Jen & Travis Open The Flaming Taco In Ybor

By Gary Nager | September 14

Each of these $3 tacos (clockwise from lower left: the Pork Street, Chicken Flaming & El Cubano Brisket tacos) at the Flaming Taco on E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City are made with fresh, amazing ingredients.
Each of these $3 tacos (clockwise from lower left: the Pork Street, Chicken Flaming & El Cubano Brisket tacos) at the Flaming Taco on E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City are made with fresh, amazing ingredients.

Although tacos aren’t normally what Iβ€ˆorder when Iβ€ˆgo to a Mexican restaurant, my friends Jennifer &β€ˆTravis Davidson and their friends Mary Ann &β€ˆKeith Cucuzza have opened a new taco stand at 1815 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City called the Flaming Taco, which caters to not only the club crowd’s β€œfiery passion for spicy food,” but yours and mine, too.

It may not be easy to find the Flaming Taco (which is located inside the Yo Boys yogurt shop, a little more than a block from the Columbia Restaurant), but if you want delicious tacos featuring words like β€œall natural,” β€œgrain fed,β€β€ˆβ€œfree range,β€β€ˆβ€œno antibioticsβ€β€ˆ&β€ˆβ€œblack angus USDA Choice beef,β€β€ˆthe Flaming Taco has you covered β€” for just $3 per taco!

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The Latest &β€ˆGreatest News About Dining, Shopping, Retail &β€ˆMore In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

BY STAFF | AUGUST 31

Dade City LawChane &β€ˆBurgess Added To Johnson, Pratico &β€ˆAuvil

Laurie R. Chane, a long-time Pasco County attorney, has become the newest Shareholder at the Dade City-based law firm of Johnson, Auvil & Pratico, P.A., which is now known as Johnson, Auvil, Pratico & Chane, P.A. Additionally, Danny Burgess, the current Mayor of Zephyrhills, has joined the firm as an Associate.

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Gate Petroleum &β€ˆMore Coming To S.R. 56

Gate Petroleum soon will open it's first Tampa Bay location on S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.
Gate Petroleum soon will open it’s first Tampa Bay location on S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.

A cleared area on the north side of S.R. 56 at the Cypress Ridge Blvd. intersection is beginning to take shape. The property, known as the Shoppes of Cypress Creek, part of the 400-acre mixed-use development which currently has available parcels on both sides of S.R. 56, soon will be the site of the first Gate Petroleum location in the Tampa Bay region. Gate, which is based out of Jacksonville, FL, has locations in six states across the southeastern U.S., including Georgia and the Carolinas, with the closest being in Lakeland. Continue reading

Wazoo Gets Wild While Peabody’s Hosts Seasonal Brew Battles

A Wazoo attendee samples one of Sierra Nevada Brewing's offerings at the 2013 Wazoo Beer Fest at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa.
A Wazoo attendee samples one of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s offerings at the 18th annual Wazoo Beer Fest at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa on August 3.

By Matt Wiley

Living among the animals for a night may sound like reality TV fare, but on August 3, it truly was reality for the animals on the other side of the glass at the Lowry Park Zoo during the zoo’s 18th annual Wazoo Beer Fest.

Named one of the top 10 beer festivals in the nation by USA Today, Wazoo has become one of the biggest annual fund raisers for Lowry Park Zoo, located on W. Sligh Ave in Central Tampa (call 935-8552 or visit LowryParkZoo.com) β€” and this year’s event raised more than $150,000 to help the zoo fund and maintain its amazing programs and exhibits. Fund-raising events, along with private donations, are what have kept Tampa’s zoo not only up and running, but also thriving, the past 25 years. Click through to view the bonus gallery…

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Free Eyecare Professionals Grand Opening Aug. 17!

We congratulate Dr. David Scamard, O.D., on the Grand Opening of his new practice, Eyecare Professionals of Tampa Bay, LLC (located at 24412 S.R. 54, at Oak Grove Blvd., in the Eagle Plaza in Lutz). Although his new practice has been up and running for several weeks, the former owner of The Eyeglass Factory (less than a half-mile east of the new location) will hold his Ribbon Cutting & official Grand Opening at the spacious, new, full-service optical shop on Saturday, August 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Continue reading