ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando’s culinary scene is blooming with Michelin accolades, celebrity chefs and trendy tastes. Starting Aug. 15, you can try many of the hottest restaurants in town for one price.
Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining unveiled the prix fixe menus for most of the 160+ restaurants participating in the program’s 20th anniversary this year.
From Aug. 15 through Sept. 30, participating restaurants will offer multi-course menus priced at either $40 or $60, plus tax and gratuity.
The annual event was created in 2006 to boost restaurant traffic in September, which at the time was a slow month for hospitality businesses.
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It gave locals a chance to check out restaurants that they may not normally visit for a one price.
The restaurants span Seminole, Lake, Orange and Osceola counties. Fifteen Michelin-recommended restaurants are participating this year, including:
- AVA MediterrAegean – Winter Park
- BACAN – Lake Nona
- Bar Kada – Winter Park
- Four Flamingos: A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen – Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
- Kabooki Sushi – Colonial Drive location
- Kaya – Mills 50 District
- Maxine’s on Shine – Mills 50 District
- Nami – Lake Nona
- Otto’s High Dive – The Milk District
- Ravello – Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
- Shin Jung Korean Restaurant – Mills 50 District
- Sushi Saint – Downtown Orlando
- The Pinery – Ivanhoe Village
- The Ravenous Pig – Winter Park
- Z Asian Vietnamese Kitchen – Mills 50
Some restaurants on theme park properties are also participating again, including Amatista Cookhouse, Mama Della’s Ristorante and The Kitchen at Universal Orlando Resort, and Jaleo, Maria & Enzo’s, and Amare on Disney World property.
A $1 from every $40 and $2 from every $60 menu will go to REED Charitable Foundation, a local group that trains children’s organizations to help improve childhood literacy rates, with a special focus on children with dyslexia.
Most of the prix-fixe menus and participating restaurants are now available to check out on the Visit Orlando website. Another 18 restaurants will be adding menus in the near future.
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