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  1. At St. Pete Pier, local businesses thrive despite the pandemic
    Yesterday• Business
    Signs at The Island Flavors & Tings booth at the St. Pete Pier Marketplace, 800 2nd Ave NE, on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 in St. Petersburg. Since the St. Pete Pier opened more than a year ago, Island Flavors & Tings owner Helena Josephs has seen foot traffic grow at her Gulfport restaurant.
  2. On St. Petersburg’s Beach Drive, big changes for three popular restaurants
    Yesterday• Food
    The menu at 400 Beach Seafood & Tap House has been completely overhauled and includes new dishes like shrimp and grits, pictured here. The restaurant, along with nearby spots Annata Restaurant & Wine Bar and Alto Mare Fish Bar, were recently purchased by new hospitality group Volet Hospitality, which has big plans for the Beach Drive NE restaurants.
  3. Oktoberfest season has arrived in the Tampa Bay area
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Oktoberfest celebrations start this week in the Tampa Bay area.
  5. Tampa cereal bar says it’s haunted. Do the ghost stories match history?
    Yesterday• History
    The Afterholic Speakeasy's “Haunted Tavern” in Ybor City.
  6. What’s in a Peruvian sandwich? This Tampa food truck has the answer
    Sep. 15• Food
    The Chicharron sandwich served at Meanchi's Peruvian Inspired Sandwiches features roasted and fried pork shoulder, salsa criolla and fried sweet potatoes on a roll.
  7. Eating dinner at 3 p.m. will turn this pandemic around
    Sep. 14• Opinion
    Imagine the bliss of a spacious restaurant at 3 p.m., like Ulele in Tampa.
  8. On each 9/11, they bring cookies to every Pinellas firefighter
    Sep. 10• Pinellas
    Local school teachers collect cards from students for first responders on 9/11.
  9. What to expect at Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens this year
    Sep. 9• Theme Parks
    A performer is seen inside of new Howl-O-Scream haunted house The Forgotten during dress rehearsal night on Wednesday in Tampa.
  10. At Tampa’s Bayou Bodega, wash down a po’boy with some natural wine
    Sep. 9• Food
    Jambalaya is served at Bayou Bodega, a new Davis Islands restaurant in Tampa with a focus on natural wine and Creole and Caribbean fare.
  11. Ybor’s 10th annual Cuban Sandwich Festival is breaking records
    Sep. 5• Life & Culture
    Sunday, Sept. 5 The 10th Annual Ford International Cuban Sandwich Festival in Ybor City built what it claims is the world’s longest Cuban sandwich, coming in at a whopping 240 feet long. The sandwich will feed around 500 people in the area experiencing homelessness.
  12. Blind Tiger Coffee to open new downtown Tampa location
    Sep. 3• Business
    Blind Tiger Coffee Roasters is opening in downtown's One Tampa City Center, the owner said. Plans are set for a December opening
  13. 8 Tampa Bay fall drinks to make everything better
    Sep. 3• Food
    A pumpkin spice latte from Spaddy's Coffee Co. in Tampa.
  14. Tampa Bay Bucs debut new food and drink at Raymond James Stadium
    Sep. 1• Food
    A new lineup of restaurant partners and signature dishes from Legends Hospitality are now on the menu at Raymond James Stadium.
  15. Amorino and its rose-shaped gelato coming to Tampa’s International Plaza
    Sep. 1• Business
    Amorino Gelato is coming to Tampa Bay with its first Florida boutique located at International Plaza's Bay Street in September.
  16. Hispanic cooks find ready-made customer base in Hillsborough gas stations
    Sep. 1• Business
    Peruvian-born Christian Salinas, 46, opens a new restaurant this week at a Marathon gas station in Riverview, replacing an old Subway location. Salinas also has a food truck and a free-standing restaurant.
  17. Second-generation owner of Felton’s in Plant City dies at 68
    Aug. 30• Hillsborough
    Lee Williams, in a photo from 2007, was the second generation to run Felton's Market in Plant City. “He knew how to talk with his meat cutters, he knew how to talk with the customer and ask what are you making? How are you going to be making this? At what temperature? What are you serving it with?" said niece Kayla Davis. "And it’s amazing because the guy couldn’t fry an egg.”
  18. BellaBrava opens in Midtown Tampa
    Aug. 27• Food
    Italian restaurant BellaBrava is now open at Midtown Tampa.
  19. St. Petersburg’s Sauvignon Wine Locker & American Trattoria delivers the classics with consistency
    Aug. 26• Food
    Yellow-eye snapper is served over pea puree with Calabrian chile oil at Sauvignon Wine Locker & American Trattoria, a new restaurant in downtown St. Petersburg.
  20. What to know before you go to Busch Gardens Bier Fest
    Aug. 24• Theme Parks
    Busch Gardens has brought back Bier Fest for its fourth round, with food, beer and cocktails offered at stations across the park.
  21. Temple Terrace restaurant Babushka’s opening new location in South Tampa this fall
    Aug. 23• Food
    Russian restaurant Babushka's, pictured here in an artist's rendering, will open inside the former Boca space in South Tampa as early as next month. The restaurant will serve traditional Russian dishes in an upscale setting.
  22. Tampa Bay concert, event planning gets tricky again with delta
    Aug. 20• Entertainment
    Fans at Slipknot's Knotfest Roadshow watch the show at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Sept. 4, 2019. Concert promoter Live Nation, which produces shows at Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, has announced that anyone attending or working at Live Nation events will have to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test starting Oct. 4.
  23. Chick-fil-A is coming to Busch Gardens in Tampa
    Aug. 19• Food
    Tampa's Busch Gardens is set to be Chick-fil-A's first Florida theme park location.
  24. In the new Tampa Publix GreenWise Market, lots of organic food and kombucha
    Aug. 19• Business
    People gather outside the much-anticipated Publix GreenWise Market, at 555 Channelside Drive in Tampa, moments before the store’s grand opening at 7:00 am on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021.
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