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› WOB Bar & Kitchen CEO shares what’s next for the chain in Orlando
WOB Bar & Kitchen, which will debut its fourth Central Florida location on June 7, plans to expand further in Orlando The Tampa-based World of Beer tavern chain, branded as WOB, will open that 181-seat site in 6,118 square feet of space with more than 65 employees at 7750 Palm Parkway in O-Town West shopping and dining district. WOB Bar & Kitchen has existing Central Florida locations in downtown Orlando, Clermont and near the University of Central Florida in east Orlando.
› Tallahassee’s La Fiesta is shuttering its doors after 30 years in business
One of Tallahassee’s staple restaurants is closing down later this week after more than three decades in business. La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant is closing its doors for the final time this Saturday. The business has been serving Tallahassee residents since 1989.
› New redevelopment wave to revive Flagler Street in downtown Miami? Here are highlights
Long promised and long deferred, the full resuscitation of downtown Miami’s bedraggled Flagler Street — the city’s original main street — may have to wait on the unpredictable designs of quirky entrepreneur Moishe Mana, who controls much of the corridor’s real estate but has yet to realize his grandiose plans for it. But Mana is not the only game in town.
› Wine tasting classes, deli and more offered at Superette Wine + Provisions in Gainesville
When Katherine Haswell lost her job at a high-end rooftop restaurant in New York due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to her hometown to visit her longtime friend, Maya Velesko. Haswell, a certified sommelier, came to Gainesville for what she thought was a two-week visit but ended up living out of a suitcase for three months.
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