Kia Center
Make a Magic or Solar Bears game a full day out, with meals a short walk away on Church Street and a brewery a short drive north that posts watch parties.
Inter.co Stadium
See Orlando City, the Pride or the Storm, then eat on West Church Street or stop at a taproom that lists soccer games among its special openings.
Acrisure Bounce House
Make a UCF football Saturday an east Orlando outing, then drive about 5 miles to East Colonial Drive for a meal at the nearest places on our list.
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co.
An independent brewery named for the park George Russell's land became, with a patio facing the sunset over Lake Ivanhoe and food trucks nearly every night. Its pilsner won Best American Pilsner at the 2020 Best Florida Beer Championships.
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Sports & Game Day Orlando
Pro and college venues, nearby food and drinks, and a brewery that publishes watch parties.
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Bellhop
A 1920s-style cocktail and coffee bar on the ground floor of the historic Angebilt Hotel at Wall Street and Orange Avenue, open until 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. It pitches its cozy corners for a quiet drink, which is rarer downtown than it should be.
Kres Chophouse
An independent steakhouse in the old S.H. Kress five-and-dime, a 1930s Art Deco landmark whose terra cotta ornaments look like parrots on the window ledges, and where Black residents held sit-ins at the whites-only lunch counter in 1960. Prime beef aged in-house, more than 200 bottles on the wine list, and reservations capped at six.
Nikki's Place
Parramore's table since 1949, when Roser Mae Jones opened Roser's Restaurant and fed chitlin' circuit musicians, athletes and civil rights leaders. Nick Aiken Jr. and his wife Inez renamed it for their daughter in 1999, she runs it now as the third generation, and an 18 percent operations charge on every check funds fair wages and benefits.
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