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Orlando Opinions – #35 – Onion Ice Cream & Secret Coffee Shops

April 14, 2018 By Chris

TRANSCRIPT: The City will be upgrading the Lake Eola fountain with new submersible LED lighting. The current system is outdated and is currently working at a 32% degradation rate with a potential risk of additional failure. The estimated amount for the upgrade is $343,849.00.

The Mama B’s subs building at 1101 South Orange Avenue was in the midst of demolition Wednesday in the SODO District. A new Foxtail Coffee will open there soon. Watch the video.

The newly formed Orlando Technology Community Support Pilot Programwill award up to $65,000 in matching grants in $1,000 and $10,000 packages for Orlando technology companies to develop focused activities and/or programs that grow and connect those within the Orlando tech community.Continue Reading …

Orlando Opinions – #34 – No Late Cookies

April 7, 2018 By Chris

TRANSCRIPT: “The funky roofed Mills50 location of Tako Cheena at 948 N. Mills Ave is one step closer towards opening after it moved into the space two and a half years ago. On March 8th of this year the health department conducted a food licensing inspection of the space which is what restaurants looking to open to the public request. They passed! Also, Tako Cheena is applying for a second license for the same location. It is unknown for what purpose it’s being attained. We’ve reached out to Tako Cheena with questions about the inspection and the second license.Continue Reading …

Orlando Opinions – #32 – White People in Parramore

March 24, 2018 By Chris

KFC’s new Waffle Double Down is made from two delicious all-chicken fillets sandwiched around a delectable Belgian waffle and drizzled in a uniquely Canadian maple aioli sauce (CNW Group/KFC Canada)

TRANSCRIPT: Rollins College has a self-guided campus tour highlighting memorabilia from Mister Rogers aka Fred Rogers. He went to Rollins when he wasn’t dead. If you wanna see his original shoes and sweater and some historic papers of his but don’t want to feel like a creeper slurking up and down the sidewalks of a college campus, you can take their Virtual Tour which we stole from their website and put on OUR website. Won’t you be my neighbor?

The Waffle Double Down chicken sammich from KFC is launching soon… only in Canada. It comes with maple aioli sauce, two chicken breasts acting as buns, and a belgian waffle in the center acting as food. According to KFC Canada’s chief marketing officer Samantha Redman, this is their answer to customers asking for chicken n’ waffles.How about just offering chicken n waffles? No plans have been announced to bring this beast to the U.S. so local Orlando restaurants: you know what to do! Get it on your menu NOW. I guarantee you’ll have locals who want it. The burger bros will dare each other to eat 4 at once and a gallon of water and die and the Instagram hags will shit their mom jeans counting all the likes their story gets.Continue Reading …

Orlando Opinions – #31 – Orchards, Gardens and Developers, Oh My!

March 17, 2018 By Chris

TRANSCRIPT: Hi it’s Mark Baratelli from The Daily City, Orlando’s number one choice for smooth jazz and R&B. Let’s get to the news!

An urban orchard may be coming to an Orlando Park if the Citys’ Parks and Rec Department wins a $20,000 grant from the National Recreation and Park Association. They had to to send in three ideas for the grant. The orchard is the most creative of the three but all three are pretty great which I have to say because one deals with disabled kids and the other one deals with a neighborhood called Malibu Groves… I mean…Continue Reading …