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Former Owner of Bowled Opening Slō Restaurant in the Old China City Location

Slo Logo

Former owner of Bowled restaurant, Michael Cecere, just signed a lease today to take over the former China City space at 1221 4th St N where he plans to open his new concept, Slō restaurant. As the name implies, the menu will feature slow cooked meats and dishes.  A totally different concept than anything we have in […]

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Bite Squad, Delivery Dudes or UberEats? That is the question…

Food Delivery

How do these restaurant delivery services work? Each service partners with specific restaurants that agree to a certain percentage off of their food price. The service lists that restaurant on their website or app. When you click on the restaurant you will get the restaurant menu to choose your food. Select your food and enter […]

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“Just Baked” – Donut Freak Opens With Unique Gourmet Options.

Donut Freak St Pete

Our Visit Last Saturday morning, August 5th 2017, Kevin and I had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Lou Albano who just opened and launched his brain child of ten years, Donut Freak, located at Genaro’s Cafe on Central Avenue in St Petersburg’s burgeoning Edge District. Kevin and I tried several of their many options. […]

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Top 10 Best Happy Hours in St Petersburg, FL Updated October 2017

Top 10 Best Happy Hours St Petersburg, FL

Recently we created a full list of as many happy hours as we could compile for Downtown St Pete, The Edge District and the Grand Central District. You can view the full Happy Hour list here. So we decided to conduct a survey in our Facebook group for local St Petersburg Foodies asking which places, […]

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St Pete Beach’s Sola Bistro & Wine Bar Revisited July 2017

Sola Bistro & Wine Bar - Grilled Lamb Tongue Special

See the latest Sola Review from February 2020 here. On Friday, July 21st 2017, Kevin and I made the short trek from Downtown St Petersburg to St Pete Beach to visit one of our favorite restaurants – Sola Bistro & Wine Bar. We don’t usually like to leave downtown but Sola has proven to be […]

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QT Crawfish – A Creole and Cajun Hidden Gem!

QT Crawfish - Gumbo

A staple in Downtown St Petersburg as the manager of Ruby’s Elixir and Central Cigars for the past 5 years, Christopher Gorby and his wife Britney, surprised us all and bought their own restaurant, QT Crawfish, a month ago. Located just a short 15 minute drive from downtown, this hidden gem is worth the ride. […]

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Amazing “Grace”, How Sweet to Have Found …

Most Up-to-Date Grace Review from 2019 – Click Here Grace Restaurant Offers Fine Dining at the Beach With extremely few exceptions up and down St. Pete Beach, 95% of your food choices are frozen fried stuff that won’t kill you … hopefully. Lots of us like to go to the beach, and it gets to […]

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Pin Wok & Bowl New Restaurant on Central Ave in DTSP

Two New Asian Eateries Makes Three in a Row on Central According to the American Community Survey (ACS) from the Census Bureau, St. Petersburg only has an Asian population of 3.1%. Luckily for us DTSPers, the Asian restaurant population is about to triple on the 400 block of Central Avenue. La V Vietnamese Fusion has […]

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Beau n Mo’s Delmonico Steak Ranks Amongst the Best!

Beau n' Mo's Italian Eating House Delmonico Steak

Back in October 2016 we posted the ten best steaks in St Petersburg, FL based on a poll we took in our Facebook Group, St Petersburg Foodies Restaurant Reviews. At the time, we had not been to Beau n Mo’s, but we had to listen to the people and include them in the list at […]

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Copper Shaker Downtown St. Pete Grand Opening Tonight

Here’s What’s Shakin’ at the Copper Shaker The greatly anticipated opening of the Copper Shaker by the former crew that ran The Cask & Ale is finally here! St. Petersburg Foodies were honored to be invited to the “Friends & Family” private opening last night, and we were certainly impressed, but not surprised. The Grand […]

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Help Cider Press’s Chef Nate Win the National James Beard Blended Burger Contest

Cider Press Cafe's James Beard Burger

Let’s get St Petersburg on the map by supporting our local contestant! St Pete is all about local so let’s show our support for The Cider Press Cafe in this contest. They are up against 400 other burgers nationally. They are the only St Petersburg contestant and the ONLY burger not made with some sort […]

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The Lure St Pete New Lunch Menu June 2017

Tasty New Lunch Sandwiches & Sushi at The Lure We’ve loved The Lure since day one. We’ve gone about 20 times or more since they opened in January 2016, and this is the first time Lori ate something besides sushi, with the exception of Joey Meatballs one time. We love that the food is not […]

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It’s a Waffle Fairytale at Story Brooke Craft Coffee Bar

Me and the chef!

Story. What comes to mind when you hear that word? You may think of bedtime stories your parents used to read to you, or your favorite fairytale. When we read a story, we get immersed in it. Just thinking back on one of your favorites creates a sense of warmth inside . . . it […]

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Tryst Makes National Foodies Day
A HUGE Success for St Petersburg Foodies

Tryst National Foodies Day Event May 9, 2017

May 9th, 2017 was the inauguration of National Foodies Day and it was also the 2nd anniversary of our FaceBook Group: St Petersburg Foodies Restaurant Reviews. On May 9th, 2015, we formed the group and added about 150 people that we hand selected. It is still a closed group and we still have approval over […]

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¡Red Mesa Cantina’s New Menu Items are Sabroso y Delicioso!

Red Mesa Cantina New Menu Items – May 2017 I’ve been going to Red Mesa Cantina on a regular basis for over 8-years. Most of the time, when being handed a menu, I say, “No thank you, I don’t need it”, as I pretty much have it memorized and know what I want. Not anymore. […]

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