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  1. A $10,000 members-only sushi restaurant is coming to Miami
    Yesterday• Food
    To eat at Sushi Namba and drink at Listening Room, Miami residents will first have to pay a $10,000 members fee.
  2. The Tampa Bay Times tested 20 kratom products. Here’s what we found.
    Yesterday• Investigations
    University of Florida researchers tested 20 kratom products provided by the Tampa Bay Times, including leaf powders and concentrated extracts.
  3. Beloved Tampa restaurant Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe property is for sale
    Dec. 8• Food News
    Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe has been listed for sale.
  5. How a massive moon sculpture landed at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater
    Dec. 7• Visual Arts
    The Bill Edwards Foundation of the Arts collaborated with Imagine Museum to bring an art installation depicting the moon, by artist Luke Jerram, to the Mahaffey Theater pictured on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The sculpture is made from a balloon-like material.
  6. Hundreds died using kratom in Florida. It was touted as safe.
    Dec. 7• Investigations
  7. How the Tampa Bay Times investigated the kratom industry
    Dec. 7• Investigations
    A Times investigation found more than 580 fatal kratom-related overdoses in Florida.
  8. 6 places to get soft serve ice cream in Tampa Bay
    Dec. 6• Food
    A cherry-dipped cone is served at Dairy Joy in South Tampa.
  9. King State’s St. Petersburg location, with coffee and beer and food, is opening soon
    Dec. 5• Food
    Apple Snyder prepares a coffee drink at King State Coffee's Tampa location in 2020. King State's St. Petersburg location opens with full food and bar service on Dec. 12.
  10. As Hanukkah begins Thursday, Clearwater congregation shows its pride
    Dec. 5• Associated Press
    Carpenter Jeffrey Cain builds a seven-foot Star of David at his home workshop in Clearwater for the Chabad of Clearwater's Hanukkah celebration to be hosted on Dec 7 at Coachman Park. The event will have performances by the Nerdy Noah Show, live music, a Hebrew school performance, latkes, doughnuts, dreidels, a visit from Tampa Bay Lightning’s ThunderBug, and a chocolate gelt drop with the Clearwater Fire Department.
  11. St. Pete Beach cafe finds new home after Starbucks, lease dispute
    Dec. 1• Business
    Lauren Chezaud, owner of Cafe’ Soleil French Bakery & Deli, serves coffees to customers Sheryl Arbo, of St. Pete Beach, right, and Emily Hagan, of St. Pete Beach, on Thursday, Sep 21, 2023, at the cafe at St. Pete Beach.
  12. Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater, is open
    Dec. 1• Food News
    Charred calamari with jicama, roasted corn, chorizo, cilantro, yuzu and edamame is on the menu at Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater.
  13. Dairy Inn, St. Petersburg’s historic ice cream shop, has closed
    Nov. 30• Food News
    The exterior of Dairy Inn on Nov. 30, 2023.
  14. 12 Tampa Bay spots to pick up dessert for the holidays
    Nov. 30• Food
    Wright's Gourmet House in Tampa's festive fare includes peppermint chocolate cupcakes.
  15. Temple Terrace Publix recalls 11 beef products for ‘potential of plastic material’
    Nov. 29• Business
    A Temple Terrace Publix has recalled 11 beef products because of a "potential of plastic material."
  16. Shopapalooza returns with record-breaking vendors in St. Pete
    Nov. 25• Visual Arts
    Shoppers browse for items at vendor booths at Shopapalooza in St. Petersburg's Vinoy Park Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
  17. What Tampa Bay stores are open on Thanksgiving? We have a list.
    Nov. 21• Entertainment
    Target is joining Walmart, Best Buy and Walgreens in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a long tradition of jump starting Black Friday sales.
  18. Where to eat gator meat in Tampa Bay and other alligator questions answered
    Nov. 21• Food
    A basket of gator bites is displayed at The Blue Gator in Hernando.
  19. What’s the deal with alligator meat in Florida? Ask Gary.
    Nov. 21• Food
    Gary Mills, along with his great-grandson Sylar Geiger, takes a moment inside the taxidermy shop that Mills runs on Aug. 21 in Hernando.
  20. These 2 Tampa restaurants made Open Table’s Top 100 list
    Nov. 17• Food News
    See which Tampa restaurants made Open Table's Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2023.
  21. App helping businesses sell surplus food debuts in Tampa Bay
    Nov. 17• Business
    Local businesses can sign up to Too Good to Go to sell extra food that they couldn't sell.
  22. New downtown St. Petersburg Asian restaurant opens next week
    Nov. 16• Food News
    Pan-Asian steakhouse Fortu opens soon in St. Petersburg.
  23. Planning for Thanksgiving? We can help with these tips, recipes, takeout spots
    Nov. 16• Food
    A Thanksgiving plate
  24. In Brandon, a Chick-fil-A now offers drone delivery
    Nov. 15• Business
    A drone used at a Walmart Supercenter in Tampa on Jan. 24. DroneUp is the company partnering with both Chick-fil-A and Walmart to begin the new form of delivery services.
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