Orlando's historic Black neighborhood just west of downtown, where a Carter Street restaurant has fed the community since 1949 and a lounge on West Church Street shows local artists in its own gallery.
A neighborhood craft beer room on West Church Street with rotating taps rather than a fixed lineup, now run by Three Odd Guys Brewing of Apopka after the original closed in January 2025 and reopened that March. Hours flex around soccer games, downtown concerts and whatever else is on.
A Southern restaurant and lounge on West Church Street that shows local artists in its own gallery, turns cozy and intimate at night, and runs a Soul Train Sunday buffet on selected Sundays. Saturday brunch is bottomless small plates.
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.
