The Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves recently added two more restaurants to the growing list of options now available to western Orange County residents - Cracker Barrel and Panera Bread. This shopping / dining area is growing rapidly and there’s still plenty of space for more shops and restaurants in the future. I’m hoping that they’ll use some of the space for nighttime entertainment, since the current options in Winter Garden and Ocoee are growing a little old.

Some of the other restaurants in WGV include Chili’s, Mimi’s, Longhorn Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, Macaroni Grill, UNO’s, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Urban Flats and many more. I never thought they’d be able to build a place with this much stuff and not create a traffic nightmare in the area. So far, the only issue seems to be parking around the restaurants.

I’m not sure how well the Dave & Buster’s franchises are doing, but that type of restaurant / entertainment establishment would be something I’d like to see. I’d also be excited to have a few locally-run restaurants find their way into the mix. The chain restaurants are reliable, but they rarely bring any local flavors to the table.

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