{"id":436440,"date":"2026-10-24T02:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/436440\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T02:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T02:26:18","slug":"orlando-food-news-tako-cheena-moves-back-home-new-cookbook-from-pulapaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/436440\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando food news: Tako Cheena moves back home; new cookbook from Pulapaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" data-attachment-id=\"80683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/food-drink\/the-25-orlando-restaurants-you-should-try-before-you-die-30947203\/attachment\/tako-cheena-photo-by-aldrin-capulong\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/tako-cheena-photo-by-aldrin-capulong.webp?fit=580%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"580,387\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"tako-cheena-photo-by-aldrin-capulong\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/tako-cheena-photo-by-aldrin-capulong.webp?fit=580%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tako-cheena-photo-by-aldrin-capulong.webp\" alt=\"Tako Cheena Orlando food news\" class=\"wp-image-80683\"  \/>Interior of the original Tako Cheena space Credit: Aldrin Capulong<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amor y Chile Mexican Restaurant will bring the love and spice to the former Tornatore\u2019s Ristorante and Italian Market space at 3818 Edgewater Drive in College Park. Expect a filling assortment of breakfast, lunch and dinner staples like chilaquiles veracruzanos, molcajete and bistec encebollado. Look for them to open this fall \u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tako Cheena is moving from its current location at 948 N. Mills Ave. and back into its old space at 932 N. Mills Ave., which was recently home to Pop\u2019s Pizzeria, a concept by Tako Cheena owner Edgardo Guzman. An opening date hasn\u2019t been announced, nor plans for the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/food-drink\/tako-cheena-will-be-opening-a-new-location-soon-2412719\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tako Cheena building<\/a> \u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh Que Bueno, the local Colombian restaurant with <a href=\"https:\/\/ohquebuenousa.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ohquebuenousa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">locations<\/a> on South Semoran and South OBT near the Florida Mall, will open a location in Altamonte Springs before the end of the year at 1049 E. Altamonte Drive, in the old Bubbalou\u2019s Bodacious BBQ space \u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for Sen Thai Noodle House to open in the former Tawa Modern Indo-Pak Cuisine space at 7536 Dr. Phillips Blvd. in the Marketplace at Dr. Phillips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicole Matta, former chef de partie at Kaya, is the new head chef at Redlight Redlight, replacing another Kaya alum, chef Emily Kaneff, who is moving to Philadelphia. Kaneff replaced longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/food-drink\/chef-jes-tantalo-is-leaving-redlight-redlight-brewpub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chef Jes Tantalo<\/a> after she left for North Carolina in February \u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4Roots senior culinary director and multiple James Beard Award nominee Hari Pulapaka has a new book called Beans, Green &amp; Lentils, a cookbook of protein-rich plant-based recipes, coming out Dec. 8. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/beansgreenslentils.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">beansgreenslentils.com<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"201\" data-attachment-id=\"417124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/?attachment_id=417124\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OW_JoinNewsletter_970x250_1.jpg?fit=970%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,250\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"OW_JoinNewsletter_970x250_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OW_JoinNewsletter_970x250_1.jpg?fit=780%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792808777_41_OW_JoinNewsletter_970x250_1.jpg\" alt=\"Stay in the know in Orlando with Orlando Weekly's free newsletter.\" class=\"wp-image-417124\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/music\/live-music-picks-previews\/all-hail-the-king-clownvis-presley-comes-to-orlando\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792808777_78_10-21-THINGS-TO-DO-CLOWNVIS-PRESLEY-COURTESY-Clownvis-8x10-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"All hail the king! 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