New Winter Park restaurant the Chapman promises the best Florida has to offer
Jan 14, 2025
It's been more than two years in the making, but Artistry Restaurants, the group behind Winter Park's Boca and Atlantic Beer & Oyster, will finally launch their most ambitious venture when The Chapman, a 6,700-square-foot culinary colossus, opens Monday, Jan. 20, at 500 S. Park Ave. The Chapman and its bar, the Chase Lounge, pay homage to Winter Park founders Loring Augustus Chase and Oliver Everett Chapman, with both spaces promising a past-meets-present decor and a menu of the very best Florida has to offer — plenty of citrus, fresh fish and seafood, as well as locally raised beef. Menu development was overseen by Clifford Pleau, a Culinary Institute of America grad who went on to become the opening-day chef of Disney's California Grill in 1994.