{"id":89766,"date":"2025-12-19T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89766\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:19:06","slug":"after-years-of-controversy-tubular-tokes-has-been-sold-and-will-rebrand-as-hits-munchies-in-the-grand-central-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89766\/","title":{"rendered":"After years of controversy, Tubular Tokes has been sold and will rebrand as Hits &#038; Munchies in the Grand Central District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">According to the new owners, prices will remain the same, and the store will continue to honor the existing punch card loyalty program, which offers repeat customers a 25% discount on select items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cFrom day one, we\u2019ve been focused on being welcoming and respectful to everyone,\u201d Shahabuddin said. \u201cWe want people to feel comfortable coming in, even if they\u2019re just stopping by to say hi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For the time being, Strickland will remain around the shop to assist with the ownership transition, and some previous staff members will also stay on. He plans to move out of state afterward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In a note posted on the door, Strickland announced his departure in characteristically blunt fashion, thanking customers, along with his critics, for helping him move on to his next chapter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Looking ahead, the sisters say they plan to take a thoughtful approach, including evaluating an adjacent space that Strickland once intended to expand into.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to take our time and listen to the community,\u201d the owners said. \u201cThis is about a fresh start and serving the neighborhood in the best way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the new owners, prices will remain the same, and the store will continue to honor the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-89766","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\/89766","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=89766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}