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SuncoastPost

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How to Claim the Hooters Veterans Day Free Meal in Florida

Veterans and active-duty service members can get a complimentary entrée with a beverage purchase at participating Hooters restaurants on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, according to the regional announcement. The offer is for dine-in guests with a military ID or other proof of service. The announcement lists locations in Bradenton, Sarasota, Southwest Florida and South Florida.

Florida · 13h

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Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen Plots Eight New Shops Across Florida and Ohio

A pizza chain is doubling down on Sun Belt and Midwest growth, with eight new restaurants in the pipeline across Florida and Ohio. Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen says four of the coming-soon shops will land in Florida, including Sarasota, while four more are headed to Ohio, including Strongsville and Canton.

Ohio · 1d

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Tampa Bay Times Names Top 50 Local Restaurants: From Mediterranean Tastes to Cuban Delights

The Tampa Bay Times put out its Top 50 Restaurants of Tampa Bay list for 2026 on Nov. 6. Here are 10 Tampa and St. Petersburg restaurants from the list: Cybel, Raices, 86 Wine Bar, Supernatural, Late Start Brewery, Copper, Mullets Fish Camp, Gao, Lolita's, and Counter Culture. All sit in Tampa or St. Petersburg.

Tampa, FL · 1d

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Coppertail Brewing Co. Becomes Arsenal Fan Hub in Tampa’s Soccer Scene

A Tampa group of Arsenal fans, the Gulf Coast Gooners, has a new home this year. They gather at Coppertail Brewing Co., 2601 East 2nd Ave., to watch the club's matches. Every Arsenal game airs there, according to That's So Tampa. Kickoff time doesn't matter. The group turns up for...

Tampa, FL · 1d

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Arby’s Is Testing 4 New Sandwiches In Select Cities

Arby’s tests deli-style subs as it expands beyond its longtime roast beef focus. Diners can find the trial sandwiches in Tampa, Denver, Grand Rapids, and St. Louis. Tampa and St. Louis also offer a ham, chicken, and bacon sandwich with barbecue sauce. Arby’s is about to give Subway a...

Tampa, FL · 3d

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Favorite Pinellas Pizza Spot Lands Tampa Location

Tampa is getting a taste of the Northeast! Anthony & Luca’s Pizza Kitchen, a popular Pinellas Park spot, is bringing its New York style pizza, New Jersey boardwalk pies and Philly cheesesteaks to West Waters Avenue. The restaurant’s new location at 7032 W. Waters Ave. gives Tampa food lovers...

Tampa, FL · 6d

Palm Beach Daily News

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New Florida Trader Joe's planned to open by next year

Trader Joe's plans to open a slew of stores across the state within the next year, including in South Florida. A Sarasota location will open by the end of 2026, according to company spokesperson Nakia Rohde, and more are planned for 2027, a store in Boynton Beach among them. "Next year, we plan to add new Trader Joe’s in Boynton Beach, Orlando, Kissimmee, Maitland, Central Naples, and Vero Beach," Rohde said. "We are actively looking at hundreds of neighborhoods across the country as we hope to open more new neighborhood stores each year." When is the Boynton Beach Trader Joe's expected to open? According to the announcements page for the store , the Boynton Beach location is expected to open "in 2027." No specific date has been set. Where else does Trader Joe's plan to open stores in Florida? According to Trader Joe's new stores page , confirmation from the company, and other sources, the following new stores are reportedly in various stages of development. No opening dates have been released. Boynton Beach : 334 N. Congress Ave., Unit B, planned for 2027 Kissimmee : Planned for 2027 Maitland : Planned for 2027 Naples : Planned for 2027 Orlando: Several

Florida · 1d

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This Tampa, Florida Bakery Has Been Making Authentic Cuban Bread Since 1915

Every loaf at this bakery gets a freshly cut palmetto leaf laid across the top before it heads into the oven. That one green strip is what creates the famous split running down the crust. The recipe behind that bread goes back more than a hundred years. The same family...

Tampa, FL · 9d

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This Florida Seafood Shack Serves A New England-Style Fried Fisherman’s Platter At Fair Prices

Live lobsters get flown into a small strip-mall kitchen every Friday morning, and they still manage to sell out. That happens right here in central Florida, hundreds of miles from the nearest lobster boat. The rest of the menu reads like a road trip along Cape Cod. Whole belly clams,...

Florida · 8d

People

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Chick-fil-A Is Testing 4 New Sandwiches in These 3 Cities — Including a Classic Breakfast Sandwich with a Twist

Chick-fil-A is testing four new waffle sandwiches in Tampa, Fla., Chicago and Raleigh, N.C. starting on Nov. 16

Raleigh, NC · 1d

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10 Tampa Bay Indian Restaurants Where the Curry Is Rich and the Naan Comes Out Piping Hot

Two of the Indian kitchens on this list keep their doors open until 2:30 in the morning. That means butter chicken and garlic naan are on the table long after most Florida restaurants have stacked their chairs. I love that detail. It tells me the curry scene around the bay...

Tampa Bay Area, FL · 3d

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This Tiny Florida Restaurant Serves Up A Jaw-Dropping 1.5-Pound Burger That’s Worth The Trip

If you’ve ever driven through a small Florida town and thought “I wonder what’s in there,” Pudgee’s Eatery and Market in Floral City is the answer to that question, and it comes in the form of a 1.5-pound burger that will make you pull over and reconsider your entire afternoon.

Floral City, FL · 8d

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Historic Florida restaurants where a good meal comes with a remarkable story

A waiter carrying a Cuban sandwich across a tiled dining room might not seem like a history lesson. Then you discover the restaurant served cigar workers before automobiles transformed the streets outside, and that the same family has been running the business for more than a century. Florida’s food history...

Tampa, FL · 2d

Lakeland Gazette

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Why Everyone Is Pulling Over at This Unassuming Florida Chicken and Fish Shack

There is a small chicken stand in Lakeland with no dining room, no fancy sign, and almost always a line out front. Drivers pass it for years before they finally stop, and many of them wish they had stopped sooner. The menu sticks to Southern basics, and the fried chicken...

Lakeland, FL · 8d

Tampa Bay Times

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Wesley Chapel’s new ‘Hub’ serves up Kyiv cake, Korean chicken and indoor golf

A slice of Ukrainian Kyiv cake, a plate of Korean fried chicken and an air-conditioned round at Pebble Beach are now a short walk from one another. The Hub at Lexington Oaks, a dining and entertainment center off Wesley Chapel Boulevard, celebrated its grand opening last month.

Wesley Chapel, FL · 3d

Tallahassee Democrat

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Aldi opening 2 Florida stores Oct. 29, 3 more in November

Discount grocery giant Aldi continues its Florida invasion, with five more Florida stores coming in the next few weeks to help stretch your shopping dollars . Stores in Madison and Zephyrhills open Thursday, Oct. 29, while more locations in Longwood, Sebring, and Tavares open Nov. 12. At each grand opening, the first 200 customers in line will get a Golden Ticket that could be worth up to $100, and an eco-friendly bag full of Aldi goodies. For the rest of the day, anyone can get a free Aldi shopping tote bag while supplies last. Doors open at 9 a.m., but the grand openings are generally at 8:45 a.m. Shop Aldi with Instacart Counting these locations, there will soon be 355 Aldi stores in Florida , more than in any other state. The German-owned chain has opened about 60 new locations here this year, on top of 60 in 2025, as part of its goal to reach 3,200 stores nationwide by the end of 2028. New Aldi stores opening in Florida Oct. 29 - Madison , at 729 West Base Street Oct. 29 - Zephyrhills , at 38901 County Road 54 Nov. 12 - Longwood , at 951 West State Road

Florida · 13d

Tampa Bay Times

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Local restaurant developer inks deal to bring Mike’s Red Tacos to Tampa

San Diego-born Mike’s Red Tacos plans to expand into the greater Tampa and Orlando markets through a 36-unit agreement with local development group Built Different Brands. The group holds the franchise rights for PopUp Bagels, Marco’s Pizza and Dave’s Hot Chicken for the Tampa Bay market. It also manages wellness, beauty and immersive experience concepts.

Tampa, FL · 4d

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5 Best Restaurants in St. Petersburg, Florida You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

St. Petersburg, Florida — a city where the Gulf’s salt breeze tangles in banyan branches, where murals bloom on every block, and where the laughter of neighbors, artists, and sun-seekers drifts through the humid air. Here, the skyline is a mosaic: Spanish-tiled roofs, pastel bungalows, and glass towers, each one echoing the city’s restless creativity and the warmth of its people. St. Pete is a crossroads — of Cuban coffee and Southern drawl, of rainbow crosswalks and pelican dives, of old-timers who remember the orange groves and newcomers drawn by the promise of sun and possibility.

St. Petersburg, FL · 14d

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A Tampa Chef-Owned Restaurant Announces Its Permanent Closure

Lara, a chef-owned restaurant in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood, has announced plans to close permanently. Owner and chef Suzanne ‘Suz’ Lara cited a lack of customer support and difficult economic conditions in her closure announcement. Ybor City’s Lara Announces Permanent Closure. Owned and operated by local...

Tampa, FL · 5d

Tampa Bay Times

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The Top 50 Restaurants of Tampa Bay 2026

When I began working on this year’s Top Restaurants list, I had a natural starting point. Staring down last year’s list of 50, it almost seemed like my work was done. But it wasn’t that easy. Fifty is a lot, but it’s still a finite number. And what about the restaurants I encountered this year for the first time? What I didn’t want was a list that looked identical to last year’s. Where’s the fun in that?

Tampa Bay Area, FL · 4d