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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Michael Murphy

    Francisca Charcoal Chicken tastily fuses Latin comfort foods (opens the original)

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    Francisca was born in Venezuela. She attended La Universidad del Zulia, owned a chicken farm and cultivated a love of traditional Latin American cuisine during her extensive travels. Francisca is as real as Ronald McDonald. A brand mascot. But unlike the imaginary clown who poisons the world with imaginary eats, Francisca has inspired a menu of Latin soul food that is very much real-deal. Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats is the product of Bocas Group in Miami, a restaurant biz focused largely

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Michael Murphy

    East Orlando’s Lert Thai dazzles diners with revitalized classics (opens the original)

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    We live in the Age of Enshittification. Improvement is increasingly rare and when it happens, it does so slowly and discretely. But there are exceptions: The transformation of Thai food in Orlando has been both meteoric and widespread. And with any movement there are originators — with any renaissance, shining lights. But like Michelangelo and Machiavelli, the luminaries of Orlando’s Thai renaissance are far from monolithic. Talay is not Tuun. Lim Ros is not Noods. Sabai is not Mee Thai, which i

  3. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Michael Murphy

    Zola Bar and Tables in Altamonte Springs is a trip to the restaurant menus of yesteryear (opens the original)

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    It’s hard to ignore the link between newly opened Zola Bar & Tables and 19th-century novelist Émile Zola. There’s the name, of course, but there’s also the floor-to-ceiling photo of the Frenchman eyeballing you when you open the restaurant door. It lets you know: The past is very present here. One of Zola’s better-known books, The Belly of Paris, leverages the food stalls of Les Halles to reinforce themes of inequality, political division, bourgeoisie complacency and gross materialism. It’s neve

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Michael Murphy

    Zola Bar and Tables in Altamonte Springs is a trip to the restaurant menus of yesteryear (opens the original)

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    It’s hard to ignore the link between newly opened Zola Bar & Tables and 19th-century novelist Émile Zola. There’s the name, of course, but there’s also the floor-to-ceiling photo of the Frenchman eyeballing you when you open the restaurant door. It lets you know: The past is very present here. One of Zola’s better-known books, The Belly of Paris, leverages the food stalls of Les Halles to reinforce themes of inequality, political division, bourgeoisie complacency and gross materialism. It’s neve

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Michael Murphy

    MetroWest Thai newbie Noods is a feast of yummy yum and starchy squiggles (opens the original)

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    Let’s cut to the chase: Noods is very good. So good I suggest you stop reading this and boogie on out to MetroWest. Go on — get. A skeptic, I see. Allow me to tempt with a superlative: This baller of a strip-maller serves some of the best Thai food I’ve eaten in town. Still here? OK, I get it; a growing number of Orlando’s next-gen Thai restaurants can be counted among our best and any one of them would be the absolute best if transported to the Orlando of yore. Those who remember Tamagotchi wil

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