Neighborhood Nibbles & Biz Bytes

Wolf’s Den To Expand Hours, Menu & More!

Although we previously reported on WCNeighborhoodNews.com that the always-popular Wolf’s Den Restaurant, located on S.R. 56 (in the same plaza as Insight Family Eye Care), was taking over the spaces in the Shoppes of Wesley Chapel plaza on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (opposite the new Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, or FHWC)) previously vacated by Baja Fresh and several other businesses (see below), Wolf’s Den owner Roger Wolf has decided instead to expand his menu (including adding BBQ specialties like real baby back ribs, brisket and more) and his hours and add beer and wine at his current location.

Look for an ad, with coupons, next issue because the new hours & BBQ menu items will debut at Wolf’s Den right after Labor Day. For more info, call 907-9124 or visit WolfsDenRestaurant.com.

 

Hibachi Japanese Express Is Open…& Yummy!

This lunch portion of Hibachi NY strip steak is available at the new Hibachi Express for only $6.25
This lunch portion of hibachi NY strip steak is available at the new Hibachi Express in the Wesley Chapel Village Market for only $6.25.

If you haven’t yet checked out the new Hibachi Japanese Express, located in the smaller outparcel building (next to China Wok) of the same Wesley Chapel Village Market that also is home to Vallarta’s & the new Famous Tate store, you should go…for lunch or dinner…today!

Hibachi Express features the same fresh sushi (I even special ordered a grilled red snapper and cucumber roll that was just too good), choice NY strip and fresh large shrimp and scallop hibachi dishes, complete with ginger salad, mushroom soup, grilled hibachi veggies and fried rice, all at prices much less than most “teppanyaki (hibachi) table” restaurants because the hibachi grill is located in the open kitchen just behind Hibachi Express’ much faster lunch counter, so you’re paying for the quality food and not the show. And, with the current special of a still-sizable lunch-sized portion of hibachi steak (photo), chicken or shrimp, with rice & veggies, for just $6.25, you can’t beat the value!

For info about Hibachi Japanese Express (5315 Village Market Dr.), call 991-9582, see the ad on page 34, or stop in & tell Chen, the owner, that the Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News sent you!

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La' Berry Frozen Yogurt & Java Cafe Offers Unique Options

The mother-and-son owners of La’ Berry Frozen Yogurt & Java CafĂ© in New Tampa, Annie and Linton Paterno, invite you to check out the trendy shop’s delicious smoothies, frozen yogurt, pastries & Door County Coffee.
The mother-and-son owners of La’ Berry Frozen Yogurt & Java CafĂ© in New Tampa, Annie and Linton Paterno, invite you to check out the trendy shop’s delicious smoothies, frozen yogurt, pastries & Door County Coffee.

By Gary Nager

We know we’ve told you about quite a few new frozen yogurt and/or ice cream places in Wesley Chapel and New Tampa the past several issues, but owners and Wisconsin natives Linton Paterno and his mother Annie promise that a visit to the new La’ Berry Frozen Yogurt CafĂ©, located in the Trout Creek Commons plaza on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (next to Burger 21) in New Tampa, is still a unique experience.

Both Annie and Linton have worked in restaurants their entire working careers — a combined 65 years of experience. And Linton, a frozen yogurt fanatic, promises that there are several differences between La’ Berry and the other yogurt shops in Wesley Chapel or New Tampa.Continue reading

Peabody's New Lunch Menu Has Plenty Of Great New Options!

The Buffalo chicken wrap is one of many new items featured on Peabody's new, expanded menu.
The Buffalo chicken wrap is one of many new items featured on Peabody’s new, expanded menu.

By Gary Nager

It’s been about a year since we told you about the new menu and equally new smokeless environment at Peabody’s Billiards & Games in the Shoppes at Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms. The new menu, the still-decreasing number of other sit-down dining options in the area, the opportunity to enjoy smoke-free billiards and other games and of course, all of the eye candy servers and bartenders have helped bring new crowds of adult New Tampa residents to join all those USF students at the new Peabody’s.

But, not just resting on their successful transition to a smokeless restaurant, Peabody’s continues to upgrade its menu, recently adding 27 new starters, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers and even a new chimichanga to its already-renowned wings, New York-style pizzas, and a signature New York strip steak that a certain newspaper editor really enjoys.Continue reading

More ‘Outside Of New Tampa & Wesley Chapel’ Restaurant Choices

By Gary Nager

So, the good news is that we’re getting a couple of new Mexican places in Tampa Palms and the perhaps even better news is that Ciccio’s is coming back to the area (see page 50), but the fact is that if you’re the type who, like me, prefers unique mom-and-pop restaurants, you have to take a drive to try places outside of our distribution areas.

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WingHouse Opens On S.R. 54 To A Crowd

The 'world-famous' WingHouse girls were ready to serve a huge crowd of attendees, as the doors to the Ker's WingHouse in Wesley Chapel opened on June 6.
The ‘world-famous’ WingHouse girls were ready to serve a huge crowd of attendees, as the doors to the Ker’s WingHouse in Wesley Chapel opened on June 6.

By Gary Nager

Although its original scheduled opening was delayed by a week or so during the remodeling of the former Buffalo’s SW CafĂ© on S.R. 54 (at 5510 Post Oak Blvd.), Wesley Chapel’s Ker’s WingHouse opened on June 6 to an estimated crowd of between 500-1,000 people. Included among that throng were two dozen or more Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) members who cut a ribbon with Wesley Chapel general manager Eric Ratcliff of the new Ker’s Wing House and his staff of gorgeous servers and bartenders.Continue reading