It’s been the winner of my favorite restaurant in New Tampa the last couple of years and it’s always done pretty well in our annual Reader Dining Survey, so I’m still kind of surprised when people tell me that they’ve never heard of or never tried Café Olé Restaurant & Tapas Bar in the Cross Creek Center plaza on Cross Creek Blvd. at Kinnan St.Continue reading
Tampa Premium Outlets Announces Oct. 29 Grand Opening, Job Fair Aug. 27

After seven months of construction, it’s official: Simon’s Tampa Premium Outlets mall officially will open on Thursday, October 29, and a job fair has been announced.Continue reading
Zaytoun Mediterranean Grill Now Open
If you like authentic Middle Eastern food, Zaytoun Mediterranean Grill is getting ready to open soon, perhaps by the end of this month or the first week in July, in a new strip plaza located adjacent to the Publix shopping center on Cross Creek Blvd. near Morris Bridge Rd. In fact, the new plaza, which already features The Clinicians Primary Care, even has an entrance on Morris Bridge Rd., just north of Cross Creek Blvd. Continue reading
Freedom Fest Fireworks Tonight At The Shops At Wiregrass!
Come out and be among the thousands who will again come out to celebrate our nation’s birthday (239th) tonight — Friday, July 3rd — at the Shops at Wiregrass mall!Continue reading