{"id":310820,"date":"2026-06-17T19:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310820\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:35:07","slug":"tampas-southern-luv-bbq-expanding-to-downtown-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310820\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa&#8217;s Southern Luv BBQ expanding to downtown St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In addition to the restaurant, Southern Luv will also include a small country store selling branded potato chips, beef jerky, St. Pete-themed merchandise, and other retail items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cSt. Petersburg is very near and dear to me,\u201d Tadrus said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising. \u201cIt\u2019s where my wife and I met and is filled with energy and joy. I\u2019ve had my eyes on St. Pete for a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Southern Luv\u2019s menu includes St. Louis-style ribs, smoked sausage, pulled pork, 12-hour smoked beef brisket, smoked chicken, and ham, served as platters, bowls, or sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Guests can choose from several house-made sauces, including Sweet and Tangy, Sweet Carolina, Bama White Sauce, and Florida Sweet Heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In addition to the regular menu, Southern Luv offers select items unique to each market it serves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cHaving a culinary background and flexibility, we want to have dishes that cater specifically to different markets,\u201d Tadrus said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to the restaurant, Southern Luv will also include a small country store selling branded potato chips,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-310820","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\/310820","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=310820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}