This week Orlando gets two new pho bars, two new Greek tavernas, a Puerto Rican/Japanese fusion restaurant and more

OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:

Meat N’ Bone, the South Florida-based premium butcher offering high-quality cuts of wagyu, beef and pork “sourced from the finest farms in the world” will open next week in the old P Is for Pie space in Audubon Park at 2806 Corrine Drive … Nearby, Phở Bar, the South Florida-based Vietnamese outfit with locations in Davie and Pembroke Pines, will open a kitchen and bar at 1012 E. Colonial Drive on Dec. 15. The restaurant promises “Asian-inspired craft cocktails, authentic Vietnamese dishes and signature homemade phở with daily noodles from scratch” … City Pho & Grill, the Maitland Vietnamese mainstay, has opened a second location in the UCF corridor at 3402 Technological Ave. in the former Pho So 1 space …

Also in Maitland, Parea Greek Taverna has opened in the prominent corner space at 111 S. Orlando Ave. at Maitland City Centre. Parea offers everything from lamb shank and lobster tail to flaming saganaki and tiropita. There’s a full bar as well … Another Greek taverna, Acropolis Greek Taverna, has opened in former DoveCote Restaurant space on the ground floor of the City National Bank of Orlando building at 390 N. Orange Ave. …

Look for Lorelei Wine Bar, a venture from former Wally’s owner Minesh Patel and Arthur Boothe and Julian Burgos of Death in the Afternoon and Suffering Bastard, to open at 737 N. Thornton Ave. in Mills 50. Lorelei is named after the maiden of German legend, so anticipate some German wines to be poured as well as “fun and delicious” varietals and by the glass options that are “cool and exciting” …

Puerto Rican/Japanese fusion restaurant El Coqui Ninja will open any day now in the space previously occupied by Black Rooster Taqueria at 3097 Curry Ford Road … Zocalo 436 Mexican Grill has opened, appropriately enough, at 505 State Road 436 in Casselberry in the old Four Guys Pho/Never Phoget space … Chicago dog and Italian beef sandwich chain, Portillo’s, has opened their fourth area location, this one a 7,800-square-foot diner at the Waterford Lakes Town Center …

Closings to announce: King Bao will close its Winter Park location Dec. 28 nearly three years after opening in the one-time Bad As’s Sandwiches location at 1881 W. Fairbanks Ave. … Schmankerl Stub’n, the modern German restaurant downtown, will serve its last schnitzel there Dec. 31. Chef-owner and CIA grad Daniel Gabor says he’s looking to relocate “anywhere but downtown” given the area’s “current landscape” and “most recent events” … Black Rock Bar & Grill, the Michigan-based chain known for grilling steaks on a 755-degree volcanic sizzling rock, has closed its location in Windermere after more than eight years … Chili Star, the West Colonial Drive restaurant specializing in Sichuan and Hunan fare, has closed …

Cupid’s Hot Dogs has closed its location on Lee Road, but the owner plans to relocate the concept to Casselberry … Finally, after 15 years, Tornatore’s Ristorante & Italian Market in College Park will close Dec. 23. That said, owner Denny Tornatore said in a video post that they’re “getting ready to try a new venture,” so stay tuned.

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