Faiyaz Kara is a food writer and restaurant critic for Orlando Weekly, focusing on the local dining scene in Orlando, Florida. With a passion for discovering new culinary experiences, Faiyaz provides readers with reviews, recommendations, and coverage of restaurant openings and events in the area.
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Faiyaz focuses on local coverage, particularly in the Orlando area, with a strong emphasis on restaurants, food events, and lifestyle. He covers event-specific news such as restaurant openings and special foodie events around Orlando.
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By: Faiyaz Kara
Work on Pig Floyd's Winter Park location is fully underway in the old Bubbalou's space on Lee Road, and owner Thomas Ward is ambitiously trying to get it completed before the end of the year. Like the original location in Mills 50, Pig Floyd's Lee Road will also feature a sizable patio area. We first reported on this venture in 2021.
By: Faiyaz Kara
It wasn't surprising in the least that a restaurant named Lamp & Shade Craft Kitchen and Cocktails, with all its visual appeal and trendy trappings, would be lit. (Go ahead and throw me some shade for that line.) It's got its fair share of punters in Kith T-shirts, but the restaurant's draw appears to be a lot more universal. Hell, this aging fop has thrice dined on its "chef-driven" fare, infused with a now-customary level of pan-Asian-ness. That chef — Ryan Stewart, a Johnson & Wales grad who sliced and diced his way up the Cowfish "burgushi" chain before landing at Thriving Hospitality (Thrive Cocktail Lounge, Bounce House, The Packwoods, Lamp & Shade) — is as studied, precise and likable a chap as you'll ever meet.
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By: Faiyaz Kara
After closing its location on Lee Road in Winter Park this summer, Fuji Sushi has reopened in the old Something Fishy space at 249 W. State Road 436 in Altamonte Springs. The building that housed Fuji Sushi in Winter Park, as well as the building next door, are being demolished to pave way for a new fine dining Indian concept by Amit Kumar, the man behind Bombay Street Kitchen and Aashirwad...
By: Faiyaz Kara
Tasty news on Orlando restaurant openings and closings
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By: Faiyaz Kara
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By: Faiyaz Kara
It's the first Orlando restaurant 'based on a street in 1990s South Korea.'
Mosonori, the new Winter Park hand roll bar by Kabooki Sushi chef Henry Moso, is currently in soft opening/preview mode. photo by Faiyaz Kara
By: Faiyaz Kara
Palm Tree Club, the two-level immersive restaurant and rooftop lounge by DJ Kygo and his Palm Tree Crew, has opened at Live! at the Pointe Orlando. PTC's menu of "upscale coastal cuisine" features sushi and raw bar offerings and, uh, Neapolitan pizza, gnocchi and dumplings.... Paris Baguette announced it will open a bakery inside highly anticipated Asian supermarket
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