An outdoor mall-style collection of restaurants and stores. Brookstone and the Sharper Image are here, along with a smattering of jewelry, hot dog, and coffee kiosks. There's also a B. Dalton, Cigarz, Hooters, Friday's American Bar, and Jungle Jim's. For entertainment, Howl at the Moon is a sing-along dueling piano bar.
Church Street Marketplace
55 W. Church St. Orlando, FL
407-841-8000
Colonial Plaza is a user-friendly collection of stores and restaurants that includes Ross, Marshalls, Barnes and Noble, SteinMart, Staples,Linens n Things, Babies 'R' Us, Just for Feet, and Old Navy. The restaurants represent some of the United Nation's most popular countries.
Colonial Plaza
2418 Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL
407-894-3601
Crossroads of Lake Buena Vista contains 11 restaurants and more than 25 shops. Upscale and casual shops are geared to sun and surf, electronics, and children, but the necessities, such as the 24 - hour Goodling's supermarket, post office, bank, and cleaners are also here. You can find the usual franchised restaurants as well as some local spots, such as the casual Pebbles.
Crossroads of Lake Buena Vista
12545-12551 Rte. 535 Orlando, FL
407-827-7300
With nearly 2 million square feet of shopping action and 260-plus stores, the Florida Mall is easily the largest mall in central Florida. Its anchor stores and specialty shops include Burdines, Sears Roebuck, JC Penney, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Restoration Hardware, J. Crew, Pottery Barn, Brooks Brothers, Cutter & Buck, Harry & David Gormet Foods, Swarovski, Mystique, seven theaters, a 17 restaurant food court, as well as sit-down restaurants Ruby Tuesday, California Cafe, Paradise Bakery, and a Pebbles Cafe in Saks.
Florida Mall
8001 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL
407-851-6255
The Mall at Millenia is an upscale mall, with Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, and Macy's department stores, as well as such stores as Tiffany, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, BCBG, Oilily, Burberry, Banana Republic, and Gap.
The Mall at Millenia
I-4 at Conroy Rd. Orlando, FL
407-363-3555
The Old Town shopping-entertainment complex features more than 70 specialty shops and restaurants, re-creating a turn-of-the-20th-century Florida villate. Every Friday and Saturday night there's a parade of classic automobiles.
Old Town
5770 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy
407-396-4888
A few blocks east of the Colonial Plaza is the Orlando Fashion Square. Anchored by a Dillard's, JC Penney, and Sears, there are also 165 specialty stores including such chain stores as Camelot Music, Gap, Lerner, and Lechters. Wicks 'N' Sticks sells candles, and there's a large Disney Store.
Orlando Fashion Square
3201 E. Colonial Dr.
407-896-1131
In addition to WonderWorks and the Muvico Pointe 21 theater, the complex houses 70 specialty shops, including A/X Armani Exchange, Abercrombie & Fitch, Foot Locker Superstore, Chico's, Dan Marino's Town Tavern, and Johnny Rockets. There are also a few dozen pushcart vendors selling hair ribbons, sunglasses, and other small items. The focal point, however, is F.A.O. Schwartz, the legendary toy store.
Pointe*Orlando
9101 International Dr.
407-248-2838