{"id":389621,"date":"2026-09-03T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389621\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:04:07","slug":"the-joints-patio-makeover-will-bring-shaded-seating-and-an-outdoor-bar-to-west-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389621\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joint\u2019s patio makeover will bring shaded seating and an outdoor bar to west St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejointstpete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Joint\u2019s<\/a> patio had the bones of a great outdoor hangout: space to sit, a neighborhood crowd, and the kind of laid-back setting that feels made for a cold beer and a game on TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What it did not have was much protection from Florida\u2019s sun and rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">That is about to change. The Joint, the longtime Jungle Terrace tavern at 7630 34th Avenue North, has added a covered patio, an outdoor bar, fans, and seven TVs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Owners Ben Scherlis and Francesco \u201cFran\u201d Balzano expect to welcome customers into the new space later this month, although an opening date has not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe just wanted to open this space up and make it a whole new outdoor concept where people can sit outside, order food and drinks, and watch TV, same as you could inside,\u201d Scherlis said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising. \u201cIt\u2019s just giving people another option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Large fans will provide much-needed relief, while the insulated roof should make the space noticeably cooler than the former umbrella-covered patio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt\u2019s really going to change the whole vibe of the place,\u201d Scherlis said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years, The Joint\u2019s patio had the bones of a great outdoor hangout: space to sit, a neighborhood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-389621","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\/389621","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=389621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}