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Local restaurants serving, catering Thanksgiving meals in 2026

Have you planned your outfit for the living room ... or a night out for Thanksgiving dinner?. No matter where you are for the holiday, plenty of restaurants in Tampa Bay are cooking up Thanksgiving classics.

Tampa, FL · 1d

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Charley’s Steak House Planning New Location in Lakewood Ranch

Charley’s Steak House, a Florida steakhouse specializing in wood-fired steaks and fresh seafood, is planning to open a new location in Lakewood Ranch near University Parkway and Interstate 75, off Exchange Way. The proposed restaurant will span approximately 14,000 square feet on 6 acres, including its parking lot, according...

Lakewood Ranch, FL · 3d
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Melting Pot in St. Pete debuts new menu, including three-course dinner experiences

Dinner at the Melting Pot (699 Central Ave) has always been focused on what happens around the table. Part of the fun of fondue is that dinner becomes something you actually do together. You’re dipping, sharing, trying different combinations, and lingering over each course, turning date night, a birthday, or dinner with friends into a night that feels like an occasion. And starting this month, the restaurant has added new ways to dip into the experience.

St. Petersburg, FL · 2d
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Tampa area restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day this year

Thanksgiving is a time for many things—loved ones, football, and reflecting on the good things we have. Perhaps the most important part of Thanksgiving, and something we are certainly thankful for, is great food. Luckily, there are plenty of Tampa restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day this year. Whether you...

Tampa, FL · 1d
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Tampa Bay Times

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10 of the prettiest plates and places in Tampa Bay’s restaurant scene

By now, you’ve dived into the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 50 Restaurants list. There is so much to see; so many reservations to make. This roundup is different. Throughout the course of reporting, Times photojournalists visited restaurants to photograph the food, the chefs and the spaces.

Tampa, FL · 7d

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Josephine's Italian Market is a delicious family-owned social hub for Brandon community

BRANDON, Fla. — The bread's from Staten Island. The life-affirming prosciutto is from Parma, Italy. But make no mistake, for all its worldwide flavors, Josephine's Italian Market (730 W Brandon Blvd) is all about family and friends right here in Brandon. "I'm born and raised in Brandon," says Josephine's...

Brandon, FL · 2d

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Florida Inspectors Shut 15 Restaurants From Orlando to Tampa Bay in One Week over Roaches, Sewage and Unsafe Storage

Florida inspectors temporarily shut 15 restaurants, food trucks and food businesses from Orlando and Ormond Beach to Tampa Bay during the week of Oct. 19 to 25, citing live roaches, rodent droppings, raw sewage and unsafe food storage, according to state records summarized by News 6 ClickOrlando. Nine of the...

Orlando, FL · 4d

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Punta Gorda's Dean's South of the Border reopens Nov. 13

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WINK)—Dean’s South of the Border will reopen Friday, Nov. 13, after more than a year closed. Dean’s closed in July 2025 after Dean and Sandy Stainton decided to retire after more than 30 years in business. But after 16 months of a strong push from the community, plus a new team, Dean's is almost ready to welcome new and returning customers.

Punta Gorda, FL · 2d

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Tampa Bay Burger Week Begins Nov. 12 With Specials at More Than Two Dozen Restaurants

Tampa Bay Burger Week starts Thursday, Nov. 12, and runs through Nov. 22. More than 20 restaurants on both sides of the bay will serve special burgers, and part of the money raised goes to Feeding Tampa Bay, a nonprofit that helps 10 counties in the Bay area and more.

Tampa, FL · 2d

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Modern Asian restaurant Kojo opens this weekend at Central Park in downtown St. Pete

More than five years after it was first announced, modern Asian restaurant Kojo is finally ready to welcome diners to downtown St. Pete. Kojo will soft open Friday, November 13th, at 5 p.m. on the third floor of Central Park, the five-story food hall at 551 Central Avenue. Reservations for...

Sarasota, FL · 1d

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Go inside Moreno Bakery for a Brandon favorite nearly 19 years in the making

BRANDON, FL — The smell of freshly baked bread, cases filled with colorful pastries and a seemingly endless selection of sweet and savory treats are waiting inside Moreno Bakery. The 10,000-square-foot Brandon bakery has been serving the community for nearly 19 years, becoming the kind of place that kept...

Brandon, FL · 13h

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7 Florida Dollar-Stretching Grocery Outlets Where Brand-Name Pantry Staples Fill A Whole Cart

My favorite grocery fact this year involves a Florida salvage store that once sold bikes. Not bike baskets, actual bikes, at up to 60 percent off, a few aisles from the canned beans. That’s the energy of the stores on this list. They buy overstock, closeouts, and reclaimed goods, then...

Florida · 3d

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Shaq’s fast-casual fried chicken concept opens only Florida restaurant in Tampa

Big Chicken, the fast-casual concept from NBA Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal, just opened its only Florida location right here in Tampa. The celebrity-backed fried chicken spot opened today, November 13, at 7902 Citrus Park Town Center Mall, inside Elev8 Fun Tampa Adventure Park. The quick-service chicken spot is open to...

Tampa, FL · 12h

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Tampa Heights brewery Hidden Springs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Earlier this month, Hidden Springs Ale Works announced it was leaving the Tampa Heights block it has called home since 2015. This week it filed for bankruptcy.  According to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filed on Nov. 11 in the Middle District of Florida bankruptcy court, the local brewery was unable to negotiate an agreement […] The post Tampa Heights brewery Hidden Springs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

Tampa, FL · 17h

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Hundreds Pack St. Pete's The Factory as Tampa Bay Times Unveils Top 10 Restaurants

Hundreds of hungry locals packed The Factory St. Pete on Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Times Food team pulled back the curtain on this year's Top 10 restaurants, capping off weeks of anticipation over who made the cut on the newspaper's closely watched annual list. The reveal event, held...

St. Petersburg, FL · 1d

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Dean’s South of the Border to reopen in Punta Gorda

After a 16-month closure, Dean’s South of the Border is scheduled to reopen at its Punta Gorda location at 3 p.m. Nov. 13. The Tex-Mex restaurant has been a local gathering place for more than three decades, combining dining with live music. The reopening marks a new chapter for...

Punta Gorda, FL · 3d

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Munchies 420 Café Is Reopening Under Its Original Ownership

Sarasota has more than its fair share of fine dining establishments. There’s no shortage of places you can go at a reasonable hour to eat reasonable food while dressing and acting reasonably. Munchies 420 Café was not one of those places—and its patrons wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Sarasota, FL · 2d

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Sprawling holiday pop-up ‘Xmas at Daddy’s’ opens in Downtown St. Pete

Christmas has arrived on Central Avenue. Forward Hospitality Group’s mega-sized Xmas at Daddy’s, hosted at Trailer Daddy at 217 Central Ave, is a veritable Winter Wonderland, and it is now open in downtown St. Pete for its fourth year. If you didn’t catch the debut last weekend, Xmas...

St. Petersburg, FL · 1d

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Yard House Set to Open Dec. 9 at Wesley Chapel's Former Bahama Breeze Spot

25830 Sierra Center Blvd. — Approximate Site of Yard House Opening. Yard House has listed a December 9 opening date for a new restaurant at 25830 Sierra Center Blvd. in the Wesley Chapel area, taking over the spot where Bahama Breeze served its final customers on November 7. The former Bahama Breeze site's exterior has already been painted, with Yard House coming soon signs posted outside, according to local media reports.

Wesley Chapel, FL · 2d