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  1. These are the 20 best dishes I ate in 2025
    • Food
    Senior food and dining critic Helen Freund breaks down her favorite bites of 2025.
  2. Top events in Tampa Bay for the week of Nov. 24
    • Things To Do
    Come dressed as your favorite bird, or just regular running gear, for the annual Turkey Trot 5K in Clearwater.
  3. Inside the 12,000-photo quest to document Tampa’s last cigar factories
    • History
    Drew Newman, great-grandson of J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'s founder, on left, and Zack Wittman, journalist and documentary photographer, pictured with their new photo book at J.C. Newman Cigar Co. factory, 2701 N 16th St, on Friday, Nov. 14, in Tampa. The two were photographed in the American Room as cigar rolling was taking place.
  5. Coming to Clearwater’s Coachman Park: The ‘World’s Largest Rubber Duck’
    • Things To Do
    A giant inflatable rubber duck floats past the USS Iowa Battleship at the Port of Los Angeles in 2014. The world-famous sculpture is coming to Clearwater's Coachman Park in January.
  6. Peek inside Green Light Cinema’s new St. Petersburg lounge and restaurant
    • Movies
    Green Light Cinema owner Mike Hazlett poses at the new Green Light Lounge + Kitchen in St. Petersburg on Friday, Nov. 14.
  7. In Tarpon Springs, shoppers fuel a waterfront economy
    • Life & Culture
    Visitors stroll past shops at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard on Friday in Tarpon Springs. The area’s economy still leans on a blend of heritage and hospitality more than a century after Greek sponge divers transformed the town at the mouth of the Anclote River into the center of Florida’s sponge industry.
  8. Top events in Tampa Bay for the week of Nov. 17
    • Things To Do
    The Hair Extensions' sand sculpture inspired by Rapunzel and sculpted by Bruce Phillips and Sue McGrew stands at the Sanding Ovations "Once Upon a Time" sand sculpture exhibit on Nov. 20, 2022, in Treasure Island.
  9. Side Splitters Comedy Club is coming to St. Petersburg’s Sundial
    • St. Petersburg
    Tampa-based Side Splitters Comedy Club will open a new location in the Sundial, between Forbici Modern Italian and the AMC Theater.
  10. Florida Strawberry Festival lineup features Riley Green, The Offspring and more
    • Music News
    The Oak Ridge Boys band performs at the Wish Farms Soundstage during the first day of the Florida Strawberry Festival on Thursday, March 1, 2018, in Plant City.
  11. Creator of Tampa’s 50,000-item viral felt grocery store to return with new shop
    • Shopping
    British artist Lucy Sparrow poses for a portrait at "Tampa Fresh Foods" in Water Street Tampa on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The exhibition, presented by the Vinik Family Foundation and Art Production fund, was an immersive art experience of a grocery store made from felt. Sparrow returns to Tampa Bay this month with a new exhibit at FloridaRama in St. Petersburg.
  12. Tampa Bay Times launching Food Hub to grow local restaurant and bar coverage
    • Food
    The Times' Food Hub consists of, from left, Helen Freund, Meaghan Habuda, Michelle Stark and Evan Rodriguez.
  13. As ZooTampa expands, what will it take to save manatees? | Column
    • Viewpoints
    A manatee swims during a media tour at ZooTampa at Lowry Park on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Tampa.
  14. Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants of 2025
    • Food
    An assortment of dishes are pictured at Ash on Oct. 14, in Tampa.
  15. Curlew Hills Veterans Day ceremony remembers those who served
    • Photos
    United States Marine Corps veteran and Silver Star recipient Alan Elfman, 94, of New Port Richey, attends Curlew Hills Memory Gardens' annual Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday in Palm Harbor.
  16. New store at Countryside Mall seeks to create smiles with slime
    • Things To Do
    The new Slime Kitchen at Countryside Mall allows kids and adults to create their own gooey masterpieces. The Clearwater store marks the company’s 14th location and first East Coast site.
  17. Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants of 2025
    • Food
    A dessert dish at Good Intentions on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 in St. Petersburg.
  18. Tropicana Field roof closer to completion as Rays plan 2026 season
    • Photos
    An aerial drone view with workers high atop the dome near one of the openings as panel installation continues on the roof at Tropicana Field on Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
  19. How I reported Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants of 2025
    • Food
    Helen Freund, Tampa Bay Times food critic, eats a salad.
  20. Creative Clay’s giant folk art festival will celebrate 30 years in St. Petersburg
    • Arts
    The exterior of Creative Clay, 1846 1st Ave S, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 in St. Petersburg.
  21. Top events in Tampa Bay for the week of Nov. 3
    • Things To Do
    Sting will be in concert Monday, Nov. 10, at Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
  22. Tampa can do better than a bland observation wheel | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Local developer Tony Miller proposed a 250-foot observation wheel in Tampa's Channel District.
  23. Take in the sights of the season at Gallagher’s Pumpkin Patch
    • Entertainment
    Genoa Fedyszyn from St. Petersburg looks for the perfect pumpkin to carve into a jack-o'-lantern with her husband and their 2-year-old daughter at Gallagher’s Pumpkins and Christmas Trees, 7401 Fourth St. N., on Monday in St. Petersburg.
  24. Tampa Bay Times hosting pop-up newsroom, News & Brews, in St. Petersburg
    • Things To Do
    Tampa Bay Times columnist Stephanie Hayes chats with attendees during a July News & Brews event at Bean Wandering in St. Petersburg.
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