{"id":6397,"date":"2025-10-16T11:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6397\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:25:34","slug":"retro-florida-motel-themed-bar-no-vacancy-closes-after-six-years-in-the-edge-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6397\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Florida motel-themed bar No Vacancy closes after six years in the EDGE District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The 2,600-square-foot space channeled vintage Florida charm, with a retro-inspired dining room, an indoor bar, and an outdoor shipping container bar slinging tiki cocktails, craft beer, and bar bites on a turf-covered patio dotted with pink umbrellas and lawn chairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The concept quickly became a favorite for both locals and tourists, offering a laid-back \u201ceveryday vacation\u201d vibe in the heart of the EDGE District. It shared a block on Central Avenue with neighbors like Bavaro\u2019s Pizza, Plant Love Ice Cream, and Grassroots Kava House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">No Vacancy\u2019s closure comes just months after <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterising.com\/home\/downtown-st-pete-sports-bar-the-avenue-to-close-after-13-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Schrutt shuttered another long-running venture<\/a>, The Avenue, which operated for 13 years at 330 1st Avenue South. <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterising.com\/home\/a-rosie-the-riveter-themed-restaurant-and-bar-to-replace-the-avenue-in-downtown-st-pete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">That space will soon be home to Riveters<\/a>, a Rosie the Riveter-themed restaurant and bar with an existing location in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Schrutt, a veteran of the St. Pete hospitality scene, continues to operate several other venues in the city, including Park &amp; Rec, Lost &amp; Found, Good Fortune, Concrete Jungle, and Dirty Laundry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2,600-square-foot space channeled vintage Florida charm, with a retro-inspired dining room, an indoor bar, and an outdoor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-6397","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\/6397","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=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}