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The Connections Cafe and Eatery is a quick service dining location (and Starbucks) located in the World Discovery area of [[Epcot]].
==History==
The Connections Cafe and Eatery was initially announced on November 20, 2021, as World Discovery's main eatery. With the closure and partial demolition of [[Innoventions]], the park's central hub lost both its main counter service restaurant (the [[Electric Umbrella]]) as well as the park's Starbucks location ([[The FountainviewFountain View]]). With the creation of the Connections Cafe, World Discovery was given a location that would provide both of these services.
Unlike the highly stylized Electric Umbrella, the Connections Cafe was given a cleaner, more modern aesthetic with minimal theming. Despite this, on March 28, 2022, Disney reveled the the restaurant's tiling would pay homage to Walt Disney's original EPCOT designs as well as Walt's original Florida Master plan. According to Imagineer Zach Riddley:
These designs are created with a sustainable bio-polymer material which is 3-D printed to provide an intricate template. That linework is then laid out by skilled craftspeople to create inlays in the poured flooring material, with the final design revealed through rounds of sanding and buffing, where classic and cutting-edge techniques meet"}}
Connections Cafe and Eatery finally opened to the public on April, 21, 2022.
==Menu==
Click below to see the official Connections Cafe and Eatery menu:
