November 20, 2019

Network with fellow business & residential members at our November Business After Hours on Wednesday, November 20, hosted by The Barefoot Spa!  Hope to see you there!

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!

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)!

Our Pup Crawl and Costume Contest is Sunday, October 13 from 1pm until 4pm!  The first 150 pups (accompanied by an adult) will receive a free bandana, compliments of our partner Tito’s Handmade Vodka!  All pups will receive treats!  Why don’t you and your pup wear costumes and get in the Halloween spirit?

Purchase a wristband for $5 at Ten 10 Brewing and receive drink specials at eleven (11) bars and businesses! 50% of the wristband sales will be donated to Orlando Pet Alliance, on site at The Brass Tap with some adorable adoptables!

Thanks to Orlando Weekly Readers for choosing Mills 50 District as the Best Neighborhood to Eat In, the second Best Neighborhood to Drink In and the third best Neighborhood to Live In! Mills 50 was also selected as the second best Place to Show People the Real Orlando!

These Mills 50 restaurants were named “Best Of”!  Best Cuban Sandwich and Best Latin Restaurant – Black Bean Deli! Best Outdoor Seating, Best Restaurant to Take a Date and Best Brunch – Santiago’s Bodega! Best Chinese – Hawkers Asian Street Fare!  Best Pho – Pho 88! Best Pizza – Lazy Moon Pizza!  Best Vietnamese – Little Saigon Restaurant! Best place to eat gluten-free – Dandelion Community Cafe! Congratulations!

Hoodstock is a weekend of local creativity through music and the arts, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock!  All the events are free!  For a complete schedule, visit www.apartmente.com

Sip and Savor, from Monday August 5 through Sunday August 18, is a summer celebration of Orlando’s food and drink scene. In addition to Orlando’s best food and drink, residents and visitors have the opportunity to discover a new favorite place or revisit a familiar favorite and enjoy special pricing.  Mills 50  restaurants include Bites & Bubbles, Black Rooster Taqueria, Dandelion Community Cafe, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Maxine’s on Shine, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Poke-Hana, Pop Thai and Too Much Sauce.  Bars include Conrad’s Shanty, GB’s Bottle Shop, Nora’s Sugar Shack and Ten 10 Brewing Co.

Participating restaurants and bars, along with menus can be found at: www.sipandsavorotown.com

Ivanhoe Village & Mills 50 are co-hosting Virginia Drive Live on Saturday, May 11 from 3pm until 7pm.  Enjoy live entertainment by Texas Outlaw Jerry J!  Buy some art from artists including Patty Sheehan, Kelly Berry & Bethany Taylor Myers!  Vendors include Macrame Momma, Clay Touch, Miss Jessica’s Tarot, PNC Bank & more!  Purchase a $5 wristband at Ten 10 Brewing or Beaux Studios and get specials at Grape & The Grain, Ten 10 Brewing, Kelly Shannon Floral, gotkarma, Santiago’s Bodega, Orlando Meats, Barefoot Spa Beer & Wine, Green House Realty, Beaux Studios, Veracity, The Thirsty Topher, The Hideway, GB’s Bottle Shop & Ivanhoe Park Brewing.  Businesses including Eclips Salon, Luna Mosaic Arts, Factur and others will be open for shopping! Flapjacks Original, Hot Asian Buns food truck, Kelly’s Ice Cream truck, Mia’s Smashcakes and Pastrami Project food truck will be on site to delight your taste buds! Stop by & enjoy local!

Enjoy specials at 16 Mills 50 bars, restaurants and businesses at the St. Paddy’s Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 16 starting at 4pm.  Purchase a wristband for $5 at The Dirty Laundry, 1030 N Mills or Ten 10 Brewing, 1010 Virginia Drive – get some green beads, a shamrock sticker and a pub crawl map! 

Love Fest is back!  Feel the love on Sunday, January 27 from 11am until 5pm in front of Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive!  Enjoy food, drink, live music & shop at dozens of vendor booths!  This is a free community event!