Mills 50 & Ivanhoe Village are teaming up for Virginia Drive Live on Saturday, May 1 from 5pm until 9pm. Purchase a wristband for $5 at either Ten 10 Brewing or the Yard at Ivanhoe to enjoy specials at your favorite businesses, bars & restaurants! Vendors and food trucks will be placed along Virginia Drive from Mills to Alden Road! Please mask up and practice social distancing!

Bring your pups and enjoy the fun on Sunday, April 18 from 1pm until 4pm at our Dog Day Afternoon Pup Crawl! Purchase a wristband for $5 at Ten 10 Brewing and get specials at ten (10) participating bars and restaurants including GB’s Bottle Shop, Grape & The Grain, Ivanhoe Park Brewing, Nora’s Sugar Shack, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Ten 10 Brewing, The Guesthouse, The Twisted Handle, Thirsty Topher and Wally’s! All pups receive a complimentary bandana and treats! 100% of the wristband sales will be donated to Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando!

Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and his dog Sammie and Commissioner Patty Sheehan and her dog Sienna at the grand opening of Bark Orlando, 1211 Illinois Street, on Saturday April 17. The ribbon cutting will be at 11 am but the fun continues until 3pm. Enjoy food trucks, raffles and pupachinos from Java J’s Coffee House! The first 25 guests will receive $10 in Bark Bucks! www.barkorlando.com

Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as he “unmasks” the new Mills 50 beer on Wednesday, April 7 at Ten 10 Brewing’s “B Side”! The “unmasking” is at 6pm but the party continues until 8pm! Enjoy music and beer samples! Limited quantities of commemorative beer glasses and t-shirts will be available for sale. Take home some Mills 50 beer! A portion of the sales will be donated to Mills 50 for future beautification projects!

Celebrate the “wearing of the green” at the St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 13 starting at 7:30pm!! Purchase a wristband (from 7:30pm until 11pm) for $10 at either Wally’s Bar and Liquors or Ten 10 Brewing Company, get some green beads and a shamrock tattoo and enjoy specials at 18 bars and restaurants including The Barefoot Spa, Black Rooster Taqueria, Conrad’s Shanty, Dirty Laundry, GB’s Bottle Shop and Tasting Bar, Grape & The Grain, Grumpy’s Underground Eatery and Lounge, Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company, Lil Indie’s, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Santiago’s Bodega Orlando, St. Matthew’s Tavern, Ten 10 Brewing Company, The Guesthouse, The Thirsty Topher, The Twisted Handle, Wally’s Bar and Liquors and Will’s Pub! You don’t really have to crawl – because OCartz Orlando will be available to transport you throughout the neighborhood (included with your wristband)! Remember to tip your driver and to enjoy our neighborhood responsibly!

Love Fest celebrates the love of the arts, music, food & drink!

The fifth annual Love Fest will be held on Sunday, March 7 from 1pm until 5pm in front of Quantum Leap Winery! Artists and vendors will be on hand selling vintage clothing, leather goods, coffee, jewelry, plants and much more. Enjoy beer from Ten 10 Brewing, cocktails from The Guesthouse and tastings from Iron Smoke Distillery. Beemo, St. Johns Rising and Texas Outlaw Jerry J will be providing live entertainment! This is a free community event! Proceeds from beer and cocktail sales benefit Mills 50. 

Many thanks to our sponsors: City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, Mainline Marketing, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Ten 10 Brewing, The Guesthouse and Track Shack.

Our goal with this tour is to showcase five (5) special backyards located in the residential community that surrounds our business district – and do so in a safe way!  Behind the gates of these Colonialtown North homes you will find inspiring spaces with privacy walls, stone and rock paver pathways, tropical lush landscaping, custom pools, and patios with space to stay a while and lounge while enjoying wine from Quantum Leap Winery, beer from Ten 10 Brewing Company and appetizers from Bites & Bubbles, Black Rooster Taqueria and Pop Thai.  

Tickets are $30 in advance but you can save $5 per ticket by using the code Mills50 at www.orlandoweeklytickets.com

Tours begin at Colonialtown Neighborhood Center, 1517 Lake Highland Drive. Masks are required for all attendees and social distancing guidelines will be observed.

We hope you will join us, meet your fellow business owners and neighbors in the area while enjoying the cooler weather in a socially distant atmosphere. 

Sip & Savor Weeks, a culinary celebration of the best in Orlando, ends on Sunday, August 30! Take advantage of food & drink specials at Bites & Bubbles, Black Rooster Taqueria, Conrad’s Shanty, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Ivanhoe Park Brewing, Maxine’s on Shine, Nora’s Sugar Shack, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Pop Thai, Ten 10 Brewing & Too Much Sauce!