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Main

Street

U S A

day three of your Central Florida vacation.

You’ve been to Disney and/or Universal and/or

SeaWorld, but you’re not quite ready for that

do-nothing-but-lounge-around-the-resort-pool day

just yet. That’s when you remember the hometown

listed on the nametag of the great Disney cast mem-

ber who helped you find the perfect souvenir at

Epcot: Orlando, FL.

Indeed, Orlando is a real place! With real, live,

non-Imagineered people!

So where do the locals go

for fun?

you wonder.

“Orlando is more than just the home of the

Mouse,” says Ricky Ly, author of the

Food Lovers’

Guide to Orlando

. “It’s also home to many eclec-

tic neighborhoods — each with its own culture and

flavors. You could stroll along Winter Park’s Park

Avenue and dine on French macarons and crois-

sants, or visit the Mills 50 area, home of the largest

Vietnamese business district in Florida, and enjoy a

delicious bowl of pho [beef noodle soup]. The diver-

sity is what makes Orlando special.”

Thanks in part to that diversity, Orlando’s “Main

Street” neighborhoods are thriving. In recent years,

so many new businesses have sprung up — restau-

rants in particular — that the city has been receiving

all kinds of foodie accolades, from write-ups in

The New York Times

, to being voted one of the

Orlando

’s

actual

neighborhoods are

not only ripe for

exploration, they’re

packed with

genuinely delicious

options —

some of which are

sold by the pint.

By Amy Drew Thompson

Taste

the Magic

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Issue 1, 2018

It’s

P IS FOR PIE

BAKE SHOP

THE DISTRICT

EAST END MARKET

MILLS 50

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