Port Tampa Bay approves lease to help waterfront tiki bar – Tampa Bay Business Journal

A restaurant with an accompanying tiki bar is planning to build a floating dock with 12 boat slips to be used by patrons.

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A new waterfront restaurant and tiki bar is headed for the South Gandy area of Tampa.  Screamin’ Willy’s is planning to build a 1,289-square-foot floating dock with 12 transient boat slips to be used by patrons of the restaurant at no charge.  The restaurant, located at 5411 W. Tyson Avenue and should be a welcome addition as there are a real lack of waterfront dining options in the Tampa area relative to the amount of shoreline.

 

New Indie Market Comes to the Rosemary District

The Rosemary District Indie Market celebrates Sarasota’s artists and small businesses.

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The Rosemary District in downtown Sarasota continues to show why it is the most dynamic and fastest growing district in the area with the arrive of a monthly market.

 

Every third Saturday of the month, a group of artists, farmers, bakers, craftspeople and entertainers  will gather at 701 Cohen Way for the Rosemary District Indie Market. 

St. Petersburg becoming a new museum mecca – Tampa Bay Business Journal

The city’s reputation as an arts destination is growing as the number of museums in the downtown area increases.

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Downtown St. Petersburg is fast becoming a museum mecca for lovers of fine art, with the upcoming addition of the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM).  A $70 million construction contract was recently signed that will allow the building of MAACM. Art collector, Rudy Ciccarello of the American Craftsman Museum recently signed the contract with Gilbane Construction. Designed by Ciccarello and award-winning architect Alberto Alfonso, the museum will serve as a repository for Ciccarello’s world-class collection.

Next up for Seminole Heights in Tampa? Craft rum distillery, wine bar

Two friends tackle the renovation of an older building to transform the space into a mixed use development in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood.

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Seminole Heights in Tampa continues to show why it is one of the coolest developing neighborhoods in the Tampa Bay area.

 

A longtime automotive repair shop is giving way to a new wine bar and a craft rum distillery, another step in North Florida Avenue’s transformation from automotive-related businesses to trendy eateries and watering holes.

The Wine Bar Seminole Heights and the Twisted Sun Rum Distillery plans to open next spring at 6428-6430 N. Florida Avenue.

The wine bar, owned and operated by Wes Miller, will be the first tenant of a new two-story building on the southern end of the property where Merino’s Deli used to reside.