Nibbles & Bytes: Mobile Meals, Energia, Wiregrass Financial, City Grill, Skinny's and Totalscape!

By Gary Nager | September 14

Mobile Meals Delivers!

Mobile MealsAlthough some local restaurants offer their own delivery services, Mobile Meals has been providing deliveries for multiple restaurants in and around the Wesley Chapel area for several years now and currently offers on-line and phone ordering with delivery within 30-60 minutes of your order, for such local favorites as The Little Greek, Mulligan’s Irish Pub, TGI Friday’s and Beef O’Brady’s, as well as nearby Wesley Chapel favorites such as Cantina Laredo, Texas Roadhouse 900º Woodfired Pizza, Yamato Japanese Steakhouse and others.

To find out how the service works or to place an order, visit MobileMeals.com or call 907-MEAL (6325).

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Jen & Travis Open The Flaming Taco In Ybor

By Gary Nager | September 14

Each of these $3 tacos (clockwise from lower left: the Pork Street, Chicken Flaming & El Cubano Brisket tacos) at the Flaming Taco on E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City are made with fresh, amazing ingredients.
Each of these $3 tacos (clockwise from lower left: the Pork Street, Chicken Flaming & El Cubano Brisket tacos) at the Flaming Taco on E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City are made with fresh, amazing ingredients.

Although tacos aren’t normally what I order when I go to a Mexican restaurant, my friends Jennifer & Travis Davidson and their friends Mary Ann & Keith Cucuzza have opened a new taco stand at 1815 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City called the Flaming Taco, which caters to not only the club crowd’s “fiery passion for spicy food,” but yours and mine, too.

It may not be easy to find the Flaming Taco (which is located inside the Yo Boys yogurt shop, a little more than a block from the Columbia Restaurant), but if you want delicious tacos featuring words like “all natural,” “grain fed,” “free range,” “no antibiotics” & “black angus USDA Choice beef,” the Flaming Taco has you covered — for just $3 per taco!

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Choose Pasco Dental For Top Training, Technology & Patient Comfort

The friendly, caring staff at Pasco Dental includes (l. to r.) Therese, the office manager, Dr. Daniel Hwang, office assistant Sona and dental assistant Trish.
The friendly, caring staff at Pasco Dental includes (l. to r.) Therese, the office manager, Dr. Daniel Hwang, office assistant Sona and dental assistant Trish.

By Gary Nager | September 14

It’s probably not every day that you hear a native New Yorker say that he’s kindred spirits with a dentist who was born in Korea, but that’s the way I feel about Dr. Daniel Hwang, DDS, of Pasco Dental, located in the Wesley Chapel Executive Center on S.R. 54, a little more than a mile east of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd.

(Note-New Tampa residents who live north of I-75 are only 10-15 minutes from Pasco Dental.)

Although he was born in Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Hwang was raised in Mt. Vernon, VA, and moved to Brooklyn, NY, for middle school and Queens, NY, for high school. He received both his Bachelor’s degree (in 1987) and his DDS degree (in 1991) from prestigious Columbia University in Manhattan and spent twelve years “learning the ropes of the dental business” with his brother, who had a thriving dental practice in Ft. Lee, NJ. Dr. Hwang then began opening his own chain of Price Dental offices in Flushing, Queens; Plainview, Long Island; Manhattan; Brooklyn; and Ft. Lee and Bergen Township, NJ.

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Deacon Blues To Play At Leukemia Society Fund Raiser At The Palms

Marlana Lacivita
Marlana Lacivita

By Gary Nager & Matt Wiley | September 14

Long-time Hunter’s Green resident Bernie Desrosiers is someone I consider to be a good friend, not only because he helped coach the Wharton High ice hockey team that both of my sons played for a few years ago, but also because Bernie was the first person I met in New Tampa who spent untold amounts of his free time helping others to try to build an actual community in the middle of our suburban sea of seemingly impassive, sometimes apathetic subdivisions.Continue reading

Florida Hospital’s Pepin Heart Institute Offers Community Health Screenings

The Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, located at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, invites you to take part in its annual community health screenings.
The Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, located at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, invites you to take part in its annual community health screenings.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. Your lifestyle, diet and genetics all play a part in your heart health risks and benefits. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that heart attack prevention begin by age 20 and continue throughout your life. It’s vital to assess your risk factors and take action to protect your heart.

A Tampa couple understands the meaning behind taking action for your health. Richard and Jill Beistle keep several dates on the calendar that are important to them, including birthdays, anniversaries and…for more than 10 years …health screenings. The couple says this gives them peace of mind about their health and their hearts!

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