Disney Springs always has a lot to offer guests visiting Walt Disney World, and whether you prefer sweet or savory, and we have a bunch of news to share to every Disney Foodie.
February 2024 brings Disney Springs foodie news of Valentine’s day meals and treats, special events, limited-time menu items, monthly flavors, and so much more.
Are you hungry? Let’s go…
Valentine’s Day
If you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day at Walt Disney World, these restaurants are offering special dishes for the day:
Paddlefish: Enjoy a Cupid’s Boil to share on this special day which includes Snow Crab, Key West Pink Shrimp, PEI Mussels, Red Potatoes, Sweet corn & Corn bread plus two glasses of sparkling cava ($109). There will also be a cocktail available Scarlet Kiss: Blood orange Vodka, creme d’ framboise, lemon juice and Orgeat ($16). Make reservations online.
Summer House on the Lake: The newly opened Summer House on the Lake will offer four specials to celebrate its first Valentine’s Day in Disney Springs. Dishes include Cracked Jonah Crab Claws, Hearts of Palm and Key West Pink Shrimp Salad and Florida Lobster Risotto. For dessert, guests can indulge in Chocolate Cake served with raspberry mousse and sweetheart bark. Menu and reservations available here.
Terralina Crafted Italian: This Valentine’s Day, they will be offering a special Bone in Red Wine Slow Roasted Beef Short Rib over White Truffle Cavatappi Carbonara with Roasted Baby Heirloom Tomatoes ($47) and a delicious drink, Love Potion: Sauza tequila, triple sec, strawberry, lime, sugar rim ($14). Make reservations online.
Plus you’ll find the following Valentine’s sweets available now through the dates listed:
Amorette’s Patisserie (Available Feb. 1 through 17; mobile order available)
- Chocolate-covered Strawberries
- Strawberry Cheesecake
The Ganachery
- Puppy Love Chocolate Piñata filled with hazelnut truffle treats and crisp pearls (Available Feb. 1 through 15)
- Mickey Chocolate Bites: Milk chocolate with caramel crisp pearls, solid 65% dark chocolate custom blend, and solid milk chocolate (Available now through Feb. 29)
- Champagne-Strawberry Ganache Square: Strawberry ganache blended with champagne enrobed in dark 65% chocolate (Available Feb. 1 through 18)
Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar (Available Feb. 1 through 17)
- Berry Lovely: Bacardí Dragonberry Rum with orange juice, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, watermelon syrup, and splash of soda garnished with a strawberry
Vivoli il Gelato (Currently available through Feb. 29)
- Love Potion: Vanilla gelato, Fanta Strawberry, and whipped cream
- Cupid’s Bombashake: Strawberry cheesecake shake topped with a cheesecake-filled Bomboloni
Outdoor Vending at West Side – Landing (Available Feb. 1 through 17)
- Beautiful Rose: Herradura Silver Tequila, Cointreau liqueur, rose syrup, lime juice, lemon juice, and red cranberry juice garnished with a lime wedge
Chicken Guy!
Through March 31st, they will be offering an Oreo Strawberry Cheesecake Shake, a blend of hand-spun vanilla soft serve, cheesecake, strawberries and crushed OREO®cookies, topped with fresh whipped cream, more crushed OREO®cookies, and strawberry syrup.
The Edison
The Mixology Series returns on February 15 and 22, 2024, featuring Beam Suntory, with specialized Japanese delicacies paired alongside inventive element-inspired cocktails.
Each day has two seatings at 5:30pm and 8pm for $89 per person (+ tax/gratuity), with the option to add a 1 oz. Yamazaki 12 yr sipper for an additional $35 per person. Menus and tickets at the link above.
The Edison is also hosting a new cocktail class series: Shaken and Stirred.
Each class is an intimate, hands-on experience for just 10 guests, guided by a private bartender. Participants will explore the world of high-quality spirits and uncover the secrets of expertly crafted cocktails, while enjoying tastings and a light lunch. Classes are designed for both novices and enthusiasts, and cost $100 per person, taking place select Saturdays at 1pm. Tickets at link above.
Here is the upcoming class list:
- February 10: Building the Home Cocktail Bar
- February 24: Tiki, Rum & Midcentury Libations
- March 9: Tequila & Distilled Agave Spirits
- March 23: Pre-Prohibition-era Cocktail
Enzo’s Hideaway
Enzo’s Hideaway is offering three new limited-time cocktails:
- Rum Runner – Plantation 3 Stars, Plantation O.F.T.D., Giffard Banane du Brésil, ChaTraMue, pineapple, mint, lime ($19)
- NA Getaway – Lyre’s nonalcoholic Italian spritz, cold-pressed watermelon juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice, Fee foam
- The Night Flight – Skyy Infusions Espresso vodka, Caffè Borghetti espresso liqueur, fresh nitro-infused espresso, atomized Smith & Cross rum ($18)
Gideon’s Bakehouse
Gideon’s Bakehouse is a must-stop for a Disney Springs foodie, and here are the limited items to enjoy this month:
Strawberry Delight Cookie: A crafted Strawberry Dough created with our housemade Strawberry Puree, filled with Dark Chocolates and sprinkled the top with Strawberry Infused Sugar. Real strawberries are used. While Supplies Last Each Day. Limit 2 Per Person.
Eternal Flame Cookie: This Velvety Chocolate Cookie is laced with our special in-house Ancho, Cayenne, and Cinnamon Spice Mix, infused with a magical essence of cherry and topped with Chocolate Covered Cherries. Heat Level: Medium. While Supplies Last Each Day. Limit 2 Per Person.
Strawberry Cream Cake: Three layers of incredibly soft Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Buttercream, and accents of Chocolate Ganache, made with natural ingredients. Find it every Sunday and Thursday. Sold by the slice only.
Fire & Iced Coffee: Enjoy a Mocha Nitro Cold Brew with a touch of heat.
Jaleo
Jaleo Disney Springs is bringing back its Festival de Fresas through February 18th, 2024, celebrating strawberry season with a special menu of dishes.
Morimoto Asia
I had the chance recently to try the restaurant’s new Bento Box lunches offered weekdays, and I think they’re a hit! Read the review and make your reservation.
Morimoto Asia is also celebrating Lunar New Year with some limited-time dishes and cocktails from February 9-25:
- Crispy Soft Shell Crab with Singaporean-style spicy chili sauce and bao buns. An arrangement of Singaporean cuisine. ($17)
- Flash Fried Whole Branzino, served with sweet and sour sauce and cucumber slaw as well as a choice of white or brown rice. An arrangement of Chinese cuisine, and Chef Masaharu Morimoto signature dish. ($42)
- “Tang Yuan” black sesame paste filled mochi, with warm coconut broth, orange zest, and strawberries. A traditional Chinese dessert. ($12)
- Good Fortune: Bulleit rye whiskey, apple brandy, peach liqueur, agave, lemon and ginger bitters, topped with red wine. Garnished with a fortune cookie clip on the side. ($19)
- Jade Empress: Hendrick’s gin, orgeat, Luxardo maraschino, lemon, matcha, and Fee foam. Garnished with matcha salt rim. ($18)
Paddlefish
Paddlefish is hosting a Rooftop Beer Dinner on February 27, 2024. Enjoy a four course dinner crafted by Executive Chef Steven Richards to complement the tastiest brews from Lost Coast Brewery and Stone Brewing. Tickets are $96 per person (age 21 or older), and include a welcome drink plus all four courses, which are expertly paired with the perfect brew. Click here to see the menu and purchase tickets.
Salt & Straw
The limited ice cream flavors for February 2024 at Salt & Straw are part of the “Chocolatiers” series,
- Cloudforest’s Cocoa Hazelnut Magic Sauce: Sebastian Cisneros of Cloudforest grinds single-origin Ecuadorian chocolate together with perfect Oregon hazelnuts to create his “magic spread”. S&S gives it just a touch of Frangelico and ribbons it throughout light chocolate ice cream conjured from Cloudforest’s single-origin dark chocolate, along with a handful of candied hazelnuts for good measure.
- Compartés’ Cake Batter Chocolate Fudge: A dazzlingly decadent cake batter ice cream, a valentine to Jonathan Grahm, Compartés’ chocolatier to the stars, is made with brown butter fudge to amp up the milkiness, and vanilla bean that tastes like yummy frosting.
- Dandelion’s Chocolate Nibs & Frangipane: Dandelion’s dark cocoa nibs are steeped to create a stunning roasted chocolate base, then candied, and tossed back into the ice cream for double the cocoa power. A velvety frangipane swirl flecked with bits of crushed almonds is gently folded in for a flirtatious finish.
- Exquisito Chocolate’s Passionfruit Truffles (vegan): This vegan flavor has a simple vanilla coconut cream mingling ecstatically with intense canary yellow passionfruit coconut cream, all studded with shards of Exquisito chocolate truffles and stracciatella.
- Fran’s Chocolate Almond Gold Bar: Fran’s Chocolates iconic Almond Gold Bars are chopped into bite-sized pieces and tossed into a silky salted vanilla ice cream. Then, ribbons of heavenly dark-burned caramel and ultra-rich dark chocolate stracciatella are drizzled in.
Sprinkles
The bakery is offering several limited cupcake flavors throughout February 2024 for the Disney Springs foodie. Here are some of the flavors:
- Through February 11: Gold Dragon Bruce Lee Cupcake – In partnership with the Bruce Lee Foundation and Gold House, this cupcake is symbolic of the Year of the Dragon and features the Sprinkles iconic red velvet cake swirled with almond slivers on an almond cookie crust, topped with an almond cream cheese frosting and a custom Bruce Lee Dragon decoration.
- Through February 14: Raspberry Chocolate Chip – This cupcake is a chocolate chip-studded Belgian dark chocolate cake topped with luscious raspberry frosting.
- Through February 14: Heartthrob Red Velvet – A romantic twist on Sprinkles’ classic red velvet – southern style light chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and exclusive Heartthrob sprinkles by Fancy Sprinkles.
- February 15-18: Raspberry French Toast – Yellow cake oozing with raspberry curd, cinnamon cream cheese frosting, dusted with delicious cinnamon sugar and topped with a red daisy.
- February 19 – March 10: Cookie Cupcake – Chocolate chip studded yellow cake is lined with a cookie crust, topped with brown sugar frosting and dusted with cookie crumbles
- February 26 – March 3: Lemon Bar – This pie crust lined vanilla cake features a lemon curd core and is topped with vanilla buttercream, a pie crust rim, and more lemon curd.