7 NEW Restaurants Confirmed For Orlando International Airport

The Orlando International Airport is about to undergo a MASSIVE expansion!

Almost everyone heading to and from Disney World will go through the Orlando International Airport! There has been a lot of news buzzing around the busy airport for a few months now, as the airport prepares for a ton of new changes for its $26 million expansion. One of those changes is the addition of TONS of brand-new restaurants and markets, and they just confirmed 7 more headed to the airport! 

 

MCO is about to undergo a Concession Master Plan that will be opening in phases, bringing more than 40 new retail and dining locations to MCO starting in the summer of 2026 until late 2028. Now, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) has approved another expansion of Phase 2 of the MCO Concession Master Plan.

During a meeting on December 17th, 2025, the GOAA board approved 7 more restaurants and markets to come to the expansion. They include:

• • Cava
  • Citrus Market featuring Winery and Tasting Room powered by Brewlando
  • Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • McDonald’s
  • Plum Market
  • Raising Cane’s
  • Velvet Taco

This now gives the MCO Concession Master Plan a total of 44 restaurants and markets that have been approved by the GOAA — this really will be a crazy expansion. Let’s take a closer look at all the locations approved so far for phases 1 and 2 of the three-phased project.

The phase 1 restaurants include:

• • 4Rivers Southern Smokehouse
  • Black Bean Deli
  • Bobby’s Burgers by Bobby Flay
  • BrewDog + Peet’s Coffee
  • Cabrita
  • Eola Wine Company
  • Green Leaf’s
  • Hinkley’s Fancy Meats
  • Intercept Wine Bar
  • Jam-Eng
  • Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream
  • Otto’s High Dive
  • Maxine’s on Shine
  • MOD Pizza
  • Old Jailhouse
  • Seito Sushi
  • Smoke & Donuts BBQ
  • SoDough Detroit Pizza
  • Stasio’s Italian Deli
  • Starbucks
  • The Halal Guys
  • The Milkhouse
  • Tobu
  • Villa Pizza
  • Zaza

The phase 2 restaurants include:

• • Bahia Bowls
  • Bricks & Bowls
  • Cava
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Citrus Market featuring Winery and Tasting Room powered by Brewlando
  • Crisp & Green
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels
  • Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • Just Love Coffee Cafe
  • McDonald’s
  • Naya Middle Eastern Counter & Grill
  • Panda Express
  • Piggza
  • Plum Market
  • Raising Cane’s
  • Sambazon
  • Shake Shack
  • Starbucks
  • Velvet Taco

The MCO Concession Master Plan is just a piece of the massive expansion coming to the airport, including changes to the terminals, the tram service, the rental car lobby, and more.

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We’re going to keep a close eye on this project, so make sure you stay tuned to AllEars to make sure you don’t miss a thing!

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