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Food–Beverage

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 9, 2024
Entrepreneur plans $4M Champagne bar and piano lounge in Sarasota

Ronnie Shugar is investing $15 million in downtown Sarasota entities and projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • April 9, 2024
Tampa siblings from noted family grow multimillion-dollar ice cream business

Max Chillura and his siblings run one of the most popular ice cream chains in Tampa Bay. Ice cream keeps them together.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 5, 2024
Debut Sarasota County Anna Maria Oyster Bar looks to hire personnel

Oysters Rock Hospitality is looking to hire people for a variety of positions at a new Anna Maria Oyster Bar scheduled to open this spring in North Port.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • April 4, 2024
Checkers and Rally's CEO steps down

Frances Allen will remain with the company through September.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 29, 2024
Noted Nantucket bistro and sushi bar makes regional debut in Naples

LoLa 41, a sushi and bistro spot with locations in Nantucket, Boston and the east coast of Florida, has expanded to Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • March 27, 2024
St. Pete Pier restaurant names familiar face as new top chef

Teak restaurant, located on the St. Pete Pier, has promoted Felicia Lacalle to executive chef after a year working as executive sous chef.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • March 26, 2024
Former Daiquiri Deck co-owner opens upscale sports bars in Manatee County

The Greyson in Lakewood Ranch offers wall-to-wall TVs, later hours and food from scratch. It's the second of what could be five locations in the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • March 25, 2024
Former GE executive, son open $4M restaurant in Sarasota

New restaurant owners Dan Henson and Dan Henson Jr. have no direct hospitality experience. At Arts & Central in Sarasota, they plan to make up for that with passion and a heightened sense of purpose.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • March 21, 2024
Busboy-turned-owner builds on Tampa Bay Village Inn empire

Daniel Lehan IV has turned a teenage busboy gig into a multimillion-dollar restaurant enterprise. One simple key to success: You have to like people.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 14, 2024
Paul Fleming Restaurants to open diner in Founders Square

Lake Park Diner, which began from a food truck and is now run in part by Paul Fleming Restaurant Group, is readying to open its second Naples location.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 12, 2024
Tampa Premium Outlets adds 9 new tenants, a 10th on the way

The Simon Property Group-owned shopping center off of Interstate 75 in Pasco County continues to add to its retail roster as the area grows.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 7, 2024
Famed Tampa steakhouse Charley's to move next year

Charley's Steak House will move to new location across from International Plaza next year as construction begins on the Westshore interchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2024
First Watch co-founder, former CEO dies at 70

Ken Pendery meant so much to the company that the new company headquarters was built on a street named for him.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • February 26, 2024
Bloomin' Brands to shutter 41 underperforming restaurants

Bloomin' Brands, the Tampa-based parent company of Outback and Carrabba's, will close 41 underperforming stores — even as the firm eyes adding another 40-45 stores in 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • February 22, 2024
$3 million food, drink and entertainment concept a hit in Naples

Two decades of "successes, failures, bumps, bruises" guides entrepreneurs' strategy with multi-venue food and beverage venture.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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