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Popular Tampa Bay pizza joint expanding to Sarasota
A popular Tampa Bay pizza joint known for thin-and-crispy New York-style pies and Philly cheesesteaks is expanding to Sarasota. Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen is a family-owned Italian restaurant that first opened in Pinellas Park in 2025, serving New York-style pizza, Jersey Boardwalk-style thin-and-crispy pies and Philly cheesesteaks. Since its debut, the brand has expanded to Tampa and Houston, Texas, with additional locations in the works. Ticket Newsletter: Sign up to receive restaurant news, reviews, and fun things to do every Friday The restaurant's owners recently announced plans to open a Sarasota-area location as part of an eight-store expansion across Florida and Ohio. "Sarasota friends — hand-tossed pizza and real Philly cheesesteaks are heading down the Gulf coast. Stay tuned," the owners wrote on the restaurant's website . The Florida-based pizzeria is known for using three generations of family recipes and sourcing water from New York City, which is delivered to the kitchen three times a week to make its signature dough. "Our New York dough is prepared using a closely-guarded family recipe, the perfect canvas for our signature pies," the owners wrote on the restaurant's website. Other ingredients include Grande mozzarella and house plum-tomato marinara, which the restaurant says
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Tampa City Council will select a new District 7 council member on Tuesday. Applicants include a Trump field organizer, newspaper editor, activist, physician and more
Tampa City Council will fill a vacancy on Nov. 17, 2026, and 14 people are eligible for the seat. Votes on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium deal are just some of the many consequential decisions they'll make. The post Tampa City Council will select a new District 7 council member on Tuesday. Applicants include a Trump field organizer, newspaper editor, activist, physician and more appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .
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Since 1915, This Tampa, Florida Bakery Has Kept The Cuban Bread Tradition Alive
A strip of palmetto leaf gets laid across the dough before these Cuban loaves ever reach the oven. That little green strip creates the famous split down the top, and the habit goes back more than a century. The bakery behind it opened in 1915. The same family still runs...
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Things to do in Tampa Bay this weekend, Nov. 13-15: Fin Fest at the Pier, St. Pete Run Fest, VegFest and a chocolate festival
The first cool, dry weekend of the season lands on a packed calendar: a new music and ocean festival at the St. Pete Pier, races along the downtown St. Pete waterfront, two free food festivals in Tampa, Doja Cat, and the Lightning at home Saturday.
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Tampa's The Floridian Sandwich Shop Lists Assets as Owner Plans Full Retirement
The Floridian, the Cuban-sandwich spot at 4534 W. Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa, is putting its furniture, kitchen equipment and lease up for sale as longtime owner Harold Seltzer prepares to retire. The business itself isn't part of the deal — Seltzer says he's parting with the physical pieces of the operation, not the company behind it.
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Meet the applicants for Tampa City Council's District 7 seat
The future of the Rays stadium could hinge on who the Tampa City Council appoints Tuesday to the District 7 seat Luis Viera vacated. Why it matters: Viera has consistently voted in favor of the stadium. With the six remaining council members deadlocked on the $2.36 billion project, any approvals between now and March's elections could hang on his replacement. Driving the news: Fourteen applicants are vying to fill Viera's District 7 seat, which covers New Tampa, Forest Hills, Terrace Park and University Area. Each applicant gets two minutes to make their pitch at Tuesday's meeting. Four votes are needed to secure the appointment. Nasrin Aldawoodi, an anesthesiologist at the Moffitt Cancer Center and an associate professor at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, says she would invest in the neighborhood's schools and make roads safer. Clifford Maurice Allen, a Tampa resident for more than 20 years and longtime sales manager, lists his negotiation and communication skills among his strengths in his application. Patricia Alonzo, a health care executive, describes herself as an analytical leader known for building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. Kamolika Batabyal, a Tampa resident for five years and a public health professional, says she'd bring a
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Tampa Man Shot In Leg During North Nebraska Avenue Altercation, HCSO Says
A dispute on North Nebraska Avenue in Tampa turned violent before sunrise Thursday, leaving one person shot in the leg, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called out around 5:30 a.m. to the 14000 block after reports of gunfire, and investigators determined the shooting stemmed from an altercation between two people.