{"id":254209,"date":"2026-05-01T17:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254209\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:13:07","slug":"an-intimate-45-seat-speakeasy-31-south-opens-this-weekend-at-st-petersburg-distillery-in-the-warehouse-arts-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254209\/","title":{"rendered":"An intimate 45-seat speakeasy, 31 South, opens this weekend at St. Petersburg Distillery in the Warehouse Arts District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The cocktail menu combines both classic and more contemporary flavors built around the distillery\u2019s house-made spirits. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The menu offers nine cocktails, such as a matcha latte martini, an elderflower lemon drop, and a coconut daiquiri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tippler\u2019s Espresso Martini combines Banyan Reserve vodka with locally roasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoggbatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hogg Batch<\/a> coffee, house-made spiced vanilla syrup, and a Tippler\u2019s orange cold foam, finished with cocoa and a dark chocolate truffle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Maple Old Fashioned takes a more traditional route, using Old St. Pete Sunshine Whiskey with real maple syrup and house-made bitters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Guests can also opt for four- or six-flight tastings of the distillery\u2019s whiskey, vodka, gin, and rum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As for food, the distillery is working with chef Johnathan Rodriguez, formerly of Tampa\u2019s Sal Y Mar, to develop a menu of small plates to complement the cocktail program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The speakeasy will operate Thursday through Saturday evenings, while daytime tours and tastings will continue as usual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Beyond the speakeasy, the distillery is continuing to reimagine its 28-acre campus. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Plans are underway to reorganize production and canning line operations to make room for a 350-person event space, set to host both private and public events when it opens later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cocktail menu combines both classic and more contemporary flavors built around the distillery\u2019s house-made spirits. The menu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-254209","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\/254209","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=254209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}