ORLANDO, Fla. – Twenty-two years ago, Mike Simmons left his career in medicine and returned to where he first started working, restaurants.
Now, he is getting ready to open the first Tom’s Watch Bar location in Florida. It will be in Orlando’s tourism district at 8050 International Drive and is set to open in early April.
Simmons, the operating partner for the brand said Orlando was the ideal location because people from all over the U.S. visit here.
“There was no more perfect location than Orlando and I-Drive, where sports fans from all over the country can come together and cheer on the winners or mourn the losers,” Simmons said in a prepared statement.
This restaurant will occupy the two top floors of the Hollywood Plaza Parking Garage.
It will feature a patio where guests can see most of Orlando’s attractions from rocket launches to Walt Disney World’s fireworks. There will also be two virtual golf bays.