Toast Wine Café Offers New Menu Items, Wine Dinners, Catering & More

The filet mignon sandwich is only one of the new lunch items on the menu at Toast.
The filet mignon sandwich is only one of the new lunch items on the menu at Toast.

By Matt Wiley

If you live in New Tampa and you’re a fan of fine wines and great food, you probably already know all about Toast Wine & CafĂ© in the Oak Ramble Plaza on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (just south of Tampa Palms) and my buddy (and Toast co-owner) Hector Gonzalez, the most knowledgeable wine guy in the New Tampa area.Continue reading

Bright Eyes Kids Will Help Brighten Your Child(ren)’s Vision

“Dr. Nate” checks the vision of a young patient at Bright Eyes Kids, located off Amberly Dr. in Tampa Palms.
“Dr. Nate” checks the vision of a young patient at Bright Eyes Kids, located off Amberly Dr. in Tampa Palms.

By Celeste McLaughlin

Until the grand opening of Bright Eyes Kids in early May, parents in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel who were looking for a pediatric eye doctor had to settle for general practices that include a pediatric optometrist. But now, for the first time in the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel area, there is an office dedicated completely to kids’ vision.Continue reading

Guilty: Schenecker Convicted In Murders Of Her Children

Julie Schenecker (right) closes her eyes as the guilty verdict is read on May 15, confirming that she will spend the rest of her life in prison for the 2011 murder of her two children.
Julie Schenecker (right) closes her eyes as the guilty verdict is read on May 15, confirming that she will spend the rest of her life in prison for the 2011 murder of her two children.

By Matt Wiley

Following a nearly three-week-long trial, the verdict is in: Julie Schenecker is guilty in the first-degree murder of her children Calyx and Beau in their Tampa Palms home on January 27, 2011.Continue reading