By Gary Nager
If you weren’t one of the thousands of people on hand when the Rotary Cub of Wesley Chapel (noon, which meets Wednesdays for lunch at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall) hosted its third annual Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) Freedom Festival on July 3 at the mall, you missed perhaps the single largest single-day event in the history of not only the Wiregrass mall, but perhaps also in the history of the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas.Continue reading
If you live in New Tampa or Wesley Chapel and like sports, beer and (of course) chicken wings, it’s time to get excited, as Buffalo Wild Wings is coming to the area.Continue reading
Burger 21®, a new better burger franchise (with a Bruce B. Downs {BBD} Blvd. location at 20304 Trout Creek Dr. in New Tampa), which was founded by the owners of The Melting Pot® Restaurants, Inc., franchise company based in Tampa, has been named one of Fast Casual’s Top 100 “Movers and Shakers” of 2014.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
My buddy, Ron Chase, always has something new and delicious cooking up at Full Circle Pizza & Grill (19651 BBD Blvd., in the Pebble Creek Collection), so it should come as no surprise that Full Circle now has a great new coffee menu and new dessert items, all being offered at a gotta-try-it price for the summer.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
It seems to have taken a while, but the new Cody’s Original Roadhouse, located in the former location of Remington’s Steakhouse at 27405 Wesley Chapel Blvd. (S.R. 54), did open to the public earlier this month, with the same reasonably priced steaks and more (and lots of peanuts) as the other Cody’s locations around the Tampa Bay area. For info about Cody’s, call 513-9200.
Speaking of new eateries, Pinchers Crab Shack will open within a few weeks (perhaps in time for the Freedom Festival on Thursday, July 3; see page 1) in the former location of the Aja night club in the Shops at Wiregrass mall. Aja fans won’t recognize the place, but fresh seafood fans (like yours truly) are excited that Pinchers is getting close to opening. Visit PinchersCrabShack.com or TheShopsatWiregrass.com.