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After two years of renovations, St. Pete\u2019s Historic Manhattan Casino finally reopens<\/a><\/p>\n After closing its doors in 2022, the Historic Manhattan Casino in St. Petersburg is finally ready for its debut.\u00a0 The space, which once hosted some of the most famous Black jazz and blues performers back in the day, will open its doors at 642 22nd St. S on Sept. 19 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremony runs from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. and will include a rededication of the Elder Jordan statue, who was the 1925 founder of the Manhattan Casino, originally named Jordan Dance Hall.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leif Helland<\/p>\n Co-owner of Armature Works wants to bring a Trader Joe\u2019s to Seminole Heights<\/a><\/p>\n One of Tampa\u2019s most prominent local developers wants to bring a popular, private-label, grocery store to his neighborhood. Armature Works co-owner Adam Harden is currently pushing to bring Trader Joe\u2019s fourth Tampa Bay location to Seminole Heights. It all started this summer with a\u00a0mysterious \u201cHey Joe\u201d campaign<\/a>, which so far includes a dedicated website,\u00a0social media posts<\/a>\u00a0and even physical signage in the neighborhood. Wednesday, Harden told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that he\u2019s the person behind the effort. Harden and his kids, along with the local landscaping company J. Macias Tree Services, volunteered last Saturday to help put up a banner at the old Save A Lot location on Hillsborough Ave. \u2013\u00a0Leif Helland<\/p>\n Armature Works staple Graze will open a third location in South Tampa<\/a><\/p>\n Popular brunch and salad spot Graze will soon open a new location in Tampa\u2019s Ballast Point neighborhood.\u00a0 The restaurant took to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend, writing \u201cGraze 3 coming soon to Ballast Point! We are so excited to join this neighborhood and serve up delicious brunch, lunch and dinner 7 days a week.\u201d The new post will debut a few blocks south of the new Mad Dogs & Englishmen at 5232 S MacDill Ave., which is the former Arirang Korean spot.\u00a0 The original location,\u00a0Graze 1910<\/a>, first opened in early 2018 inside Armature Works food hall in Tampa Heights, and about a year a second location debuted across the street from Plant High School at 2217\/2219 S Dale Mabry Hwy.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Colin Wolf<\/p>\n Rocky Point is getting a Yard House\u00a0 FOOD EVENTS<\/p>\n Tampa Filipino restaurant Lucky Tigre celebrates fourth anniversary with lumpia eating contest\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Tampa restaurant\u00a0Lucky Tigre<\/a>\u00a0has lived a lot of lives in its short four years. Born as\u00a0Good Fortune Baby<\/a>\u00a0during the height of the pandemic, Julie Sainte Michelle Feliciano-Loughlin\u2019s Filipino restaurant then dropped dumplings on doorsteps, then\u00a0moved into the South Howard neighborhood,<\/a>\u00a0and later\u00a0West Tampa<\/a>. The spot at 1901 N Howard Ave. is settling into its\u00a0now air-conditioned digs<\/a>\u00a0and really kicking into high gear, bolstered by multiple accolades and even an invitation to participate in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2019 chef series.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0Annalise Mabe<\/p>\n Tampa Bay Beer Week hosts \u2018Halfway There\u2019 fundraiser beer festival this weekend<\/a><\/p>\n Across the nation\u2019s media landscape, food & drink writers seem eager to declare the death of craft beer. Some of those bylines actually make a good argument. As Tampa Bay Business Journal reported yesterday,\u00a0a dozen local breweries have closed over the last year<\/a>, with just five (including the extremely popular\u00a0Late Start Brewing<\/a>) opening in the same time frame \u201cHowever, the area is still home to just over 100 breweries,\u201d TBBJ added, \u201cwhich sold a combined 29,000 barrels, or 900,000 gallons, in retail sales last year.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Ray Roa<\/p>\n Spaddy\u2019s marks 10-year anniversary by roasting Tampa\u2019s favorite golfing coffee roaster<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot you could roast Greg Spadaccini about. Like how for 10 years, he\u2019s made his extremely loyal\u00a0Spaddy\u2019s Coffee<\/a>\u00a0customers in Seminole Heights sit outside to enjoy the very good coffee that he\u2019s been making for over a decade. The guy even opened an indoor country club before cooling down that cozy courtyard. And what about that golf game? The 37-year-old claims to be a scratch golfer and is always posting from the course as if he\u2019s some kind of influencer. Someone\u2019s bound to call Spaddy out on that at this roast of the roaster, and maybe rip on his creepy van, or mountain bike skills, too. \u2013\u00a0Ray Roa<\/p>\n Taste of Pinellas to return in 2027, following 13-year hiatus<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s been 12 years since\u00a0Taste of Pinellas<\/a>\u00a0last brought thousands to downtown St. Petersburg. But now the beloved food festival is back, sort of. Taste, as it\u2019s often referred to, was a multi-day event with roots in Straub Park. It was last held at Albert Whitted Park in 2014. It had been held for 26 years at the much larger Vinoy Park. Now it\u2019s set to return for one day only on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027 inside\u00a0Tropicana Field<\/a>. As part of Johns Hopkins All Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s 100th anniversary, this year\u2019s event will feature 20-30 restaurants, as well as live music, says a press release.\u00a0 A \u201cshow-stopping\u201d national headliner is supposed to be named later.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Colin Wolf, CL Staff<\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in September 03 \u2013 09, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \t
<\/a>Yard-long beers are coming to Tampa\u2019s Rocky Point neighborhood. According to building plans filed with the City of Tampa on Aug. 24, Darden Restaurants Inc. will convert the existing Bahama Breeze in Rocky Point into a Yard House. The plans, which call for a complete remodel of the current 12,200-square-foot space (located at 3045 N Rocky Point Dr. E.), come after Darden announced last February that it would close roughly half of its Caribbean-themed Bahama Breeze concepts, and convert the rest into other Darden properties. The Orlando-based parent company currently owns a variety of chain restaurants, including Olive Garden, Cheddars, Eddie V\u2019s, Longhorn Steakhouse, Ruth\u2019s Chris, Capital Grille, Chuy\u2019s, Seasons 52 and Yard House. No exact opening date was available for the Rocky Point location, or a Bahama Breeze closing date for that matter. A representative with Darden could not be reached. \u2013\u00a0Colin Wolf<\/p>\n