Hanson's Shoe Repair
- ★ 4.8
- Cocktail bar
- $$
- Downtown Orlando
Hanson's Shoe Repair in downtown Orlando is a rooftop tiki speakeasy hidden behind a Prohibition-style shoe-repair facade on East Pine Street, daily password.
The places in Orlando the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
Off the beaten plate
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Wally's Mills Avenue Liquors
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$
- Mills 50
Wallys Mills Avenue Liquors is a 1954 Mills Avenue dive bar with vintage wallpaper and a back-room crowd that has not changed since the Disney boom.
Linda's La Cantina
- ★ 4.4
- Steakhouse
- $$
- Mills 50
Linda's La Cantina is a 1947 family-run steakhouse on east colonial drive that survived the disney era unchanged, with hand-cut steaks and house garlic bread.
Eat your way around Mills 50
4 of the hidden gems on this list are in Mills 50. So are these tours and tastings.
Beefy King
- ★ 4.7
- American diner
- $$
- Mills 50
Beefy King is the 1968 roast beef counter on north bumby avenue, with six counter seats, the original blue logo and a third generation behind the slicer.
Christner's Prime Steak and Lobster
Christner's Prime Steak and Lobster is a steakhouse room in Icon Park. Book the chef's counter for a view of the dry-aged ribeyes hitting the grill.
The Strand
- ★ 4.3
- New American
- $$
- Mills 50
The Strand on North Mills Avenue is Alda and Joe Reess seasonal American room; a tight changing menu and an excellent burger anchor the program.
Briarpatch Restaurant
- ★ 4.2
- Brunch
- $$
- Winter Park
Briarpatch is a 1980 Park Avenue brunch institution in Winter Park; the chefs torta and the blueberry pancakes hold the room steady through the generations.
Christo's Cafe
- ★ 4.1
- American diner
- $$
- College Park
Christo's Cafe is since 1972, college park diner cooking on edgewater drive, where the greek family runs breakfast and lunch six days a week.
Stardust Video and Coffee
- ★ 4.0
- Cafe
- $$
- Audubon Park
Stardust Video and Coffee on Winter Park Road doubles as a film rental shop, late-night cafe and venue for the Monday Community Market in Audubon Park.
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