Two new restaurants have recently opened in the Freedom Plaza. In the former location of Taco Son, at 30056 S.R. 54, is BawarcHi Biryani Indian Cuisine. Naresh, one of the partners in the Wesley Chapel location, says that BawarcHi is a chain with more than 60 locations, including Brandon, Orlando, Miami and Sanford, FL.
Photographer Charmaine George and I were impressed with the attractive décor and especially, the truly excellent Southern Indian (and Indo-Chinese) cuisine we sampled on our first visit, including the Karivepaku veggie dumplings in a delicate sauce flavored with curry leaves (left), plus traditional favorites like butter naan bread, butter chicken and my favorite, the noodles with chicken and chicken biryani. The prices are very fair and the food is excellent. For more info, call (813) 991-9099 or visit BawarchiWesleyChapel.com.
Wednesday, July 2, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. – Alzheimer’s Caregiver C.A.R.E.S. Workshop, presented by USF Health, Byrd Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute. At Embassy Suites-USF (3705 Spectrum Dr.). This workshop gives Critical Answers, Resources, Education & Support to families dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease. $25 to attend, includes breakfast, lunch & resources. To register, visit Shop.USF.edu, click on “Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute Caregiver Cares Conference” & click “attendees” to register and pay. For more info, call (813) 396-0849 or see the ad below.
We previously told you about the new Clean Freak Car Wash that opened its first Florida location, at 32359 Overpass Rd., behind the new Chick-fil-A, on May 1. Well, on June 5, Clean Freak opened its second Florida — and Wesley Chapel — location, at 31373 S.R. 54, adjacent to a new Circle K, also with an NTBC ribbon-cutting event. As we told you last issue, Clean Freak’s parent company was purchased by Circle K’s parent company, so the car wash locations are often paired with a Circle K gas station & convenience store. For info, call (813) 701-9884 or visit CleanFreakCarWash.com.
Deep Roots Dental & Facial Aesthetics
Then, on June 25, Deep Roots Dental & Facial Aesthetics, the office of cosmetic & sedation dentist Marnie Bauer, D.M.D. (with scissors in photo) celebrated the Grand Opening of her second office (the other is in South Tampa) with an NTBC ribbon-cutting event.
According toDeepRootsFlorida.com, “[Deep Roots] redefines the traditional dental experience by seamlessly blending state-of-the-art dental services with the calming ambiance of a luxury wellness center.”
The new office, located at 3013 Allegra Way, in the Cypress Bend Professional Park (off Wesley Chapel Blvd.), is definitely beautiful and calming, with several exam and treatment rooms and room to add more practitioners, in addition to Dr. Bauer, who also helps those with sleep apnea who have difficulty dealing with CPAP devices.
For more info, call (813) 667-9300 or visit DeepRootsFlorida.com — and please tell Dr. Bauer and staff we sent you! — GN
Even though I haven’t yet received an update on what is coming to The Hub at Lexington retail/restaurant development — which is coming along nicely, by the way — in front of the Sentosa Lexington Oaks apartments on Wesley Chapel Blvd., I was able to speak with the property owners/developers of two adjacent parcels to the south/west of The Hub.
The sign closest to The Hub (top photo) proclaims that Patel Brothers Indian Grocery Store — the largest such chain in the U.S., with more than 50 stores in 20 U.S. states, including four in Florida (with a location at 1251 E. Fowler Ave. in Tampa being the closest to us) — is coming.
The sign also says that the Patel Brothers chain — which was founded in Chicago in 1974 — is celebrating its 50th anniversary of providing authentic Indian produce, spices, beverages, snacks and South Asian sweets, as well as prepared Indian foods for the nearly 5 million Asian-Indian diaspora living in our country (nearly a quarter of a million of which live in the Sunshine State).
I was told by a spokesperson for Patel Brothers that the store should be breaking ground “probably by the end of this year,” but wouldn’t elaborate further about the new location’s size or when it is expected to open.
Lexington Oaks Crossings
I was able to get some additional information about the sign a little further to the south/ west on Wesley Chapel Blvd. (above) from David Nekouee, the CEO of Capital Design & Engineering, which is actually planning two similarly-sized retail strip centers next to Patel Brothers.
The first 15,000-sq.-ft. center, which Nekouee says could break ground as early as the week this issue arrives in your mailbox, is almost fully leased but may have at least one of the six spaces shown on the sign (above) still available.
Although Nekouee didn’t officially confirm who those tenants will be, he said the right end cap of the plaza will be a “national coffee shop.” There also will be a pizza place (believed to be a Jets Pizza), a sandwich shop (shown on the sign as a Firehouse Subs), a smoothie shop (shown on the sign as a Tropical Smoothie Café), a pet hospital and a medical or dental office.
For more information about Lexington Oaks Commons, call David Nekouee at (770) 833-4507. — GN
The North Tampa Bay Chamber continues to provide unique opportunities for its member businesses — and even the NTBC’s nonprofit business members also get their respective moments in the sun.
At the Chamber’s Business Breakfast at Pasco Hernando State College’s Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch on June 2, more than 100 attendees were treated to a roundtable featuring four NTBC-member nonprofit organizations — (seated l.-r. in top photo) The Thomas Promise Foundation (TheThomasPromise.org), the PTSD Foundation of America (PTSDUSA.org), the Wesley Chapel Theater Group (WesleyChapelTheaterGroup.org) and Pepin Academies (PepinAcademies.com).
The roundtable — which gave representatives from each nonprofit the chance to introduce themselves and their respective needs to the Chamber members — was hosted by NTBC Board member Chuck Sullivan (standing in top photo) of the law firm McFarland, Gould, Lyons, Sullivan & Hogan, P.A., and was the brainchild of NTBC Board chair Angelique Lenox, who promised that the Chamber will host more such events for nonprofits in the future. For more info, call (813) 994-8534 or visit NorthTampaBayChamber.com/Events. — GN
