The Porch South Orange
Front porch energy on South Orange Avenue, in a welcoming neighborhood room guests choose over touristy spots.
The Porch South Orange, 4757 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32806
407 FYI · Downtown Orlando · Sixty South Restaurant and Lounge
407 FYI · A Venue PageAmerican · Restaurant & Lounge · $$ · Downtown
The Write-Up
Sixty South is the restaurant and lounge inside the DoubleTree on Ivanhoe Boulevard, spacious and polished with lots of room to meet and talk. Guests single out the wings, cooked to perfection, plus grilled mahi mahi, Siesta Key fish tacos and fried mushroom ravioli. A DoubleTree Cookie Martini closes things out in a relaxed room that suits hotel guests and downtown locals alike.
Sixty South Restaurant and Lounge, 60 S Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando, FL 32804
American · Restaurant & Lounge
$$
District Story
A fort, a courthouse plat and a citrus boom built it. A name nobody can prove still runs it.
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