James and Julie Petrakis, the James Beard Award-nominated chefs/owners of Cask & Larder, have partnered with Johnny Rivers, a former Disney Corporate Executive Chef and Culinary Olympics Gold Medal recipient, and Peter Amaro Jr., president and COO of Master Concession Air, to open a Cask & Larder in the Orlando International Airport (MCO). The addition of Cask & Larder will give MCO its first-ever restaurant specializing in seasonally driven dishes made from locally sourced ingredients.
The newest Cask & Larder venue will offer many crossover items and a similar farm-to-table dining experience that has earned the original Winter Park location numerous accolades, including recognition as “one of the country’s best new restaurants” by Esquire in 2014. However, certain adaptations to the menu and service will be made to meet the airport’s needs and to offer something for all types of travelers.
Slated to open summer 2016, the restaurant will include a dining room, bar and grab-and-go market with sit-down service for approximately 390 guests. In addition to signature menu items like Nashville Hot Chicken and Roasted Oysters, the restaurant will also serve craft cocktails including on-tap Gin & Tonic and beers brewed in-house at Cask & Larder’s Winter Park brewery.
Cask & Larder will replace the space currently occupied by Au Bon Pain and Café Kalik. It will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week.
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