# Who wants to do OrlanDope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643 "2008-04-09T18:36:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/81 "2008-04-22T19:23:58Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] My band shared a radio interview with Bithlo Mullet Revival some years ago. Those are the funniest mofo’s I’ve met in a while. Great band name, too. [/QUOTE] Yeah - I’m not much for ska but I used to go and see them just because of the name. I do that a lot - went to see Panic! At the Disco when nobody knew who they were just because of the delightful midsentence exclamation point. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/82 "2008-04-22T21:09:48Z")
I don’t care so much about the location as the venue. Yummy food please! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/83 "2008-04-23T12:08:08Z")
I guess I’ll toss my vote in for Winter Park. I’m not that hot for the touristy areas. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/84 "2008-04-24T20:38:27Z")
My vacation plans are firmed up and I’ll be visiting my brother the weekend of May 9th-11th. Otherwise I’m planning on attending. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/85 "2008-04-24T20:51:37Z")
Since nobody else seems to be voting we’ll go with Winter Park. Here are the restaurants in the area: \*\* Pizzeria Valdiano Marble Slab Creamery The Cheesecake Factory Johnny Rockets El Potro Mexican Restaurant Carluccis Pizza Famous Uncle Andys Sausages Negril’s Incorporated Seito Sushi Crispers Chamberlin’s Market & Cafe Thai Place Beluga Brio Tuscan Grille Ruth’s Chris Steak House P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Olive Garden Hops Restaurant & Brewery Chamberlin’s Market & Cafe Quiznos Sub SIAM Garden Boston Market Paul Lawrence Subs & Wings Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ Fuji Sushi Japanese Cuisine Houston’s China Plaza Buffet Black Bean Deli Jin Ho Chinese Restaurant Rocco’s Italian Grill Steve 'N Eydie’s Gourmet Pizzeria\*\* I wasn’t kidding when I said there were lots… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/86 "2008-04-24T21:01:01Z")
PF Chang’s is family style Chinese food, pretty good. Johnny Rocket’s is a diner…greasy comfort food, that type of thing. Crispers is a nice salad/soup/sandwich/coffee place, rather inexpensive. Ruth’s Chris’s, I’m sorry to say, will be out of our budget range. Chamberlin’s is a health food store, if I’m not mistaken. I can’t speak to the food myself. Houston’s…is that a steak place, like Longhorn’s, where you throw peanut shells on the floor? I’m assuming Olive Garden is out, just because it’s, well, Olive Garden. Not much info, I know…anyone else know anything about these restaurants? I vote for either Crispers or one of the Chinese places…I’m jonesing for Chinese food. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/87 "2008-04-24T21:07:10Z")
Hey, I don’t mind Olive Garden. But I’d prefer to not eat at a chain, Cheesecake Factory and PF Chang’s excepted because I’ve never been to them. I’d also prefer not to eat at Bubbalou’s cause I’ve done that plenty of times. But not having eaten at the rest of the places on the list either I can’t provide anything constructive. But unlike most naysayers, if you pick one from the list I won’t chime in and say “ohhhhh, not THAT one! Pick something else!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/88 "2008-04-25T14:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Houston’s…is that a steak place, like Longhorn’s, where you throw peanut shells on the floor? [/QUOTE] Houston’s is a high-end steakhouse and probably also out of our price range. And it’s not technically at WP Village. Not sure how that got in there. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/89 "2008-04-25T15:03:10Z")
Pizza sounds good to me. It’s a good group food. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/90 "2008-04-25T15:41:51Z")
I have to double check, but I might be a no show for the event. **Flanderchick** and I might have an opportunity to spend the day with her sister in rehab. They don’t let her out too often so it would mean a lot to her. It _might_ be the following week though, I’ll double check. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/91 "2008-04-28T15:00:04Z")
So what’s the word, Thunderbird? Where in Winterpark are we meeting? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/92 "2008-04-28T15:47:59Z")
I’m gonna run by tomorrow night and see which of the pizza places are big enough to seat more than 10 people. A lot of them are hole-in-wall types. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/93 "2008-05-01T13:30:45Z")
Find any places yet? Any alternatives in case we can’t find a local pizza place? If no one has an alternative to this by the end of the day I might just pick a random place from the list and designate it as the alternative 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/94 "2008-05-01T14:11:42Z")
Wow, are we there yet? This weekend has crept up on me a lot quicker than I’d expected. This coming Saturday, in Winter Park, at an as of yet undisclosed location. With the revolver. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/95 "2008-05-01T14:47:48Z")
GAH! It’s May already! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/96 "2008-05-01T15:11:19Z")
Okay. I’m thinking we should all meet in front of the movie theater, and work from there as far as location for dinner. I tried to find the pizza joints listed on Tuesday and… well, couldn’t. 5:30 sound good? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/97 "2008-05-01T16:25:37Z")
I’m game for it, if the movie theatre is in downtown WP, but I don’t recall one thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/98 "2008-05-01T16:28:16Z")
A street address of some sort and/or a rallying phone number is almost imperative in these cases (although I do know what a lot of you look like now, that may not be true for everyone). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/99 "2008-05-01T16:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I’m game for it, if the movie theatre is in downtown WP, but I don’t recall one thereabouts. [/QUOTE] [Winter Park Village Regal 20](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=winter%20park%20village&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl). PM me for phone #. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-do-orlandope/444643/100 "2008-05-01T16:41:39Z")
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