Aku Aku is a tiki bar in the Thornton Park district of downtown Orlando, paying tribute to the tiki era of the 1960s and named after the Aku Aku restaurant at the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas. The room is dressed in bamboo and thatch, and the bar takes pride in its tropical drinks alongside a wider list of house cocktails. It is the sister bar of The Dust lounge.
Hanson's Shoe Repair is a password entry speakeasy in the Hanson Building on East Pine Street in downtown Orlando. The building went up in 1883 and 1884, and Andrew Hanson bought it in 1894 for his shoe repair shop. The daily password comes from the bar's social channels or by calling or texting, and there are no reservations.
Mathers Social Gathering fills the third floor of the Phoenix Building, a nineteenth century building on South Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando. Guests drink beneath the original exposed wood truss ceiling in a room inspired by a bygone era, with vintage libations and live entertainment from Tuesday to Saturday. The Phoenix Jazz Club, a listening lounge with craft cocktails, sits on the floor below.
The Guesthouse is a neighbourhood bar on North Mills Avenue in Orlando and the sister bar of the cocktail bar Sunroom. It opens every afternoon for guests 21 and over, runs a daily happy hour from 4pm to 8pm and stays open until 2am.
D.B.A., short for doing business as, is the sister bar of The Strand restaurant on North Mills Avenue in Orlando. It is a small room for guests 21 and over with its own menu, and it takes no reservations, so larger groups can be hard to seat.
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