Nona Blue Modern Tavern

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Nona Blue is Lake Nona's dressed-up tavern, upscale yet comfortable, anchored by a big center bar and a kitchen that cooks from scratch. The prime rib and pork chop carry the menu, firecracker shrimp snaps with heat, and the carrot cake is the one guests call the best in Orlando. Regulars have been coming for years and call it the neighborhood's best table, espresso martinis very much included.

District Story

The story of Lake Nona

A lake named on the federal survey maps long before any road led to it, and a district that arrived, all at once, in a single generation.

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