Hey, Hey You’ll Wanna Eat at Rawk Star…

Mike and Arielle Collins are a brother and sister team born and raised here in our beautiful city of St Petersburg. Now they are the proud proprietors of one of the newest restaurants downtown, Rawk Star Café. There is one other location in Oldsmar that has been around for eight years. Mike and Arielle fell…

Story Stuart of Story Brooke Café Kicks Off New Venture Next to St. Pete Brewing Co. We spoke to Story on the phone last night as she took a break from painting the walls of her new venture. Coming in July, the heart of the Central Arts District will soon have a brand new craft…

St. Pete Doughnut Factory 16 Pack of Minis

Delicious, almost bite-sized, made-to-order cake doughnuts decked out with toppings. Small in size, but mighty in flavor. That’s what you’ll get at the Mini Doughnut Factory. Along with plenty more. If you haven’t heard, mini doughnuts are the new gourmet sweet of choice for the people of Tampa Bay. The addiction to the made-to-order gourmet…

Ford's Garage Opens in Downtown St. Pete Today Yesterday, we told you about Yeoman's Cask & Lion opening in a portion of the space that was formerly Rowdies Den. In the other part of the same space, we also have the newest Ford's Garage location. Sharing the same kitchen, but with completely different menus and…

Who doesn't love a British Pub? Yeoman's Cask & Lion opens tomorrow in downtown St. Petersburg on one side of the space that was formerly Rowdies Den, and before that, Midtown Sundries. (The other side is Ford's Garage, both owned by Tampa-based Twenty Three Restaurant Services, and connected together.) Some locals cringe at restaurant theme…

Happy Hour List for St Pete & Pass-a-Grille Beach **Please note that while we try to keep this alphabetical list up to date, some items may have changed. You can help us keep this list correct by letting us know of any changes to by contacting us here. Thank you so much in advance!** Click here to see…

Tyrone Square Mall Restaurant to Raffle Designer Handbags, Jewelry, Vacations, and More MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company is introducing a ‘Ladies Night’ featuring an all-you-can-eat and drink package, raffles including designer handbags, jewelry, spa packages, hotel stays, and more. Ladies Night will kick off May 16th and will be held every Wednesday thereafter from 5:00PM…

Having lived on St Pete Beach many moons ago, I never would have thought of Rick's Reef for food. I remember it as a friendly watering hole. We were contacted by the GM, Tyler Hipsley, who invited us in on Friday, April 13th for a meeting, so we decided to order lunch too. Hipsley took…

St. Pete is definitely a brunch kind of town, and there's lots of brunch competition. To compete, a restaurant can either go the bigger, better route—biggest buffet that you'll never be able to eat all of the items you're charged for, and the biggest, cheapest bottomless mimosas that have way too much orange juice, and…

It's been a year and two months since the original announcement of Flûte & Dram opening on Beach Drive. Now they are finally open with packed crowds spilling out onto the sidewalk. There's no other place in St. Pete that has a selection of caviar like Flûte & Dram. The only place in the Tampa Bay area…

Beach towns are often associated with tourist traps, kitschy souvenir stores, and overpriced seafood restaurants. St. Pete Beach has its fair share of all that but there are several gems that exist among the more stereotypical establishments; you just have to find them. In particular, Café Solei, the French bakery and cafe is quite literally…

Bavaro's Begins Weekend Brunch (Sat & Sun 11am - 2pm) this Saturday, April 7th When we heard that Bavaro's was going to begin serving brunch I thought how will a pizza and pastaria restaurant create a brunch menu? Will it be creative and innovative or will it just have the same offerings we can find elsewhere?…

We had been hearing how amazing Selene is for around a year now, and we finally got to go a couple of weeks ago. They definitely lived up to their reputation. The space used to be a Village Inn, and what a far cry from that since owner Nick Skiadiotis transformed it in January 2016.…

Maple Street Biscuit Co. - Act Local - Cook Fresh & Homemade Here's my one word review of Maple Street Biscuit Co. DAMN! This is the celebrity rock star of fried chicken and biscuits, plus other hug-your-belly-and-kiss-it comfort food. As we reported earlier, Maple Street Biscuit Co. opened yesterday on the 600 block of Central…

Caserecce with Swordfish, Fried Eggplant, and Mint

BellaBrava's Cooking Competition Finale à la Master Chef Raise your hand if you like to watch cooking shows. Me too. Actually, Master Chef is my favorite. It was quite exciting and fun that BellaBrava conducted the finale of their Numero Uno recipe contest in the fashion of a cooking show. Bravo to Debbie Reid for winning with her…