Tangierine Cafe reopening at EPCOT as part of Food and Wine Festival

Jun 09, 2021 in "Tangierine Cafe"

Tangierine Cafe refurbishment - June 8 2021
Posted: Wednesday June 9, 2021 8:11am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Morocco Pavilion'sTangierine Cafe will be reopening this summer as part of the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival.

Beginning July 15, Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina will serve traditional Moroccan cuisine, like grilled kebabs and a falafel pita. This year's festival will see a handful of locations offering indoor Global Marketplace kiosks, including at the American Adventure and the Canada pavilion. With the event beginning in July, Disney appears to be conscious of afternoon storms impacting operations of outdoor kiosks and is looking to offer indoor venues where possible.

The quick service restaurant is currently under refurbishment with concrete work taking place in-front of the main entrance.

At the side of the building alongside the World Showcase promenade, signage is covered.

The original Tangierine Cafe closed in October 2020 as the pavilion's third party operator struggled in the wake of the COVID shutdown. Disney has since taken over operations of the Morocco Pavilion and is making a series of improvements.

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ChrisFLSep 07, 2025

and the front half of the plane that totally was or totally wasn't from the original movie (back half of the plane on Jungle Cruise too?)

donaldtooSep 06, 2025

Perfect…!!! :)

Smiley/OCDSep 06, 2025

Where are those AA’s from TGMR?…that scene would fit right in!

donaldtooSep 06, 2025

In keeping with Disney’s latest roll on bars/lounges, they just need to add… ;)

castlecake2.0Sep 06, 2025

That’s always been there, there’s a few areas throughout the pavilion where you can hear residents talking to each other. Would love if Disney could figure out what to do with this pavilion, it’s embarrassing at the moment

AndrewWasHereSep 06, 2025

Sorry for the thread bump. I’m currently at the Morocco pavilion in the Fez House. They’ve added some atmosphere audio of two men having a conversation catching up and some other conversations between people.

HauntedMansionFLASep 12, 2024

It’s the Florida Blue Lounge 😊😉

BocabearSep 12, 2024

Marrakesh and the Bazaar need to reopen...Up the theme factor and really make that walk back through the pavilion an event. If anything, Spice Road Table has hurt the pavilion overall by diverting people away from wandering back to the bazaar and Marrakesh...Marrakesh need to be more of a spectacular thing to drive guests to the back....

castlecake2.0Sep 12, 2024

Nadda. Though it’s kitchen is still fully functioning and used to prep all of spice roads food.

mastromjmSep 12, 2024

Is there any sort of rumbling about Marrakesh?? Had Spice Road today and it was great but just not the same level of quality, certainly not ambience either

jaklgreenSep 12, 2024

They changed the menu though. It is not the same food as they had before. I am sad about this. The chicken shawarma was a must have for me every trip. Believe it or not, not a single restaurant in the city where I live sells it.

castlecake2.0Sep 09, 2024

They were doing that for a bit but this summer it was open the whole festival gap

mattpetoSep 09, 2024

I thought Tangerine Cafe was closed between Festivals but I could be wrong.

Eric GrahamSep 09, 2024

Thank you so much!