With the Holiday Season in full effect in both the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas and having already had a few âarctic blastsâ to remind us that weâre not impervious to the cold here in Florida, there is one place in our area where it has felt like winter every night, even if happens to be 80 degrees outside: the Shops at Wiregrass mallâs âSymphony In Lights.â Continue reading
Wesley Chapel Chamber Of Commerce Updates
By Gary Nager
Yours truly was the official first customer at the new WingZone, in the New Tampa Center plaza at 19062 Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (photo, below right), behind McDonaldâs and the Mobil gas station, which had a Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) Ribbon Cutting event on Nov. 22. Continue reading
Chuck E. Cheese Opens In The Grove
By Gary Nager
As if you parents out there didnât already know, there is a new Chuck E. Cheeseâs  in The Grove shopping center (at 6170 Wesley Grove Blvd., off S.R. 54 and Oakley Blvd., next to the Cobb Cinemas at The Grove), which opened a few days before Thanksgiving.Continue reading
Enter, Stage Left!
By Gary Nager
Considering how many of our restaurant openings involve yet another link in yet another chain, I havenât been as excited about the opening of a new restaurant and night spot in our area as I am about the recent opening of the new Stage Left Bar & Kitchen, located less than two miles west of I-75 and S.R. 56 at 24400 S.R. 54 at Oak Grove Blvd. in Lutz.Continue reading
Whole Foods Carrollwood â Much More Than Just A Healthy Grocery Store!
By Amy Gutierrez
Youâve probably heard your friends, neighbors and co-workers talk about Whole Foods Market in Carrollwood. Patrons of the 36,000-sq.-ft. store that opened on the corner of N. Dale Mabry Hwy. and Northdale Blvd. in November of 2012 are ecstatic that the area only a few miles west of New Tampa offers health-conscious consumers not only a store where the highest quality nutrition is available, but also a store that places a high value on both our environment and on organic food.