{"id":328733,"date":"2026-07-03T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328733\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:59:10","slug":"hidden-beneath-central-park-22-seat-cocktail-parlor-the-winfield-opens-in-downtown-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328733\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden beneath Central Park, 22-seat cocktail parlor The Winfield opens in downtown St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Signature cocktails include the Ay, Chihuahua, made with sotol, guajillo pepper, and sweet potato; and the Pa&#8217;Arriba, featuring aged rum, barley shochu, apricot, and a jello shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Supporting the beverage program is a small menu of shareable dishes, including wagyu carpaccio, Japanese sea bream crudo, homemade pork rinds, and glutinous rice crackers topped with madai, toro, and caviar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s really delicious, crispy, salty bar food that complements your drink, but there&#8217;s also a few dishes on the menu that really stand alone,\u201d Castellon said. \u201cThe intention for both the food and beverage menus is to feel very international.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Most cocktails range from $16 to $19, while dishes are priced between $14 and $32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The speakeasy-inspired bar is named after Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of the Woolworth retail chain that occupied the Central Avenue building throughout much of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Sarasota-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hihospitalitygroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hi Hospitality Group<\/a> purchased the building for $3.75 million in 2018 and spent several years redeveloping the property, which previously housed The Dome Grill before being transformed into Central Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Guests looking for a more casual drink can also visit Central Park&#8217;s ground-floor main bar, which features a self-service beer wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Signature cocktails include the Ay, Chihuahua, made with sotol, guajillo pepper, and sweet potato; and the Pa&#8217;Arriba, featuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-328733","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\/328733","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=328733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}