Market Street Cafe

The Market Street Cafe is a diner located in the town of Celebration, right outside of Disney. Located across from the lake at downtown Celebration, you get a wonderful view of the water and you can go for a stroll around the town after you've eaten at this friendly restaurant. The staff is accommodating, chatty and friendly and the food is casual but tasty. Our favorite dish is, hands down, the open faced meatloaf sandwich. You are served a tender meatloaf, smothered in delicious gravy, atop a piece of Texas toast all alongside creamy mashed potatoes. Also, for the breakfast lovers, they serve breakfast all day long! Finish it off with a brownie sundae (so big you'll need some help to finish it off) or coconut cream pie. The Market Street Cafe is a wonderful little restaurant with booth or counter seating, serving comfort food at good prices, and set in the picturesque town of Celebration.

Columbia Restaurant in the town of Celebration

The Columbia Restaurant has many locations and the following is about the restaurant located in the town of Celebration. My husband and I have eaten here a few times and I haven't had a bad dish yet. They serve authentic Spanish cuisine from traditional paella to yellow rice and chicken to a burger on Cuban bread and steak and potatoes. I ordered the beef tips "salteado" and it was delicious, cooked with peppers, onions, chorizo (spicy sausage), potatoes, garlic and served with yellow rice.

For dessert my husband ordered the Godiva chocolate cake which was moist and tasty. We have also ordered churros (it came with seven sticks), and comes with three different dipping sauces!

Overall the places is very nice. You can choose to sit outside with a view of the park and pond or sit inside with beautiful tiles and murals. The prices are comparable to that of the nearby Disney restaurants. If you and your family would like a day away from Disney but still have a pretty setting, then stop by the downtown Celebration.

Celebration's Ocktoberfest

Celebration's Ocktoberfest (October 12 & 13)

The Disney built town of Celebration, located at the outskirts of the Walt Disney property will be holding a two day festival called Ocktoberfest. This is the first annual celebration of its kind.

Market Street, the downtown area of Celebration, is closed to vehicles and is festively decorated with hanging pumpkins and banners. Every hour, beginning at 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., leaves fall onto the brick-paved street and after that a live band plays. Tonight it was "Heimatland Musikanten", playing popular German tunes, even some yodeling. Tomorrow night it will be the band "Orleans".

The streets are lined with tents from the town restaurants and shops offering tasty bites, from bratwursts to grilled shrimp to bananas foster. They also offered hayrides, face painting and pumpkin painting. It was a great treat that celebrates the arrival of Autumn and brings the community together for merrymaking.

Sherlock's Of Celebration

Right down the street from Disney is the Disney-planned town of Celebration, which is a tourist destination in itself. One establishment that stands out with its red british phone booth outside, is "Sherlock's". Inside, this quaint shop sells tea, coffees, wine and pastries. It also has a small seating patio where live entertainment performs on the weekends. Whenever we pass by we always take note of the display of cakes and other pastries by the window.

For my birthday, we recently decided that it would be nice to purchase two slices of cake. I went in and bought a slice of layered chocolate cake and a coconut cake. Residents and Disney castmembers enjoy a 10% discount.

After dinner we divided the slices and tried them. My husband, whose has a sweet tooth, pronounced them delicious, leaning towards the chocolate cake. I liked them both, preferring the less sweet coconut slice. We ejoyed our cake and would go back again and sample another dessert. They had a tempting looking napoleon when I was there yesterday...

Also for more info on this place, go to the following website:
http://sherlocksgroup.com