Rick Bayless taking Frontera Fresco to Disney Springs!

October 23, 2015

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It looks like there are more exciting food choices coming to Disney Springs next Summer! Here’s the scoop from the Chicago Tribune!

Rick Bayless is headed to Disney. The Chicago chef and restaurateur (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco) is opening a Frontera Fresco Restaurant at Disney Springs, a new dining, shopping and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Frontera Fresco, slated to open in summer 2016, will feature tortas, tacos, salads and guacamole. There are currently three Frontera Fresco locations in the Chicago area, at Macy’s State Street and Macy’s Old Orchard in Skokie, Ill., and Northwestern University’s Norris University Center in Evanston.

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“This will be a different concept,’’ says Cristina Calvet-Harrold, a spokeswoman for Vista Springs LLC, which will operate the Florida restaurant. There will be a walk-up window at the nearly 6,000-square-foot-space, she said, and table service with seating for 200 guests.

Bayless is the second Chicago celebrity chef and restaurateur to announce plans this month to open a restaurant at Disney Springs. Earlier, it was announced that Table Fifty-Two’s Art Smith is opening Homecoming: Florida Kitchen and Southern Shine at Disney Springs next summer too.

Already at Disney Springs is the Chicago-based Gibsons Restaurant Group, which has been managing The Boathouse — “great food, waterfront dining, dream boats” is its motto — since its opening last spring.

Thanks to the Chicago Tribune for the info!

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Michele Atwood Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Main Street Mouse
Michele Atwood is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Main Street Mouse, one of Florida's leading Disney and theme park news sources since 2010. A credentialed Disney Partner and media professional, Michele serves as a theme park contributor and insider for Fox 35 Orlando and WDBO radio covering Disney and Central Florida attractions. Michele has also contributed to the Orlando Sentinel, WESH 2, and Spectrum News 13. Michele is the published author of four books — "Moving to Main Street U.S.A.," "How Many Sleeps Till Disney?," "How Many Sleeps Till Disneyland?" and "Daydream Believing: Confessions of a Grown Up Princess" and is co-owner of the House of Mouse Expo and Lost Princess Apparel. With over a decade of hands-on coverage of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and Central Florida theme parks, Michele brings firsthand expertise and media access to every story she covers.



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