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Simply Put...Wazoo Was Amazing...


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dining, festival, tampa bay

Published Aug. 4, 2009 at 6:26 a.m.

Yeah I guess the title kind of gives this blog away. For those of you who were unable to attend, let me just say that you 100% need to put Wazoo on your calendars for next year! ... This past Saturday was the 14th annual Wazoo Beer and Wine Festival at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo! The sunny Tampa Bay weather set the stage for a great event as there were sooooooooooooo many people there. One recommendation that I will make for anyone going next year, is to get there early! The event started at 7:30

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Uncorked: Are restaurants ripping customers off?


Published July 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


How often have you walked into a restaurant, opened the wine list and stared wide-eyed at the seemingly ridiculous prices? You scan down the list, looking for one or two of your most recent favorites, find them and can't believe that the restaurant wants $125 for the bottle you paid $35 for last week. Uncorked explores the meaning of this markup, explains the rationale and talks about a world with reasonably-priced wines.

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Anna Maria Island restaurants get some love


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bar, beach, grouper

Published July 27, 2009 at 1:29 p.m.

Kudos to Beach Bistro, Sand Bar, Sign of the Mermaid, etc. on Anna Maria. There was this great travel story about the island's restaurants in the New York Times yesterday. A lot of enthusiasm for grouper sandwiches at the ole' ...

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It's a Red Carpet Monday at AquaKnox Restaurant!


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Published July 23, 2009 at 7:12 a.m.
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Hello gang, Jerm here with a Tampa Bay nightlife update for you! This coming Monday our friends over at the AquaKnox Restaurant, will host an exclusive Red Carpet Monday event! ... Now for those of you that aren't in the know, this Red Carpet Monday event will be a chance for you to  meet and mingle with Tampa's most successful business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs at Aquaknox, located in the Westin Tampa Bay ... The event will feature the city's most influential individuals, a

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Taco Bus owner opening new restaurant


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restaurant, st, tampa bay, tampa bay lightning's

Published July 17, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
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My affection for the Mexican restaurant El Taconazo goes way back. It's a fondness that started after I moved back to the area in 2002 (I grew up in St. Pete), but cemented itself during the Tampa Bay Lightning's Stanley Cup run when some friends and I discovered eating there gave the team good luck. I later did an "Off the Eaten Path" story on owners Roberto and Monica Morfin ...

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Caribbean Night at the South Florida Museum


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Published June 26, 2009 at 4:11 p.m.
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After a dry, dance free couple of months, I was itching to get my sexy salsa and skanky ska on somewhere that had great music. A reputable source told me about the great band Big Night Out that was playing during South Florida Museum's Caribbean themed Think & Drink Culture Party ... While I find it difficult to both think and drink at the same time, I was curious, so my significant other and I made our way to the museum. $5 cover got us in, with additional fees for food ... Jerk Chicken and

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Counting down Tampa Bay's best bars: And the winner is ...


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Published June 26, 2009 at 5:00 a.m.

We'll spare you no suspense: Tbt* is naming the Hyde Park Cafe in Tampa its 2009 Ultimate Drinking Destination. In 14 years, the Hyde Park Cafe has transformed the South Tampa nightlife scene, turning what was once a gay strip ...

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Tampa Bay Rays fans eat pizza, gather in Denver


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Published June 17, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

There was a fair amount of blue and white along Stout Street in downtown Denver this afternoon as restaurant owner / sports prognosticator John Keiley hosted Rays fans at his new establishment, My Pizza Peel. Keiley is the man who ...

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Tampa Bay Dining at the Blue Water Grill...


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Published June 9, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.

So my diet is not going that well as you can imagine. Last week I had that massive chicken sandwich over at the Palm, and today I had another massive burger in the form of the "Fatty Melt" over at The Blue Water Grill in the Quorum Tampa ... Folks if you haven't been there yet then you should definitely give it a try. Normally I find myself eating the entire meal and asking for dessert and more, but today I was officially stuffed. Kudos go to Chef Kelly over there for this creation, as well

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The Best Chicken Sandwich Ever...


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Published June 4, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.
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Well I think the title says it all, but I wanted to hop on here really quick in between meetings at the annual FACVB Convention and tell you about the chicken sandwich I just had over at The Palm Restaurant in the Westshore District at the mall ... I was over there  for a lunch meeting today and had a choice of three items for entrees. Seeing as how I had skipped breakfast,  was really too hungry to experiment and test out the menu, so I decided to go with something that I knew I would

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