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Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day!

You don’t have to be Irish to celebrate at our St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 14 starting at 7:30pm!! Purchase a wristband for $10 at Wally’s or Ten 10 Brewing, grab some green beads and your crawl map and take advantage of specials at eighteen (18) district bars, businesses and restaurants! O-Cartz will be available to transport you throughout the neighborhood (included with your wristband)!

Love Fest is back!

It’s all about the love on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm until 5pm in front of Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive! Enjoy food, music, vendors, cocktails, beer and wine in a relaxed, LOVELY setting! Many thanks to our partners – Mainline Marketing, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Quantum Leap Winery, The Guesthouse, Ten 10 Brewing, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Track Shack! Stop by and feel the love!

Virginia Drive Live is back!

February 8, 2020

Virginia Drive Live returns on Saturday, February 8 from 4pm until 8pm. Vendors, artists and food trucks will be set up on Virginia Drive between Brookhaven Drive and Alden Road. Your favorite Virginia Drive businesses such as Florida Soap Company, Luna Mosaic Arts, The Barefoot Spa, Green House Realty and Factur will be open and offering specials! Buy a $5 wristband at either Ten 10 Brewing or Ivanhoe Park Brewing and take advantage of drink specials at Grape & The Grain, Ten 10 Brewing, Santiago’s Bodega, The Barefoot Spa, Nora’s Sugar Shack, The Thirsty Topher, GB’s Bottle Shop and Ivanhoe Park Brewing. Proceeds benefit future Mills 50 and Ivanhoe Village projects.

Get ready for the Approximately 12 Pubs of Christmas Pub Crawl!

 

Seventeen (17) bars, businesses & restaurants are participating in the Annual Approximately 12 Pubs of Christmas Pub Crawl on Saturday, December 14!  Purchase a $10 wristband at Wally’s, 1001 N Mills or Ten 10 Brewing, 1010 Virginia Drive (from 7:30pm til 11pm) and you will be able to take advantage of some amazing drink specials!  Dress up in your holiday attire and you could win a $50 bar tab!

 

Check out these specials!

You are invited to the Mills 50 Artist Series reception & fundraiser!

Stop by Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive on Wednesday, December 4 starting at 6pm and bid on one of a kind, hand painted wine bottles, created by 45 local artists!  Proceeds from the sale of the wine bottles, a raffle, as well as auction packages such as “A Taste of Mills 50”, “Drink Around the District”, “Shop til you Drop”, “It’s All About You” and others, will be used to fund future public art projects!  Appetizers will be provided by Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and DJ Frankie Messina will be spinning the tunes!  Wine & beer available for sale!  Support Mills 50 and our local artists!

Shop Local on Small Business Saturday!

Support our small, independently owned businesses on Small Business Saturday and every day!  Did you know that for every $1 spent at small businesses, 67 cents stays in the community?  Which means when you #shopsmall, it can make a big impact!  On Saturday, November 30, a number of our Mills 50 businesses are offering some great deals!

November 30, 2019

 

It’s the Annual Historic Homes Tour!

 

November 9, 2019

The Mills 50 Historic Homes Tour, featuring six (6) homes in the Colonialtown North neighborhood, is Saturday, November 9.  The tour begins at Colonialtown Neighborhood Center, 1517 Lake Highland Drive at 2pm, followed by an after party at 5pm at The Guesthouse.  The after party includes a complimentary cocktail plus complimentary appetizers from Black Rooster Taqueria as well as the announcement of the winning home.  Tickets are only $30 if you use the code Mills50 at www.orlandoweeklytickets.com.   This is a great way to discover the Colonialtown neighborhood!

Get ready for Halloween at the Chills 50 Pub Crawl & Costume Contest!

Come in costume to the Chills 50 Pub Crawl on Saturday, October 26 & you could win a $100 tab to your favorite Mills 50 bars!  Buy a wristband for $10 at either Wally’s or Ten 10 Brewing and receive specials at eighteen (18) bars, restaurants & businesses!  Want to know your future?  Miss Jess will be reading tarot cards in front of The Barefoot Spa!  O-Cartz will be available to transport you (included in the price of your wristband)!