SOCO Southern Contemporary Cuisine, located in the heart of Thornton Park in Downtown Orlando knocked our socks off! When three hours go by and you’re still not quite ready to leave, you know it’s a keeper.
“Where Southern Meets Contemporary”
We share a love of all things culinary with our long time High School friends and Orlando locals, Peter & Karen. To date, they’ve never missed on a College Park/Winter Park/Orlando pick for a meal or drinks out. This time it was SOCO (https://socothorntonpark.com/).
It’s easy to order too much food when you want to try just about everything on the menu, especially when you plan on sharing everything, so rationalize, “it’s not really that much”. Even so, very little went home with us.
Every single thing we ordered was good! Excellent cocktails. Traditional Southern dishes updated to “contemporary”. Man oh man, it was all so tasty. Executive Chef/Partner Greg Richie’s latest project is a complete winner!
Menu descriptions of each dish are in gallery captions.
Epicurean Notes:
- Expect to pay around $50 pp for a full-on dining experrience: App, Entree, Dessert & Drink
- There’s not a bad seat in the house, in my opinion. In nice weather, I’d choose outdoor seating. Great people watching in this hip neighborhood.
- Street parking can be tough in this area. If you can’t find street parking, there’s a parking garage that backs up to SOCO with an entrance around the block. Exit via first level door and you’re practically at SOCO’s doorstep.
SOCO
629 E Central Blvd
Thorton Park, Orlando, FL 32801
407-849-1800
