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Linda's La Cantina Steakhouse

4721 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL

A steakhouse claiming to be Orlando's oldest family-owned, rebuilt after a fire three days after Christmas 1994.

📅 1947–present🏛️ RestaurantStill here
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The story

Linda's La Cantina, at 4721 East Colonial Drive, dates to 1947 and calls itself the oldest family-owned steakhouse in Orlando. It was earlier known as Al and Linda's La Cantina. Linda Seng ran it with her family and declined to discuss the details of the name and ownership change.

The original building burned down three days after Christmas 1994 and reopened by the following summer. A June 1999 Orlando Weekly review described a bilevel dining room and a bar built around a water-fire fountain, a pool of water with a flame rising from its center. The reviewer listed surf and turf at $28.95 and a T-bone at $23.45, and found the spaghetti lackluster.

What's There Now

The restaurant was operating there per a 1999 review; current status was not confirmed.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The bar was built around a fountain with a flame rising from the water.
Prices in 1999 included a $5.95 appetizer of bourbon bites.
The restaurant had stayed at the same address for more than half a century by 1999.

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Sourceshttps://www.orlandoweekly.com/food-drink/meaty-history-2314535/