Food
A La Cart: a food truck meet up spot with a bar with 15 taps pouring a rotating lineup of beers, wines, and coffee. A LA Cart has a great indoor/outdoor space for foodies, beer lovers, and it supremely family friendly.
Boxi Park: One of Lake Nona’s newest offerings, Boxi Park has food, kid friendly play areas, and dog friendly spots too!
District Eat and Play: An indoor restaurant and arcade in the Oviedo Mall. There are also escape rooms and small bowling lanes.
Grills Lakeside Orlando: This restaurant has beautiful lake views and most excitingly for families, a playground on-site for patrons!
Shopping
Good Crowd Shop: College Park’s newest shop that has a curated mix of gifts, stationary, and much more. Look out for their pop up events and fun opportunities for families that are hosted regularly.
Entertainment
Orange County Library System’s Local Wanderer Program: This new program partners the library with arts and culture institutions around Central Florida. Use your pass to check out the venues for free! Partners include the Orlando Repertory Theatre, Orlando Shakes, Central Florida Zoo, Hard Rock Orlando, and more!
Stuff your Face Race : A race that helps one of our favorite causes and lets you eat along the way? We’re in. Check out this 5K/10K/Relay and eat your way to the finish line.
It all supports IMPOWER’s life-changing programs aimed at inspiring life’s potential and helping individuals and families lead safe, healthy, meaningful and productive lives. So grab friends, coworkers, kids, whoever and put a team together for this one-of-a-kind fundraiser!
Wall Crawl Orlando: Part photo studio, part pop-up take all the pictures you want in this adorable indoor warehouse. If you’re a mural and photo enthusiast like me you know how hard it is at this time of year to get outside for photos. The air conditioning alone is worth the price of admission! Wall Crawl Orlando boasts a dozen adorable interactive backdrops, IG husbands (photographers waiting to help you), and lots of props.
Looking for even more to do in Central Florida? Check out our list of the best free things in Orlando!