{"id":380390,"date":"2026-08-25T05:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380390\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:36:08","slug":"check-in-with-tampa-bay-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380390\/","title":{"rendered":"Check In With Tampa Bay: September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            Tampa Has One of the Country\u2019s\u00a0Best Seafood Shacks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigraysfishcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Big Ray\u2019s Fish Camp<\/a>, a Michelin Guide-recommended restaurant in 2025 and 2026, has been named one of the country\u2019s best seafood shacks. The list featured 12 destinations, with Big Ray\u2019s as the only Florida restaurant to make the cut. Other spots included<a href=\"https:\/\/leonsoystershop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Leon\u2019s Oyster Shop<\/a> in Charleston, South Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/fishmongergroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fishmonger<\/a> in Atlanta and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automaticseafood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Automatic Seafood &amp; Oysters<\/a> in Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>$70M Sports Complex Planned Near MOSI<\/p>\n<p>As part of a $2 billion redevelopment plan for the land surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/mosi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Museum of Science &amp; Industry<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampasportsauthority.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa Sports Authority<\/a> has begun negotiations for a 178,000-square-foot indoor sports complex on Fowler Avenue near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">University of South Florida<\/a>. The facility will serve as the centerpiece of the mixed-use development, which is planned to include commercial, entertainment, restaurant, retail and high-end residential space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/supernatural3599-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\"  \/>SuperNatural Food &amp; Wine<br \/>\nSupernatural Food &amp; Wine Plans Expansion<\/p>\n<p>Following the buzz from the Tampa restaurant\u2019s appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/shows\/diners-drive-ins-and-dives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Guy Fieri\u2019s \u201cDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives,\u201d<\/a> the team behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supernaturaltpa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Supernatural Food &amp; Wine<\/a> is expanding in West Tampa. Roughly the same size as the original location, Supernatural Donut Factory, as it is being called, will serve as a production facility for the restaurant\u2019s popular cinnamon-sugar sourdough doughnuts while also featuring a limited storefront. The exact West River location and opening timeline have not been announced.<\/p>\n<p>BayCare Exploring Drone Deliveries<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/?tid=a046f00001NvzU0&amp;utm_campaign=BayCare-General&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=Other_BC_SEM_000000-a3A6f00000IAwUl&amp;utm_term=&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=1447147415&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAC_tqTQNnZr1ozb-DLWkBQ1THLNs5&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw16_UBhCqARIsAIdOaXyenDO7MQLhrpAqJnXhgn5UXqxBKao18NeDixsM6EJPd476MHbEi7gaAourEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BayCare Health System<\/a> is exploring a drone delivery network in partnership with San Francisco-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zipline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zipline<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest autonomous delivery service approved by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a>, with plans to launch in 2027. The drones would transport laboratory specimens, prescriptions and other time-sensitive supplies between BayCare facilities and patients. An electric drone would pick up an order at a designated BayCare location before flying to its destination. While hovering about 300 feet above the ground, it would lower the delivery pod on a tether.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson\u2019s Tampa Heights Redevelopment\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bromco.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bromley Cos.<\/a>, the New York developer behind <a href=\"https:\/\/midtowntampa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Midtown Tampa<\/a>, is planning to redevelop the 6.5-acre site of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stetson University\u2019s College of Law<\/a> campus in Tampa Heights. The mixed-use project will be completed in phases with no disruption to the university\u2019s classes or operations. Construction is expected to begin in late 2027. Plans call for 664 multifamily units, 440,000 square feet of office space and 37,450 square feet of retail space. The new law center will be integrated into a hotel planned as part of the mixed-use development. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Missed last month? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/august-front-desk-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">August Front Desk<\/a>. Or if you\u2019re looking to advertise, find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Has One of the Country\u2019s\u00a0Best Seafood Shacks Big Ray\u2019s Fish Camp, a Michelin Guide-recommended restaurant in 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,13897,79027,79028,23643,137,136,32506],"class_list":["post-380390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-events","tag-tampa-bay-food","tag-tampa-bay-happenings","tag-tampa-bay-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-whats-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380390","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=380390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}