Capital Tacos Trumping The Oakley’s Grill Rumor Mill

The Land O'Lakes Capital Tacos is the closest location to Wesley Chapel, but not for long.
The Land O’Lakes Capital Tacos is the closest location to Wesley Chapel, but not for long.

My friend Keith Oakley, the owner of the Oakley’s Grille on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa, admits he’s been looking at locations in Wesley Chapel for several months but, at least at our press time, he still hasn’t signed a lease on a new Wesley Chapel restaurant.

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Tarek's Cafe & Grill Coming To Shoppes At Amberly

Tarek's Cafe & Grill will take up our old offices, as well as the adjacent former Spices of India store in the Shoppes of Amberly shopping plaza in Tampa Palms. Photo: Russ Perlowski
Tarek’s Cafe & Grill will take up our old offices, as well as the adjacent former Spices of India store in the Shoppes of Amberly shopping plaza in Tampa Palms. Photo: Russ Perlowski

A new breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant is coming to the Shoppes at Amberly shopping plaza off Amberly Dr. in Tampa Palms, the space we once called Neighborhood News headquarters. Continue reading

Señor T's To Fill Former Macaroni Grill Space

Macaroni Grill has been vacant for more than a year, but that could change in the next few months.
Macaroni Grill has been vacant for more than a year, but that could change in the next few months.

The former Macaroni Grill in New Tampa has sat vacant for more than a year, but that’s about to change as Señor T’s Mexican Restaurant moves in.

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