Things To Do In SW Florida

Alcapurrias, pasteles, empanadillas, and other Puerto Rican food staples are the secret to José “DJ Funky Joe” Vallenilla mission: “fool carnivores” with a plant-based menu. The company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico launched “impossible pasteles” a culinary specialty of masa wrapped in a plantain leaf, cherished around Christmas-time in the Florida market through a partnership with ElColmaditoLatino.com.

CVS Health, the corporation that emerged from a drug-store chain, is investing $8.7 million to help build affordable housing in Orlando, officials announced Tuesday. The project — Fairlawn Village — is a $24-million, 116-unit affordable housing complex that is part of the city of Orlando’s master plan for the Mercy Drive corridor, an area once dominated by blight.

First Watch plans to open a restaurant with a new design and separate takeout entrance in March in the former Cinco Tacos + Tequila space across from Trader Joe’s in Winter Park.