PERFECT cold weather food❕ 🧀 The feta pide at @Bosphorous. 😍 Served WARM, the fresh slices of tomato resting upon a bed of feta, which is sitting within the still hot bed of oh so lightly crusty dough below. ❤ If you are a cheese LUVer, bet you'll also be a pide LUVer. 🍞 If you are a bread LUVer, bet you'll also be a pide LUVer. 🍽 It's one of my Bosphorous faves and today it's like cheesy heaven in my mouth❕ 😁 Soooo yummy❕ 👍🏻 #5LUVs for this perfect cold weather lunch❕ 🌟 . . #iluvwinterpark #iluvparkavenue #iluvlolo #iluvbosphorous #pide #fetapide #TurkishCuisine #nomnom #nomnomnom #feta #fetaisbeta #middleeasterndiet #foodporn #foodgasm #winterparkfl #winterpark #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful (at Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine - Winter Park)

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Our very own Christmasy Julie McCoy is all about ensuring tonight's 'Christmas in the Park' is ready to enjoy on schedule❕ 🎄 Of course, her actual name is Catherine Hinman, the festively fab @MorseMuseum overseer of all things related to this annual WORLD CLASS Central Park event. 🎶 I have observed a few modifications to this years setup, including the windows being covered til show time -- a certain anticipation builder -- and a new addition to the lit pathways which help direct traffic. 👫 Spoke with a woman on Park Avenue recently who said she doesn't go to the event because of traffic flow issues. 😲 Uhhhh, WHEN was the last year you attended, I asked. ❓ As I thought, it had been a long, as the Morse in partnering with the City of @WinterParkFLA to produce the event has really gotten this down pat, and continue to improve each year. 👍🏻 There are LOTS of people, to be certain, but they do an EXCELLENT job managing the crowd❕ ❤ #5LUVs for this AMAZING Winter Park tradition❕ 🌟 See you tonight, Julie, all❕ 😊 . . #ILUVWinterPark #iluvparkavenue #christmas #christmas2017 #christmasintheparkwp #christmasinthepark #morsemuseum #themorsemuseum #localluvents #winterparkfl #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful (at I LUV Park Avenue)

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Yesterday Frank from @PepesCantina invited me in to try some of their new menu items. 🍽 I was very curious about the wings. 🍗 Mexican wings? 🤔 The server recommended them in their "mango habenero" sauce, something I would not likely order on my own. 🙄 And . . . they were absolutely FANTASTIC. ❤ I would order them exactly as I had them, covered in that amazing sauce. 🇲🇽 Yes, there is obviously such a thing as Mexican wings, that flavor reminiscent of so many other faces from south of the border! 👉🏼 #5LUVs for wingin' it at Pepe's❕ 📍Hannibal Square & Church Street. . . #iluvwinterpark #iluvhannibalsquare #wings #hannibalsquare #pepescantinawp #pepescantina #churchstreetorl #churchstreetstation #eatingfortheinsta #winterparkfl #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful #iluvlolo #mexicanfood (at Pepe's Cantina)

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I didn't get everywhere I wanted last night during Sip 🍷 as my co-SIPee was moving about slowly dealing with a planter's wart (UGH 😲) on the bottom of his foot. 😝 So, we took things more slowly, had an abridged schedule of stops. 📍 But here is a highlight I wanted to share. 👍🏻 The new @GarpAndFuss was open to both give attendees a peek inside and to sample forthcoming offerings. 🍽 Can I say the wings they offered are the BEST I have ever tasted❓ 🐔 That covers a lot of time and such statements are difficult without actually sitting and doing a side-by-side comparison. 🤔 But WTH❕ 👌🏻 If not the BEST, they are tied for first❕ 🏆 Meaty, moist, YUMMY❕ 😍 TRULY, excited to see what their full menu will be, ready for them to be OPEN❕ 👏 Great casual, everyday favorites coming soon in the Hidden Garden❕ 😊 Look for these guys to be among businesses participating in the contest I LUV Winter Park is putting together, will launch soon. . . . #iluvwinterpark #iluvparkavenue #iluvlolo #GarpAndFuss #wings #iluvuniquewinterpark #nomnom #winterpark #winterparkfl #5LUVs #orlando #OrlandoIsWonderful (at Garp & Fuss)