4th of July in Mount Dora: Small town all-American holiday with an old-fashioned flair.

Mount Dora, the quintessential small town on Lake Dora in the heart of Central Florida, gets it,s Norman Rockwell on with 4th of July. Everything you’ve ever dreamed of, every American movie could be set here as the town known for events, dining, and shopping turns on the red, white, and blue for the 4th.

Come one, come all and bring the family to celebrate.
The annual 4th of July Independence Day parade heads down Main Street USA at 10am – known locally as Donnelly Street – with all the kids, flags, little cars, clowns, and even animals you could imagine and love.

And of course, finish the 4th with the best fireworks in Lake County!  Head down to Lake Dora at dusk towards Gilbert Park by the Mount Dora Lighthouse to round out the celebration. Food, live music, and fireworks make this the Americana that is Mount Dora. Fireworks light the sky at about 9 p.m. For more information, call
352-267-2879. What better for a family and friends 4th
can you imagine?

If you’re from out of the area no worries as there are numerous B&B’s, cottages, and Inns around town to allow you to turn the 4th into a multi-day getaway. Boat tours, Segway way tours, the parks, golfing, shopping, antiques, and so much more await throughout the town and area turning this year’s 4th of July into a summer family getaway – or fun for just you and that special someone…
Mount Dora is the place to enjoy the 4th and all the red, white, and blue mean to America…

The streets of Mount Dora have been undergoing some serious refurbishing. A multi-phase summer project means new street-scaping, parking, and more to make Mount Dora beautiful. This charming town by the lake offers great dining, shopping, outdoor activities, and lodging, so enhancing her original beauty only adds to her small town charm.

There is new parking along 5th Avenue, the main edge to the historic downtown. Ready to open, that means more parking near all those things you love. Additional phases open over the coming weeks, so be prepared to enjoy the newly refurbished park, sidewalks, curbing, walkways, parking, and more. Mount Dora is working hard to make your visit special.
So plan a visit soon to enjoy the newly enhanced historic area, with the same great shopping, dining, activities, lodging, and more. Come to Mount Dora, someplace special.

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Food Truck Bazaar to visit Mount Dora!

For information about The Food Truck Bazaar, contact Producer Mark Baratelli at Mark@TheDailyCity.com or 407-310-5905. 

 

The official website is TheFoodTruckBazaar.com

The official twitter account is @FoodTruckBazaar

The official Facebook account is Facebook.com/TheFoodTruckBazaar

The City of Mount Dora and the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce have invited The Food Truck Bazaar to stop by their lovely town for four visits July through October, 2012. The bazaar will touch down for three hours each night, once a month, bringing with it its signature "community dinner" feeling and some of the very best that the Orlando food truck scene has to offer. 

The Food Truck Bazaar is the oldest travelling food event in Central Florida. It began March 2011 with one location and as of July, there are eleven. The Producer has put on more than 50 of these events, fed thousands of people and has used only the very best of the local Orlando food truck scene. The Food Truck Bazaar was named "Best Local Food Event 2012 (2nd)" by Edible Orlando Magazine and Producer Mark Baratelli (Email, About) was chosen as one of Orlando Business Journal's "40 Under 40" 2012 award winners and called the "Pied piper of food trucks" by the paper.

The major draw of the event is the community dinner aspect, the coming together of a town, friends eating with family, kids and dogs and a special family dinner atmosphere it has had since day one. The food is delicious, but seeing towns coming together to break bread is what keeps this project going. 

 

This event is in no way a threat to local restaurants. It visits towns for three hours a month. It doesn't want to compete with or threaten any local restaurant, which is why it only stops for such a short amount of time and so infrequently. Its meant to add a monthly, fun, food-centered event to the community calendar. 

It will visit Mount Dora Thursday July 26, Thursday August 23, Thursday September 27 and Thursday October 25, 2012. 

It will take place near the corner of 4th & Alexander. 

The usual time for the bazaars at all other stops is 6-9pm during the summer and 5-8pm during the Fall. But in Mount Dora, the bazaar will happen 5:30pm-8:30pm during the summer. Fall hours TBA.

The trucks for the very first visit have not been announced yet. Check TheFoodTruckBazaar.com for updates on that.

For information about The Food Truck Bazaar, contact Producer Mark Baratelli at Mark@TheDailyCity.com or 407-310-5905. 

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