Jannah & Gary Nager at a wedding on Cape Cod Aug. 17. Pretty much every year since I took over the Neighborhood News in 1994, we have held our annual Reader Dining Survey & Contest. At one time, it was just our most popular contest for our readers but today, it is the only one we still run year after year. And honestly, it’s also a tremendous amount of work to put … [Read more...]
The North Tampa Bay Chamber’s 20 Years Celebrated At Breakfast!
North Tampa Bay Chamber president & CEO Hope Allen regales Chamber members and guests with stories of the Chamber’s 20-year history on Aug. 6. I have known North Tampa Bay Chamber (NTBC) president & CEO Hope Allen since the day she took over the leadership of the former Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce in 2013. I and the Neighborhood News also have been … [Read more...]
2019 WESLEY CHAPEL Dining Survey
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Full Circle Chicago Pizza’s New Owners Give The Menu An Upgrade!
Anyone who has been reading my dining reviews for any number of years surely knows that I have always been and always will be a New York-style pizza guy. Therefore, it’s been hard for places like Full Circle Chicago Pizza in the Pebble Creek Collection to ever really rank among my favorite pizza places in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel. Whether deep-dish or thin-crust, I am happy … [Read more...]
Nibbles and Bytes!
Two New Soft Serve Ice Cream Shops Now Open New Tampa has recently added two new soft-serve ice cream shops — Mr. Penguin, which is located at 18089 Highwoods Preserve Pkwy., between Michaels and Pure Barre in The Walk at Highwoods Preserve Plaza; and Sprinkles Ice Cream (photo, right) located in the same Mobil gas station building as the recently relocated Saffron Indian … [Read more...]
