Eater 38 is out with the top honors. “Legendary Florida chef Norman Van Aken continues to navigate the restaurant’s direction along with chef de cuisine Carlos Robles Molina at the helm. Even in its third incarnation, the menu’s original Latin-Caribbean DNA is still intact, though flavors from Japan and Southeast…
Category: Norman’s Orlando
ORLANDO MAGAZINE NAMES ‘NORMAN’S’ BEST RESTAURANT
For Immediate Release: October 29th, 2024 I am very excited and proud to announce that our restaurant, “Norman’s Orlando” has won the 2024 Reader’s Choice Dining Awards for “The Best Restaurant in Orlando”! This award means so much to us for several reasons. To stand out in such a talent…
MAGICAL DINING KICKING OFF; NORMAN’S
As you can read in the wonderful piece in the recent Orlando Sentinel article written by Amy Drew Thompson we are about to kick off ‘Magical Dining” at NORMAN’S. We are happy to debut it for the first time at our new location! Take a look at the menu here…
THE INFATUATION; ORLANDO’S BEST!
The best restaurant and bar guide in Miami for me is not Yelp. It is called ‘The Infatuation’. I don’t agree 100% of the time but it is the most interesting. And they are not swayed by the $$$$ silly places that abound as of late. The Infatuation is also…
‘Our Homage to Spain’
At NORMAN’S every 6-8 weeks we debut a new ‘Tasting Menu’. I have loved doing them since the late 1980’s while still working in Key West at MIRA within the very pretty Marquesa Hotel at Fleming and Simonton Streets. With our ‘a la carte‘ menu guests choose an assortment of…
SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE
The venerable Southern Living Magazine just released the 2024 Best New Restaurants in Every Southern State. Lisa Cericola is the journalist who wrote this engaging article. Their choice for the entire state of Florida is “NORMAN’S‘. I was taking completely by surprise to be candid. It is not like other…
LATE WINTER TASTING MENU DEBUT
Greetings All! It is time for the debut of our newest Tasting Menu at our restaurant, ‘Norman’s Orlando’. We begin on February 15th. Click on the PDF below and the full menu will appear. With this menu we are also celebrating our First Anniversary at this location! For those of…
Norman’s Featured in Flamingo Magazine
9 Celebrity Chef Restaurants in Orlando You Have To Try Famed chef and cookbook author Norman Van Aken has a long history of operating successful restaurants in the Sunshine State. His recently-opened Norman’s, located in the Dellagio Town Center of Dr. Phillips, is a must-visit. Norman’s fusion menu includes everything…
Norman’s Return to Orlando
Hello Everyone! It is time (some might say past time) for an update on our restaurant, NORMAN’S. It has been a very busy time as opening restaurants always are. So please let me share some news with you all! Orlando Weekly food editor Faiyaz Kara review at the link. Now…
Miami Luxury Magazine May/June 2023
NORMAN’S Orlando was recently featured in the May/June 2023 Edition of Miami Luxury Magazine….
Resident Living Magazine
Courtesy: Resident Living
Resident Living Magazine wrote and published this fine article on our new location and restaurant in Orlando. Click the link and have a read! Even better … come dine with us soon! #normans #normanvanaken #orlando #newworldcuisine #jamesbeardawarded #residentlivingmagazine…
NORMAN’s Opens on Orlando’s Restaurant Row
“Founding Father of New World Cuisine” unveils new culinary concept featuring both fine dining and inspired casual cuisine experiences under the same roof. Now open, NORMAN’S is a 7,300-square-foot culinary destination offering both fine dining and casual cuisine experiences, in addition to two private event spaces. The dramatic 80-seat Main…
Getting the Band Back Together with Norman Van Aken of Orlando
“It’s a rare thing for a restaurant, even a beloved one, to be reconstituted years after its original iteration, let alone after two prior versions. This weekend, in Orlando, FL, the legendary Norman Van Aken introduces the third rendering of his landmark Norman’s to the world. On this Andrew Talks…
NORMAN’S ORLANDO; IN THE NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NORMAN VAN AKEN ANNOUNCES THEIR NEW ‘RESTAURANT ROW’ LOCATION AT DELLAGIO TOWN CENTER. Orlando, Florida—Chef Norman Van Aken, his wife, Janet, and partners Tom and Kim Wood announced that they are reopening their flagship restaurant on sand Lake’s famed ‘Restaurant Row’ in the iconic Dellagio Town Center. …