Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant opens first location in Orlando area. Let the wine flow!

April 28, 2014 | Posted in Around Town, Dining out, Wine Tasting | By

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant has broken into the Orlando restaurant market with the first of two operations opening today in the Waterford Lake Town Center. Located next to the Pier One and just steps from the Regal 21, the

Read More...

The Coop: A Southern Affair, Offers Refined Southern Comfort Food [Review]

April 17, 2014 | Posted in Around Town, Dining out | By

The Coop: A Southern Affair is the newest fast-casual concept from John Rivers of 4 Rivers Smokehouse. The much anticipated restaurant opened today in Winter Park as planned for lunch service. Upon entering the bright and open main dining room, customers

Read More...

Review: Purple Orchid Cafe Thai Food & Grocery

April 8, 2014 | Posted in Dining out | By

If you are active on Twitter, maybe you’ve seen a few messages bounce back and forth between Ricky from TastyChomps, myself and others on various places around town to grab a bite. After reading more than once about Purple Orchid

Read More...

Midnight Chocolate Cupcakes

April 4, 2014 | Posted in HypeOrlando, Recipes | By

My friend Lauren at In The Spotlight on HypeOrlando.com finished reading the first book in the Divergent series with an intense craving for Chocolate cake. Lauren asked me to share one of my favorite Chocolate Cake recipes in her post here. Because it’s

Read More...

4 Rivers Smokehouse opens UCF location, The Coop coming soon.

April 2, 2014 | Posted in Around Town, Dining out, Special Events | By

John Rivers opened his sixth 4 Rivers Smokehouse location today at 11764 University Boulevard, Orlando, FL near the UCF campus. Crowds of enthusiastic barbecue fans lined up starting at 6 AM today in anticipation of the lunchtime opening.  “I am overwhelmed

Read More...