St. Pete hotel to get pan-Asian restaurant, a $1M project

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 11:30 a.m. August 8, 2023
Cory Saffran, vice president of operations for Benson Hospitality Group, says Fortu, a new pan-Asian restaurant, could open in St. Petersburg by the end of September.
Cory Saffran, vice president of operations for Benson Hospitality Group, says Fortu, a new pan-Asian restaurant, could open in St. Petersburg by the end of September.
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St. Petersburg will get a pan-Asian restaurant inside the Ponce De León Hotel at the end of September or early October, according to Cory Saffran, vice president of operations for Benson Hospitality Group and its eatery, Fortu.

 

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