This week we dive into the 2025 Michelin Guide and Orlando’s exciting new additions! 🎉

Biggie puts Amy Drew on the spot, challenging her to pick three Orlando spots she'd personally recommend to Michelin inspectors — and her answers might surprise you! 👀

We also dig into:

• How Orlando’s growing Michelin presence is a huge win for the entire local dining scene 🍴

• Big congratulations to Jamila Muhammad of Mila’s Front Porch for her "Rebel Pie" victory at the American Pie Council’s National Pie Championships! 🥧👏

• A little chatter about wrestling 🤼‍♂️ and brainstorming what foods we should eat, rank, and debate next!

✨ Major love to our newest Orlando Michelin winners and honorees! ✨

🏆 Two MICHELIN Stars:

• Sorekara — Baldwin Park

⭐ One MICHELIN Star:

• ÔMO by Jônt — Winter Park

🍴 Bib Gourmand Additions:

• Smokemade Meats + Eats — Curry Ford West

• Bánh Mì Boy — Mills 50

• Coro — Audubon Park

• UniGirl — Mills 50

🥢 New Michelin Recommendations:

• Nami — Lake Nona Wave Hotel

• Bar Kada — Winter Park

• Gyukatsu Rose — Audubon Park

• Kai Kai — Mills 50

• Walala Hand-Pulled Noodle House — West Orlando

🎧 Tune in now for all the delicious details, food nerd moments, and local love!

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🎙️ Let’s Eat Orlando: Garlic, Crawfish Tails! and Tavern Pizza!

In this deliciously garlicky episode, Amy Drew and Biggie are sauced up and ready to dish on all things flavorful around town!

🍜 Biggie slurped up some serious goodness at Kai Asian Street Fare now with Red Panda’s Noodles,—a collab worth noodling over!🐔 He also got cozy with the epic Chicken Biscuit from Chef Jes at Redlight Redlight. Comfort food meets craft brews? Yes, please.

🧄 Amy Drew dives head-first into Garlic Month, sharing her convo with Bruno of Pizza Bruno—they just opened their third location at Maitland Social (where Biggie even enjoyed a lovely outdoor bite!). She spills a fun origin story about Bruno’s beloved garlic knots—don’t miss it!

🇱🇧 They shout out the shawarma and garlic paste dreams at Beirut Grill and Deli🍗 Then head over to ChimiKing for that flavor bomb Garlic Chicken and Mofongo. Amy Drew is team seafood mofongo, while the gang also explores BiFongo and TriFongo!

🧴 Biggie brings up the lowkey gem: D’Amico’s roasted garlic in balsamic—aka caramelized perfection in a jar.

💘 Biggie gets nostalgic, sharing the story of his first date with his wife at PR’s Taco Palace (beer + tacos = forever love).

🦞 Then it’s time to Pinch the Tail and Suck the Head—we’re talkin’ Crawfish and the legacy of King Cajun Crawfish. Amy Drew dishes the backstory of how it started in Mississippi and made its way to Orlando post-Katrina. Biggie’s a fan of their Po’boy, Jambalaya, and house wings, while Amy Drew can't resist a seafood boil!

🍕 Finally, Amy Drew shouts out Nuri’s Tavern on Pine Street for its crispy-edged bar pie. She loved the Triple Meat, and loved they cook the mushrooms on pizza but had thoughts on raw mushrooms. (Pro-tip: cook 'em first!)

Come hungry and leave with a list of local spots you’ll want to hit up ASAP.

🎧 Tune in to Let's Eat Orlando for more local dining insights and mouthwatering recommendations!

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Let's Eat Orlando - Show Notes

Episode Title: Orlando Sentinel’s Foodie Awards & Top Picks for Local Eats

In this episode of Let's Eat Orlando, Amy Drew and Biggie dive into the Orlando Sentinel’s Foodie Awards, where Amy Drew highlights her picks alongside the Readers’ Choice selections. If you're looking for the best spots in Orlando for coffee, BBQ, burgers, sushi, and more, this episode is your ultimate guide!

☕ Coffee:

• Austin’s Coffee

• Fable Coffee

🥐 Best Bakery:

• ButterMilk Bakery

• Sister Honey’s

• Light on the Sugar

• Charley’s Bakery

🍩 Donuts:

• Donut King

🔥 BBQ:

• Mohawk Smoke House

• Briskets BBQ Shack and Grill

• Smoke Made Meats

🍔 Best Burger:

• Burger Jawn

• Bad As’s Burgers

• Hangry Bison

• The Whiskey

🍽️ Best Chain Restaurant:

• Kura Revolving Sushi Bar – a fun experience!

• Seasons 52

• Huey Magoo’s

💰 Best Cheap Eats:

• Shakaia Sushi Lounge

• Beefy King (We also talk about Braun Strowman repping a Beefy King shirt on SmackDown!)

🥡 Best Chinese:

• Wallala Asian Noodle

• Taste of Chengdu

🍕 Best Pizza:

• Frank’s Pizza

• Dough Boyz

• Pigzza’s

• Pizza Bruno

• Black Magic Pizza

• Trotto

• Pasquale’s Pizzeria

🥪 Best Cuban:

• Cubans on Wheels

• Black Bean Deli

• A Lo Cuban

• Gnarly Cuban

• Cubans On the Run

🇬🇷 Best Greek:

• Zorba’s Kitchen

• Mykonos Authentic Greek

🥪 Best Sandwiches:

• Mama Napoli

• Butcher’s Nook (Mt. Dora)

• Hinkley’s

• Stasio’s

• Slam Dunk Sandwich

🦞 Best Seafood:

• Nauti Lobstah

• High Tide Harry’s

• Four Flamingos

🌮 Best Tacos:

• Hunger Street Tacos

• Black Rooster Taqueria

• Taqueria Las Cazuelas

🥡 Best Takeout:

• Meng’s Kitchen

• Kai Kai

• Bella Roma

We love shining a light on Orlando’s incredible food scene! Consider this episode your go-to list for amazing local eats. Get out there and support these fantastic spots!

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