By Gary Nager
When youโre a true โfoodie,โ but most of the โdecentโ restaurants in your area are national and regional chains, folks like me who know and appreciate โthe good stuffโ are just naturally drawn to locally owned, independent restaurants like DโAlessio Italian Ristorante, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (across from Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel) in December.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
If youโre a smoker looking for something fun to do before and after Dec. 25, our friends at Skinnyโs Sports Bar (27429 S.R. 54, in the Pinebrook at The Grove plaza) have really got you covered.Continue reading
With the Holiday Season in full effect in both the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas and having already had a few โarctic blastsโ to remind us that weโre not impervious to the cold here in Florida, there is one place in our area where it has felt like winter every night, even if happens to be 80 degrees outside: the Shops at Wiregrass mallโs โSymphony In Lights.โย Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Yours truly was the official first customer at the new WingZone, in the New Tampa Center plaza at 19062 Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (photo, below right), behind McDonaldโs and the Mobil gas station, which had a Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) Ribbon Cutting event on Nov. 22.ย Continue reading
By Gary Nager
As if you parents out there didnโt already know, there is a new Chuck E. Cheeseโsย ย in The Grove shopping center (at 6170 Wesley Grove Blvd., off S.R. 54 and Oakley Blvd., next to the Cobb Cinemas at The Grove), which opened a few days before Thanksgiving.Continue reading