First Watch expands in Tampa Bay

BRADENTON — First Watch, the breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant, opened a new location in St. Petersburg today, and plans to open a new restaurant in Brandon June 17, it announced in a release.

The St. Petersburg restaurant, located at 4045 Tyrone Blvd. N., will occupy 3,600 square feet in the new Tyrone Crossings center. It is the restaurant chain's 39th location in Florida, the release says.

The Brandon location at 11305 Causeway Blvd., will occupy 3,400 square feet in the Lake Brandon Village shopping center. It will be one of only two freestanding restaurants in the state.