{"id":142721,"date":"2026-02-04T01:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:05:09","slug":"call-anthony-the-tampa-food-creator-putting-mom-and-pop-spots-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142721\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Call Anthony&#8217;: The Tampa food creator putting mom-and-pop spots on the map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/xiqcvg5gdbtqk27l.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Call Anthony\u2019 documents Bay Area restaurants \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">TAMPA &#8211; Bay Area food creator Anthony Gilbert \u2014 aka &#8220;Call Anthony&#8221; \u2014 uses social media to spotlight hidden, affordable mom-and-pop restaurants across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">One post can make a real impact, driving new customers to longtime neighborhood staples.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anthony Gilbert, known online as &#8220;Call Anthony,&#8221; goes beyond food reviews \u2014 showing viewers where the restaurants are, what they feel like inside, and what you get for your money.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vlcsnap-2026-02-02-13h57m35s037.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">FOX 13 tagged along as he visited\u00a0&#8220;Auntie\u2019s Soul Food and More,&#8221;\u00a0in East Tampa.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Owner Melissa Hayes\u00a0has served comfort food \u2014 including oxtails, turkey wings, collard greens, mac and cheese, and cornbread \u2014 for nearly 15 years, but says even neighborhood staples can be easy to miss.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Why you should care:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anthony grew up in East Tampa and says that\u2019s why he does this \u2014 to spotlight mom-and-pop places people might otherwise pass by.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">With nearly 150,000 followers across three platforms, the impact can be immediate. Hayes says after his video, customers lined up down the sidewalk, with new faces coming in from across the region.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vlcsnap-2026-02-02-13h56m29s615.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/states-rare-freeze-gives-residents-visitors-green-light-collect-stunned-invasive-iguanas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">State&#8217;s rare freeze gives residents and visitors green light to collect stunned invasive iguanas<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Anthony focuses on affordability, portion size, and atmosphere in every video.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">He believes supporting mom-and-pop restaurants helps keep dollars in local communities.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">His message: don\u2019t be afraid to stop in, meet the people and support family-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">To find Anthony\u2019s videos:\u00a0search for &#8220;Call Anthony&#8221;\u00a0on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was gathered by FOX 13&#8217;s Corey Beckman.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/series\/whats-right-with-tampa-bay\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s Right with Tampa Bay<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA &#8211; Bay Area food creator Anthony Gilbert \u2014 aka &#8220;Call Anthony&#8221; \u2014 uses social media to spotlight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115,405,135,137,136,3970],"class_list":{"0":"post-142721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-series","10":"tag-tampa","11":"tag-tampa-headlines","12":"tag-tampa-news","13":"tag-whats-right-with-tampa-bay"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142721","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=142721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}