By Gary Nager
Sorry, This Time, I Got It Wrong On Lee Roy Selmon’s
Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to get confirmation about whether or not MVP Holdings Tampa, the parent company of Lee Roy Selmon’s, has been negotiating on a different piece of property on S.R. 56 than the one we reported in our last issue, but what we do know is that Selmon’s is not coming to that site.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
When local favorites like Ciccio’s Lodge and Lee Roy Selmon’s exited the New Tampa area over the last few months, Toast Wine & Café (located minutes south of Wesley Chapel in the Oak Ramble Plaza on Bruce B. Downs Blvd., just south of Tampa Palms) co-owner and wine expert Hector Gonzalez already had the idea for transforming Toast from “just” a wine bar that also served some interesting flatbreads, salads and cheese platters, into more of a sit-down restaurant.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
When local favorites like Ciccio’s Lodge and Lee Roy Selmon’s exited the New Tampa area over the last few months, Toast Wine & Café (located minutes south of Wesley Chapel in the Oak Ramble Plaza on Bruce B. Downs Blvd., just south of Tampa Palms) co-owner and wine expert Hector Gonzalez already had the idea for transforming Toast from “just” a wine bar that also served some interesting flatbreads, salads and cheese platters, into more of a sit-down restaurant.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
As this issue arrives in your mailbox, the 20th annual Taste of New TampaTM is only about three weeks away. The New Tampa Chamber of Commerce will host the 2013 Taste on Sunday, March 24, noon-6 p.m., in Primrose Park, across from Freedom High and Liberty Middle School off Commerce Park Blvd. in Tampa Palms.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
For those of you who are long-time New Tampa residents, you probably remember the old Winners Sports Grill locations in Wesley Chapel and in the same space as Ciccio’s Lodge in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center. You may even have tried the Winners in the Wesley Chapel Village Market, on S.R. 54 near the intersection of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., since the Tampa Palms location closed.Continue reading