'On the map'

  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • | 11:00 a.m. February 24, 2017
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When Stephen Schrutt built The Avenue Eat/Drink on First Avenue South in downtown St. Petersburg five years ago, his dream was to create a destination block.

 

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