An Orlando Restaurant Facing Eviction Alleges Discrimination

A popular downtown Orlando restaurant that faces eviction from its courtyard space — which its owner says is needed to keep his business afloat — alleges that its landlord racially discriminated against private events it hosted.

Dovecote LLC, doing business as DoveCote Restaurant at 390 N. Orange Ave., on July 12 said it filed a complaint against landlord Swvp Orlando Office LLC, which is related to San Diego-based Southwest Value Partners, to the city of Orlando’s Discrimination Review Board.\

The complaint requests the board to send the parties to mediation.

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