Urban Flats – My absolute favorite restaurant

I kinda feel like a nerd writing about my favorite restaurant but this past week I introduced 2 of my co-workers to Urban Flats, they LOVED it and were surprised that they never ate there before, so I decided I would share my little hidden gem of awesome with everyone 🙂

Urban Flats is a chic, up-scale, casual dining restaurant and wine bar, that specializes in gourmet flatbreads, wraps, “flatwiches” and small plates. It’s located in Downtown Orlando on Church St. with a few other locations in Florida.

I think my favorite things about Urban Flats is that their portions are PERFECT and their prices are very affordable (items ranging from $5-$12). They have a full bar and a variety of wines to compliment each dish.

During the week they have “Wine Down Wednesdays”, for $20 you can sample a variety of wines and appetizer/flatbread pairings. On Thursdays, they have specials for Ladies Night: $5 flatbreads, $4 cocktails and free dessert.

Here are the flatbreads we tried:

OVEN ROASTED VEGETABLE FLAT : sun-dried tomato pesto topped with roasted vegetables and parmesan cheese

MIDWESTERN FLAT : tender sliced steak and roasted potatoes with cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, red onion, bacon bits, scallions and a sour cream drizzle

For our free dessert we each got a mini ice cream sandwich: 2 warm tollhouse chocolate chip cookies with ice cream in the middle… As soon as they came out we downed them, totally forgot to take a pic.

Take a look at their menu!

What’s your favorite restaurant? Have you ever eaten at Urban Flats? Which flatbread/dish have you tried?

Cabin Fever

For the last 5 years, I’ve traveled to somewhere new almost every year:

Australia, Summer 2008

Sydney

Germany, May 2010

Reichstag, Berlin

Belgium/France/Holland Summer 2011

Brussels

Paris

Heineken Brewery, Amsterdam

Cozumel, Mexico, April 2011 (first cruise)

Cozumel from the cruise port

Cruise ships!

Now I’m starting to get antsy… I want to be travelling again! My issue is, I want to go to too many places with not enough vacation days from work… *womp womp*… Oh yea, and my money tree isn’t bearing enough to fund more than one trip at a time.

So! To overcome my ‘Cabin Fever’ I’m going to just have to take local adventures until I’ve harvested enough money for a real trip overseas. I’m trying not to get too bummed that I can’t take an extravagant trip abroad every time I stumble upon an image of a picturesque city in Europe (Pinterest makes it VERY difficult!) so I figure taking these little trips to places close by will soothe my travel bug.

Some plans I have for the next few months are:

• Weekend trip to St. Augustine, FL – quaint historic city in NorthEast Florida
• Short 3-4 day cruise to the Bahamas – sometimes I see some really great last minute deals
• Roadtrip to Atlanta – so many random attractions there I want to check out

What are your travel plans for 2013??

Out with the old (2012). In with the new (2013)!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I’ve been Missing In Action for the last couple of months of 2012 and I’m here to say I’ll be missing no more!

I wish I could say that I’ve been so busy off traveling the world with no access to the internet to post, or that I finally pursued my childhood dreams of being an astronaut and went off to Mars to be with the Curiosity Rover but those would be all too good of excuses. Unfortunately, I was just too caught up in settling myself into my new job and in Orlando that I just didn’t get around to posting much. BUT, it’s a new year and I’m leaving my excuse-making and procrastinating habits in 2012 and will be back to frequently posting!

I wish you all a prosperous and successful 2013!

Cheers to a New Year!