{"id":240715,"date":"2026-04-21T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240715\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:41:11","slug":"kfc-brand-saucy-opening-restaurant-in-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240715\/","title":{"rendered":"KFC Brand Saucy! Opening Restaurant In FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, FL \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/saucy.kfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saucy! by KFC<\/a>, a new spin-off from the fast-casual chicken chain, is expanding its footprint in Florida with the opening of its fourth Tampa-area restaurant. <\/p>\n<p>The specialized concept, which focuses on chicken tenders, dipping sauces and beverages, will celebrate the opening of what will be a flagship location for the brand in the Carrollwood area, at 12650 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., on Saturday, a news release said. <\/p>\n<p>Saucy! will host a signature Saucy! Soir\u00e9e from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., offering guests a look at the brand\u2019s biggest space yet, with exclusive offerings only available at the Carrollwood location.<\/p>\n<p>The event will offer guests an early taste of the Saucy! x<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dripsbypepsi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DRIPS by Pepsi\u00ae<\/a> collaboration, featuring \u201cfour bold, mood-inspired drinks\u201d that are exclusively available at Saucy! locations. A fifth beverage flavor, Tropical Energy Escape, a coconut-forward energy blend, is only available in Carrollwood, the news release said.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will also get to try Saucy\u2019s all-new Big Sammie, a partnership with King\u2019s Hawaiian, featuring chicken tenders, greens, hashbrown straws and the choice of a signature sauce on a soft, slightly sweet blend. <\/p>\n<p>The event also offers guided tastings at the Sauce Bar with a \u201cSauce Sommelier,\u201d free swag bags for the first 50 guests, a live DJ, a photobooth and interactive games. <\/p>\n<p>Three other Tampa-area Saucy! restaurants are located at: <\/p>\n<p>5112 East Fowler Ave.5706 West Waters Ave.8730 West Linebaugh Ave. <\/p>\n<p>Saucy! plans to open two additional locations in the greater Tampa Bay area, in Bradenton and Trinity, a previous news release said. <\/p>\n<p>The brand also operates three locations in Orlando and one nearby in Winter Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FL \u2014 Saucy! by KFC, a new spin-off from the fast-casual chicken chain, is expanding its footprint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-240715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240715","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=240715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}