Taste of Thornton Park Turns 25 on Thursday: Samples Around the Four Rivers Fountain, 6:30 to 9:30 P.M.
One of downtown Orlando's longest-running neighborhood traditions marks its 25th anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 5, when Taste of Thornton Park takes over the streets around the Four Rivers Fountain with unlimited samples from neighborhood restaurants and live music.
Thornton Park is about to eat in the street for the 25th year in a row. Taste of Thornton Park returns on Thursday, Nov. 5, for its 25th anniversary, running from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. around the Four Rivers Fountain in the heart of the downtown-adjacent neighborhood, Bungalower reports in its Nov. 2 roundup of the week in Orlando. The format is the one that built the tradition: unlimited samples from neighborhood restaurants and businesses, live music, and a few hours of mingling under the oaks.
A quarter-century is a serious run for a neighborhood food event, and Thornton Park's version has kept its recipe simple — the neighborhood's own restaurants and businesses doing the cooking, the fountain as the centerpiece, and one Thursday evening rather than a sprawling festival weekend. It lands this year in the middle of a full Orlando week: Election Day on Tuesday, and by Thursday a neighborhood party that asks nothing of anyone except an appetite.
For Orlando readers planning the week, Thursday is the slot to hold: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., centered on the Four Rivers Fountain in Thornton Park, with the neighborhood's restaurants and businesses serving samples through the evening and live music alongside. After a week that began with flood watches and ballot counts, it is the city's most cheerful standing appointment — twenty-five years in, still eating and drinking in the street.
