{"id":165836,"date":"2026-02-23T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165836\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:13:08","slug":"hot-spot-diner-takes-over-former-first-watch-space-in-west-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165836\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Spot Diner takes over former First Watch space in West St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The menu also offers ten varieties of four-egg omelettes, including Western with ham, onions, and peppers; Farmers with sausage, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes; Spanish with onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and salsa; Meat and Cheese; Spinach and Feta; and Mushroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A kids breakfast menu includes a one- or two-egg plate, a Mickey Mouse pancake, and French toast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lunch offerings include pork chops, chopped sirloin with onions and gravy, and country fried steak topped with gravy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Chicken dishes range from chicken cordon bleu and grilled chicken breast to smothered grilled chicken with bacon and cheddar and classic chicken strips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Seafood options include jumbo shrimp and whitefish prepared grilled, fried or blackened. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The \u201cDinner Classics\u201d section features baked lasagna, chicken parmigiana served with spaghetti and garlic bread, spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce, and open-faced roast beef topped with gravy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The menu also contains several salads, burgers, and sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Hazakis says he may add additional Greek dishes to the menu in the future and potentially expand operating hours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">To stay up to date, visit Hot Spot Diner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61587664658770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The menu also offers ten varieties of four-egg omelettes, including Western with ham, onions, and peppers; Farmers with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-165836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165836","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=165836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}