Wicked Windsor at the Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room

Come for our fabulous dinner creations by our five star chef and be theatrically entertained as we summon up the fun of the Wicked Windsor. This is a ticketed event so reservations are required and seating is limited so be sure to send us a telepathic message, rub your crystal ball or just call us on the phone at 352-735-2551. Advance ticket purchases are available through EZTicket - CLICK HERE We will nosh on appetizers and pry into the secrets of the Windsor. The real fun begins after dinner is served.

Open for Business ; Progress in the Historic town of Mount Dora

Mount Dora is open for business! While construction continues (or as we in the theme park capital of the world call it, refurbishing), Mount Dora is still open with all those restaurants, shops, B&B’s, Inns, and activities you love.

 

The three phases were pushed along when a recent storm washed out much of 3^rd Avenue, bringing phase three online a bit earlier than really expected. But the locals and business owners are a tough and friendly crowd, sticking together and making sure that your visit is fine in deed.

 

Main streets, 5^th Avenue and Donnelly are open, with 5^th returning fully to action last week. Now you can easily access the variety of parking lots, and though some of the streets are still impassible to traffic there is always a way to get where you want to go. If you’re not sure how, simply ask one of the locals or business owners and they’ll make sure you can reach

your destination!

So make a day in Mount Dora part of your summer plans, and why not come back in the fall to see how this Before and After project makes Mount Dora even more special than she was… like that’s possible! Come to Mount Dora, someplace special in Central Florida!

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Florence Nightingale at the Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room

Connie Gay stars as Florence Nightingale, 'The Lady of the Lamp.' Come hear her story and enjoy the fine cuisine of the Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room.

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Lakeside Inn Street Palooza & Summer Lawn Concert Schedule

A Luncheon and Fashion Show Fundraiser for Low-Cost Breast Cancer Screenings.

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Tim Piccirillo Live at Cody's on 4th in Downtown Mount Dora

Events & Happenings for March @ Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora

Finding Dora Drawdy Fundraiser - An Event for the Ladies

The Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention, Inc., will host a fund raiser – “Finding Dora Drawdy”- on Saturday April 27, 2013 at the LakesideInn, downtown Mount Dora. The Lakeside Inn will be the host site where the event starts and ends. The event will start at 10:00am sharp in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, where $30 ticket holders will be able to pick up a map of the participating stores that will feature candidates for the “Finding Dora Drawdy” contest. There will be 20 participating stores in downtown Mount Dora that will feature their own rendition of Dora Drawdy to the public. Ticket holders ($30) will be able to use 15 coupons (which will be given to them upon signing in at the Lakeside Inn) to vote for their favorite Dora Drawdy candidate. Ticket holders will use the map, which will have the names and locations of all participating stores, to visit and vote for their favorite Dora Drawdy candidates. Ticket holders can use all 15 coupons at any one store or they can vote among different stores.

Additionally, all ticket holders ($30) are entitled to lunch at the Lakeside Inn. If you do not have a ticket holder, but would like to vote for your favorite Dora Drawdy candidate, you will be able to visit the participating stores, purchase a $1 coupon and place your vote in the box next to the stores’ Dora Drawdy candidate. Each participating store can increase their chance of winning the grand prize by encouraging visitors to purchase extra $1 voting coupons.  

There will also be vendors located in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn to showcase their products and/or services to everyone visiting the Lakeside Inn. Visitors and tickets holders will be able to visit these vendors to inquire about their products and/or services.

Schedule of Activities:

 

10:00 am – Review and voting for Dora Drawdy Candidates

12:00 pm -  Voting stops.  Open Vendor visits

12:30 pm – Luncheon at the Lakeside Inn

12:45 pm – Fashion Show featuring local Mount Dora boutiques

1:30 pm  –  Open Vendor visits

2:00 pm  -  Selection of First and Second place Dora Drawdy winners              

SUMMARY

·        Tickets are $30.00 including lunch at the Lakeside Inn ($15.00 LUNCH/$15.00 contribution to help women with mammogram screening for Breast Cancer)

·        Each $30 ticket comes with 15 voting coupons to nominate the winning “Dora Drawdy”

·        Additional voting coupons can be purchased at all participating “Tour of Shoppes” at $1.00 EACH

·        Each participating store will contribute $25 to be part of the fund raiser and be in the running of being the winner of the grand prize of $125, plus being named the best “Dora Drawdy” in Mount Dora.

·        Each participating store can sell additional $30 tickets with the incentive of earning 25 extra coupons that would go towards selecting their own Dora Drawdy.

·        Greeting cards by Amy Sellers featuring the portrait of Dora Drawdy will have a portion of the sales contribute to the fundraiser.

·        All 300 tickets will be available online through VisitMountDora(tm).  There will be a $1 per convenience fee per ticket at time of sale.  You may purchase tickets NOW at www.MountDoraEvents.com.

·        Lake County Gazette has promised to provide “in-kind” photographers for the event.  The “Finding Dora Drawdy” fundraiser will be featured in the April 2013 issue of the Lake County Gazette.

·        There will be 11 outside vendors (1 for CMWP) set up in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn

·        Fashion Show participants will feature the local downtown boutiques.

·        Dora Drawdy’s great, great, great granddaughter Eva, will be the focus at the fashion show and will crown the Dora Drawdy winner that day.

“DORA CANIDATE AT THE STORE LOCATION”

1.     EACH PARTICIPATING STORE OWNER WILL NOMINATE A CANIDATE WHO EMBODIES THE  “SPIRIT” OF DORA  DRAWDY

2.    “DORA” CANDIDATE WILL BE AT  THE STORE LOCATIONS FROM 10:00AM -12:00PM

3.    “DORA” CANDIDATE WILL BE DRESSED AS “PAST” OR “PRESENT” DORA DRAWDY

4.    “DORA” CANDIDATE WILL HAVE PART OF HISTORY OF DORA TO TELL

5.    “DORA” CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE “VOTING TICKETS” AT STORE SITE

6.     FIRST PLACE AND RUNNER-UP WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 2:00PM AT THE LAKESIDE INN

7.    “DORA” WINNER WILL RECEIVE CASH PRIZE/PAMPERING/PARADE PRESENCE

8.    “DORA” WINNER WILL BE “FACE OF 2013” ON NEXT YEARS PORTRAIT

2nd Satruday Merrill's Market Cruise-In

Magic & Comedy at Cody's on 4th with Tim Piccirillo

Calvin Coolidge Returns to Lakeside Inn

WIN a $300 shopping spree in Mount Dora on the Florida Highwayment Winter Art Walk

Tea at the Inn

4th Annual Empty Bowls Fall Harvest Soup Supper

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Christmas with the Crooners - Tremain's Tavern at Lakeside Inn

Tea At The Inn - Olga the Maid, to Visit Lakeside Inn

Comedy & Magic at Cody's on 4th in downtown Mount Dora

The Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room Presents:

Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room in downtown Mount Dora

Windsor Rose Restaurant & Tea Room; The Big Breakfast, Tea and events in the heart of Mount Dora.

British flags side by side with Old Glory point the way, the white building as at home here in Mount Dora as it would be in the British countryside, with an atmosphere of gentle goodness and cozy warmth that welcomes you into a special feeling of home.

Greeted by a British butler – of sorts – you find yourself inside a charming setting of part restaurant and tearoom, part store, part favorite aunt’s home. There is something special here, like a living room in a British home, where you’re instantly at ease and ready to relax and enjoy.

Tables throughout allow for varying sized parties, as shelves line one wall with a range of choices, from teas to teapots, cookies to sauces. You can bring home the flavors of England, or simply enjoy them here.

Have no fear: those who are not sure they’ll like British fare are ok as American is offered as well. Choose either side of the pond for your culinary experience.

We partook of the Big Breakfast, offered Saturdays and Sundays only at present, though lunch and Tea are offered throughout the entire week.

Enjoy the atmosphere, relax as you study the photos throughout, images of her Majesty the Queen, and those of her family, an extended history of the modern royals as you’ve likely never seen them. From the Queen’s Great-Grandparents through her grandchildren, William, Harry, and Katherine, you’re sure to find yourself staring at the array of images as much or more as the faces of those in your party. 

Food portions are good, solid and hearty, with a number of items to choose from. The BigBreakfast menu is a bit smaller than lunch, but by no means did that make it easier to choose.

Each at our table partook of something different with all enjoying immensely their choice. Juice, tea or Champaign mimosa adds to the meal. The ever subtle, but present formality of the British is here, with crisp black and white uniforms that to most Americans will likely feel more like a costume than proper serving attire, but this merely adds to the experience.

This isn’t the kind of place you want to rush through your meal, but linger, enjoy and savor.

Open for meals such as the Big Breakfast (weekends), tea and lunch (throughout the week), additionally Windsor Rose also offers a range of events from which to choose and enjoy their hospitality. Speak with them about your own event as well.

For a taste of England in the heart of Florida, enjoy the Windsor Rose Tea Room & Restaurant in Mount Dora.  For a limited time enjoy the Windsor Rose Big Breakfast with this coupon offering 10% off.  See below.

 

This post was written by regular WhatToDoInMountDora.com contributor, Rori Paul. Rori is a travel writer and blogger. Follow her blog, Rori Travels Florida, for more on Florida Travel and Mount Dora.

 

Sweet Summer Surf and Turf at The Windsor Rose Restaurant and Tea Room