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  1. Meet Jada Vidal, Tampa’s newest popup chef
    Yesterday• Food
    Chef Jada Vidal, right, works a popup event at Willa's in Tampa. Vidal, 20, has hosted a series of tasting menu dinner events since competing — and winning — on "Guy's Grocery Games" last fall.
  2. Chef Fabio Viviani’s Taverna Costale opens this week in St. Petersburg
    Jan. 14• Food
    Grilled bone marrow with balsamic onions and citrus gremolata is on the opening menu at Taverna Costale, chef Fabio Viviani's new Italian restaurant opening in downtown St. Petersburg.
  3. Cigar City Brewing parent selling to Monster Beverage for $330 million
    Jan. 13• Business
    Cigar City Brewing's parent company, CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective, is selling to Monster Beverage for $330 million in cash.
  5. These are Tampa Bay’s top 10 new restaurants
    Jan. 12• Food
    Clockwise, from left: Roasted beets and apple salad, fish and grits, ceviche and braised short ribs from Wild Child in St. Petersburg, one of Tampa Bay's best new restaurants to open during the pandemic.
  6. The 10 best dishes our food critic ate in Tampa Bay in 2021
    Jan. 11• Food
    The Scacciata Siciliana served at Casa Santo Stefano was one of the best dishes our food critic ate in 2021.
  7. Capital Tacos, founded in Land O’Lakes, to franchise outside Florida
    Jan. 11• Business
    Fast-casual brand Capital Tacos, which has five locations around Tampa Bay, is launching a franchise program with eyes on markets as far north as North Carolina and as far west as Arkansas and Louisiana.
  8. Localtopia will return to St. Petersburg with more than 300 vendors
    Jan. 10• Shopping
    Shoppers browse booths at the 2021 Localtopia in Williams Park in St. Petersburg, when crowd capacity was limited. The festival will be back with more than 300 vendors when it returns Feb. 12.
  9. 5 Tampa Bay restaurants with great outdoor seating
    Jan. 10• Food
    Guests gather on the patio at Pizzeria Gregario in Safety Harbor, where outside dining is the only option.
  10. 5 new Tampa Bay bars where the food steals the show
    Jan. 7• Food
    Cold soba noodles are served at In Between Days, a new sake bar and Tokyo-style listening room in St. Petersburg.
  11. 6 newly revamped Tampa Bay restaurants you’ll want to check out
    Jan. 6• Food
    Ceviche's new location in St. Petersburg features plush banquettes inside and an outdoor patio overlooking Beach Drive NE.
  12. 5 new Tampa Bay restaurant concepts coming in 2022
    Dec. 31, 2021• Food
    The Pearl, which will open in downtown Tampa in fall 2022, specializes in seafood dishes like shrimp boils, pictured, oysters and fish and chips.
  13. Russian New Year celebration coming to St. Pete Beach
    Dec. 30, 2021• Life & Culture
    Traditional dancers will be part of the Russian New Year celebration organized by the Russian Heritage Organization. It will be held on Jan. 8 at the TradeWinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach.
  14. Clearwater Beach has a new crypto-themed restaurant with ‘Dogedog’ hot dogs
    Dec. 29, 2021• Business
    Owner of Crypto Street Restaurant Ricardo Varona poses for a portrait inside the crypto-themed eatery in Clearwater Beach on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021.
  15. Hofbräuhaus St. Petersburg’s vacant building sold for $7.1 million
    Dec. 28, 2021• Business
    Hofbrauhaus St. Petersburg has been sold for $7.1 million.
  16. Tampa Bay restaurants offer New Year’s Eve meals for home
    Dec. 28, 2021• Food
    Metro Diner has a large selection of family style bundles and meals to-go for you to enjoy on New Year's Eve, without going out. [Courtesy of Metro Diner]
  17. What’s opening in 2022? Lots of shops and restaurants new to Tampa Bay
    Dec. 28, 2021• Business
    Midtown West, a new office tower in the $500 million Midtown Tampa development, will soon be home to two billion-dollar Tampa Bay companies. Several retail and restaurant openings are slated for Midtown in 2022.
  18. Free fridges, popularized amid pandemic, keep going in St. Pete and Tampa
    Dec. 27, 2021• St. Petersburg
    Lorrie McMurrian, 39, along with the St. Petersburg Community Fridge that she oversees, outside of the Sustainable Family Services, at 8487 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N in St. Petersburg, on Dec. 15. Free fridges like this one have proliferated during the pandemic, amid rising food insecurity and the popularization of mutual aid.
  19. Tampa Bay residents: Tell us your favorite new restaurants
    Dec. 22, 2021• Food
    Whether you dined in or ordered out, we want to know the new restaurants you can't stop thinking about.
  20. Breakfast casseroles to make for Christmas morning
    Dec. 20, 2021• Food
    Try Baked Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole for Christmas.
  21. Feeding Tampa Bay dispatches nearly 60 trucks a day to gather food for the hungry
    Dec. 18, 2021• Community News
    Feeding Tampa Bay executive director Thomas Mantz speaks with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
  22. Tampa’s Oddfellows Ice Cream Co. shop opening this week
    Dec. 15, 2021• Business
    The Hyde Park Village location will welcome customers this week.
  23. Ben & Jerry’s Tampa, Clearwater Beach scoop shops will open in January
    Dec. 15, 2021• Business
    Ben and Jerry's scoop shops will open in Midtown Tampa and in Clearwater Beach next month.
  24. Skipper’s Smokehouse regulars, employees gather to remember beloved co-owner
    Dec. 14, 2021• Business
    Tom White, co-owner of Skipper's Smokehouse, speaks during a memorial service for fellow co-owner Vince McGilvra at the restaurant and music venue in Tampa on Monday.
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