{"id":128086,"date":"2026-01-22T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128086\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:14:07","slug":"cordova-inn-expansion-and-new-rooftop-bar-open-next-month-in-downtown-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128086\/","title":{"rendered":"Cordova Inn expansion and new rooftop bar open next month in downtown St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The expansion also introduces multiple spaces intended to attract both hotel guests and locals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWhen I travel, I want to stay where the locals are. I want coffee where locals get coffee,\u201d Del Zoppo said. \u201cIf you build experiences that locals enjoy, visitors want to be part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">At street level, the Cordova Inn expansion will introduce a new restaurant, which Del Zoppo described as essential to the hotel\u2019s long-term success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWhat I want is a great restaurant that just happens to be in a hotel,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want a hotel restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The ownership group has taken a deliberate approach to selecting an operator, prioritizing fit over speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe\u2019re not in a race to get the next celebrity chef in St. Petersburg,\u201d Del Zoppo said. \u201cIt\u2019s better to wait than to shove something in. This is a long-term relationship \u2014 you don\u2019t want to get it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The restaurant, which will hopefully open later this year, will occupy roughly 3,000 square feet on the ground floor, along with an 800-square-foot kitchen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The expansion also introduces multiple spaces intended to attract both hotel guests and locals. \u201cWhen I travel, I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-128086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}