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  1. These are Tampa’s 10 hottest new restaurants
    Yesterday• Food
    Willa's, a new neighborhood restaurant in North Hyde Park, is one of Tampa's hottest new restaurants to open this year.
  2. Where are Florida’s strangest McDonald’s? One man is on a mission to find out.
    Yesterday• Movies
    The McDonald's restaurant, at 347 S Gulfview Blvd on Clearwater Beach, is among the “nonstandard” locations.
  3. Tampa Bay waterfront restaurants take a hit from Red Tide
    Jul. 16• Food
    Red Tide fish kills have been heavy near the St. Pete Pier, where restaurants like Doc Ford's are faced with customers increasingly weary about waterfront dining.
  5. Is it safe to eat seafood in the Tampa Bay area during Red Tide?
    Jul. 15• Food
    A seafood case filled with grouper, snapper and tile fish at Wild Seafood at Johns Pass Boardwalk in Madeira Beach. Most of the local fish sold in restaurants and seafood markets is fished far offshore and safe to eat despite the ongoing Red Tide, experts say.
  6. 10 new St. Petersburg restaurants to check out
    Jul. 15• Food
    A Jungle Prada burger is served at Kuba Cocina in St. Pete Beach, one of several hot new restaurant openings this year.
  7. We checked out St. Petersburg’s new food hall, 22 South
    Jul. 14• Food
    Slow-cooked oxtail with rice and peas and sweet plantains is served at Irie Mon Jamaican Grill, one of several restaurants at 22 South, the new food hall inside the historic Manhattan Casino in St. Petersburg.
  8. La Segunda Bakery is expanding to St. Petersburg
    Jul. 9• Food
    Fresh-baked Cuban bread is coming to St. Petersburg this fall when iconic Tampa Bay bakery La Segunda opens on 4th Street N.
  9. St. Petersburg restaurant WEPA has closed. Here’s what’s next for the space
    Jul. 9• Food
    St. Petersburg Puerto Rican restaurant WEPA has closed permanently.
  10. Coors Light brewed beer using ice the Lightning played on
    Jul. 8• Lightning
    Coors Light Champions Ice was brewed using ice shavings scraped up by Tampa Bay Lightning players during Game 1.
  11. Meat cute: Competitive eating power couple now calls Tampa Bay home
    Jul. 2• Food News
    Miki Sudo, 35, and fiance Nick Wehry, 32, are internationally renowned competitive eaters. They moved to the Tampa Bay area earlier this year.
  12. Will St. Petersburg’s Coney Island Sandwich Shop reopen?
    Jul. 2• Food
    People wait in line outside of Coney Island Sandwich Shop, while (center) Alan Rosetti sits and talks with owner Hank Barlas during the 90th anniversary celebration on Saturday November 19, 2016. The restaurant has been closed since March, but Barlas — now 85 — says he still hopes to reopen his iconic St. Petersburg restaurant.
  13. These are Tampa Bay’s 9 best octopus dishes
    Jun. 30• Food
    Octopus has surged in popularity in recent years and can now be found on menus all over the Tampa Bay area, including a version shown above, served at Fado, a new Portuguese restaurant in St. Petersburg.
  14. Naked Farmer to open Water Street Tampa location this fall
    Jun. 22• Food
    Naked Farmer, a Tampa Bay-based fast-casual restaurant, has plans to expand across the state with up to 20 locations planned within the next three to four years.
  15. St. Petersburg bartender offers note to help fend off harasser, woman says
    Jun. 21• St. Petersburg
    Max Gutierrez, a bartender at 'No Vacancy' in St. Petersburg, became the subject of a viral tweet last week for his disguised note aiding customers.
  16. After four decades, Cephas Gilbert has left Ybor to start an organic farm
    Jun. 21• Food
    Cephas Gilbert poses for a portrait on his farm in Tampa.
  17. Food costs are way up, and Tampa Bay restaurants are feeling the crunch
    Jun. 19• Food
    Mee ae Wolney poses in front of her restaurant Anju in St. Petersburg where Korean-fried chicken wings are the speciality. Wolney said the price for chicken — and chicken wings in particular — has more than doubled since last year, forcing her to raise some of her prices at the restaurant. It's a familiar conundrum many restaurant owners are facing right now: raise their costs for customers or sweat the margin crunch.
  18. 7-Eleven’s free Slurpee Day extends to an entire month
    Jun. 18• Food News
    In celebration of its 94th birthday, 7-Eleven is extending Free Slurpee Day to an entire month this year.
  19. St. Petersburg’s Le Clementine Bakeshop gets a (semi) permanent home at Pete’s Bagels
    Jun. 16• Food
    Paulina Gervasi runs the popular popup Le Clementine Bakeshop and will be selling her fresh-baked croissants at Pete’s Bagels when it opens next month in St. Petersburg's Grand Central District.
  20. There’s a 4-hour wait for new Jurassic coaster at Universal, better than some new rides
    Jun. 10• Theme Parks
    The new VelociCoaster ride opened Thursday.
  21. Tampa Bay’s first Shake Shack opens to enthusiastic fans
    Jun. 7• Food
    A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the grand opening of Shake Shack at Midtown Tampa on Monday, June 7, 2021.
  22. For Black entrepreneurs, a fresh start at Tropicana Field as pandemic recedes
    Jun. 6• Life & Culture
    Jaila Johnson, 26, with Take Flight Dance Studio participates in the Jerusalema challenge –– a dance routine from Africa that went viral on social media during the June 5 Saturday Shoppe held at Tropicana parking lot number 4.
  23. Duffy’s Sports Grill closed temporarily after fire started by smoking
    Jun. 1• Tampa
    Firefighters tackle flames at Duffy's Sports Grill in Tampa on Monday night. Damage to the entry area and from smoke and water throughout was estimated at $85,000.
  24. 5 things to know about Fado, a new Portuguese restaurant in St. Petersburg
    May 28• Food
    Fado, a new restaurant in St. Petersburg, serves traditional Portuguese fare like this polvo a lagareiro, a broiled octopus dish served with olive oil-drizzled vegetables and potatoes.
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