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- 1Top Food pick🍴 BrunchLunch before · Featured in creator posts@cindy.selectsInstagram
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- 5🍴 BrunchCasual chain featuring egg dishes & other breakfast items, plus brunch sandwichesBreakfast before
- 6🍴 CaféRiviera French Café is Paloma and Andrea's Cannes-style room on UTC's second-floor center courtSomething sweet after · Featured in creator posts@cindy.selectsInstagram
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- 9🍴 AmericanThe Original Cheesecake and a menu big enough to settle any group's argumentLunch before
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- 11🍴 Ice creamChain scooping creative flavors of ice cream & frozen yogurt made from local ingredientsSomething sweet after
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Who should skip it
Ride-ticket math offends you — carnivals price by the ride, and it adds up fast.
The move
Buy the wristband deal if your kids will ride more than five rides — it breaks even fast.
Getting there
The carnival claims a corner of the UTC lot; park by Dillard's and walk over.
One thing worth knowing
Dreamland tours the East Coast; the UTC stop is its Gulf Coast anchor date.
Make it an outing
Pair with a UTC dinner reservation — the mall is right there.
Official site: confirm dates and tickets before you travel
Going? Send it to whoever you’d go with. They’ll get the dates, the hours and where to park.
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