{"id":155058,"date":"2026-02-14T01:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/155058\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:46:09","slug":"new-wine-lounge-velvet-coupe-opening-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/155058\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wine Lounge Velvet Coupe Opening in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The space at 25 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St S, formerly occupied by Baked in the Burg, will soon be home to a brand-new wine bar. Velvet Coupe, a \u201ccozy, lounge-style wine bar\u201d will open there, in the 1,450-square-foot space, according to recent <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterising.com\/home\/new-wine-lounge-velvet-coupe-to-open-in-st-petes-edge-district-this-spring\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coverage<\/a> by St. Pete Rising.<\/p>\n<p>Dina, the owner and operate of Velvet Coupe, formerly owned Delray Beach wine bar and wine shop Wine House Social , the coverage says, and now, Velvet Coupe will be a \u201cmore streamlined take on that concept, designed to feel intimate, relaxed, and neighborhood-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Expect a comfortable lounge setting with seating for between 30 and 35, with a bar, tables, and lounge-style furnishings. The wine list is expected to draw heavily, but by no means exclusively, on the wines of Italy; and alongside the wine, you\u2019ll find beer, champagne, and a small, changing selection of plates.<\/p>\n<p>Opening in the MLK Jr. Street location, Velvet Coupe will join a restaurant community that includes Qargo Coffee, The Burg Nutrition, Pizza Box, and Bavaro\u2019s Pizza Napoletana &amp; Pastaria.<\/p>\n<p>What Now reached out to the owner of Velvet Coupe on Friday to ask about plans for the opening. Dina was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Velvet Coupe is working toward a spring opening. You can keep up with the news by following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thevelvetcoupe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@thevelvetcoupe<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The space at 25 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St S, formerly occupied by Baked in the Burg,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-155058","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\/155058","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=155058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}