{"id":7074,"date":"2025-10-16T19:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7074\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:20:06","slug":"three-story-waterfront-restaurant-and-bar-proposed-for-downtown-gulfport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7074\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-story waterfront restaurant and bar proposed for downtown Gulfport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">According to documents filed with the City of Gulfport, the restaurant will include 171 seats across the 2nd and 3rd levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Because the property lies within a flood zone, FEMA regulations require the restaurant\u2019s first floor to be elevated at least 12 feet above the base flood elevation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As a result, the ground level will function primarily as covered parking, offering 11 on-site spaces along with an elevator lobby and service access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Even with its elevated design, Surf Shack\u2019s proposed height of 39 feet 4 inches remains below the city\u2019s 45-foot height limit for the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The second level will contain 104 seats, including nine bar seats, plus the kitchen and restrooms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The third floor will include 67 seats, with 10 at the bar, along with a covered balcony featuring lounge-style seating and greenery for outdoor dining and drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to documents filed with the City of Gulfport, the restaurant will include 171 seats across the 2nd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-7074","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\/7074","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=7074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}