Get to the Pointe on Sunday for the annual Taste of Pointe Orlando, a food and beverage fundraiser for the Florida Hospital Esophageal Cancer Program. It’s a fun afternoon of strolling around the restaurants and shops of Pointe Orlando and nibbling some food from the restaurants there. (And as you know, there are some pretty good restaurants there.)

Among the restaurants that are participating are:

• Adobe Gila’s
• B.B. King’s Blues Club
• Copper Canyon Grill
• Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
• Funky Monkey Bistro & Bar
• Marlow’s Tavern
• The Pub Orlando
• Taverna Opa
• Tommy Bahama’s Restaurant & Bar

Tickets are a very reasonable $30 and can be purchased at this link. Or you can pay $35 at the door.

The event is Sunday, April 27, from 2 to 5 p.m. Pointe Orlando is at 9101 International Drive.

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Could it be that April is the most tasteful month of the year?

Sure seems to be, what with all the “Taste of…” events, not to mention a couple of major food and wine galas. The month started with the return of the Downtown Food and Wine  Festival at Eola Park, and in the next couple of weeks we have the Taste of Winter Park, the Taste of College Park, the Taste of Pointe Orlando, Taste in Mount Dora, Food & Wine at Portofino, the Cattle Baron’s Ball, Cabaret & Cabernet at the Rosen College, the Florida Film Festival and its many food events, and the Great American Pie Festival. 

I’ve already told you about the Food & Wine at Portofino (and how SJO readers can get discounted tickets). Here’s a rundown of everything else coming up:

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