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  1. Restaurants are getting $28 billion in federal aid. Here’s how to apply.
    Earlier today• Business
    Restaurants along Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg sat quiet and empty in March 2020, during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants, bars and other food businesses that were hammered by the pandemic will soon be eligible to apply for up to $10 million in federal aid through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a $28.6 billion tranche of relief approved as part of the American Rescue Plan.
  2. Meet the creator of the pickle pizza, the talk of the Florida State Fair
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    This pickle pizza is one of the new offerings at the Florida State Fair this year.
  3. $400 signing bonus for restaurant workers? It’s happening in Florida.
    Apr. 17• Business
    Marilyn Diaz, center, and Hortencia Ramos, of Tampa, work on a batch of plantains on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at La Cabana Restaurant in Tampa. In some parts of Florida, restaurants are offering signing bonuses to new hires as they try to staff up after the pandemic.
  5. Corner Club in Seminole Heights is open again, under new ownership
    Apr. 16• Food
    Smoked fish dip is served with toasted bread, lemon and hot sauce at the new and revived Corner Club at 1502 E Sligh Ave. in Tampa. The beloved Seminole Heights dive bar closed down last year and has reopened under new ownership.
  6. Pickle pizza, Cheetos funnel cake and 5 other odd foods at Florida State Fair
    Apr. 13• Life & Culture
    This pickle pizza is one of the new offerings at the Florida State Fair this year. From Angela's Pizza, it has a white garlic sauce base, topped with mozzarella cheese and dill pickles. Garnished with ranch and dill seasoning after it comes out of the oven.
  7. Lingr, new St. Petersburg restaurant from chef Jeffrey Jew, opens next month
    Apr. 13• Food
    Lingr, the highly anticipated new restaurant from chef Jeffrey Jew, will open for breakfast and lunch in mid-May at 400 Sixth St. S in St. Petersburg.
  8. Lucy’s in St. Petersburg closes permanently
    Apr. 12• Food
    St. Petersburg vegan restaurant Lucy's will not reopen, the owner said Monday. The restaurant, which opened at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year, has been closed since March.
  9. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: April 12-18
    Apr. 12• Life & Culture
    A royal joust performance will be among the features of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. The popular medieval festival is moving this year from its longtime home at MOSI in Tampa to Withlacoochee River Park in Dade City. It runs weekends through May 23.
  10. Craft brewing company to open new restaurant at old Melting Pot location
    Apr. 9• Business
    Mad Beach Craft Brewing Co. will be opening a new restaurant on 4th Street North at the old Melting Pot location.
  11. 15 Tampa Bay vegan restaurants to check out
    Apr. 8• Food
    Cabbage and chive dumplings are served at CORE, a vegan bistro and market in Safety Harbor.
  12. Tampa Bay is experiencing a vegan renaissance
    Apr. 8• Food
    Tampaville Hot Chick'n burgers are served at 3 Dot Dash in Seminole Heights in Tampa. The restaurant, which specializes in vegan comfort food like chicken sandwiches and burgers, is helping to redefine the vegan scene in Tampa Bay.
  13. As theme parks hit capacity and add festivals, a return to normal predicted
    Apr. 6• Life & Culture
    SeaWorld’s Aquatica opened Riptide Race April 3, a ride billed as the world’s largest dueling raft water slide.
  14. Upscale Italian style popup bar coming to Tampa’s Armature Works
    Apr. 5• Bars & Breweries
    Amaro Montenegro brings a traveling Italian popup bar truck to Tampa Heights.
  15. Bennigan’s. Chili’s. Beef O’Brady’s. St. Petersburg restaurateur dies at 83.
    Apr. 5• Pinellas
    Gene Knippers spent most of his life in the restaurant business. “He took an opportunity and made the most of it,” said Outback Steakhouse co-founder Bob Basham. “By doing that, he provided a lot of opportunities to a lot of other people, myself included.”
  16. Sauvignon, new wine bar and restaurant, opens next month in downtown St. Pete
    Mar. 31• Bars & Breweries
    Sauvignon Wine Locker & American Trattoria will open in April in the 200 block of Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.
  17. Sophia’s, St. Petersburg Italian restaurant, has closed
    Mar. 31• Food
    St. Petersburg's Sophia's Cucina + Enoteca has closed.
  18. We challenged 4 home chefs to make an egg dish for Easter
    Mar. 30• Food
    Berry Pavlova
  19. Busch Gardens adds En Vogue, Kool and the Gang to food festival concert lineup
    Mar. 29• Entertainment
    En Vogue will play the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival April 18. The group, which currently includes founding members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron, as well as Rhona Bennett, most recently made a cameo appearance in Coming 2 America.
  20. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: March 29-April 4
    Mar. 29• Life & Culture
    For an oh-so-Florida Easter activity, kids can hunt for colorful eggs left by the Easter Bunny in Largo’s Southwest Pool.
  21. Drew Brees’ sports bar, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, coming to Midtown Tampa
    Mar. 26• Food
    Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux will open a new spot in Midtown Tampa in 2021.
  22. Tampa’s Wat Mongkolratanaram Thai market and temple now has a drive-thru
    Mar. 25• Food News
    Wat Mongkolratanaram Thai Temple Tampa has reopened as a Sunday drive-thru market with strict rules for safety precautions.
  23. Easter meals to-go at Tampa Bay restaurants
    Mar. 25• Life & Culture
    Many restaurants are offering Easter meal packs to-go, such as this one from Metro Diner with a choice of baked ham or roasted turkey.
  24. New study triples estimate of red snapper in Gulf of Mexico
    Mar. 24• Nation & World
    There are about three times as many red snapper as previously estimated in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study released Wednesday about the popular game and table fish over which recreational anglers and federal regulators have fought for years.
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