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4th Street burger restaurant expands into sports bar
A local burger chain is turning its St. Petersburg location into a “neighborhood sports bar.”. Burger Monger opened its first location in the Tampa Bay region in 2011 and expanded to St. Pete in 2016, opening a 2,700-square-foot restaurant at 1325 4th Street N. The spot known for fast-casual burgers and hand-spun milkshakes will unveil approximately $10,000 of renovations at its 4th Street N. store Friday.
What’s really being done to fix Florida’s property insurance crisis?
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Kassy Brewer lives in a beautiful waterfront home in St. Petersburg. She and her husband bought what they thought would be their forever home five years ago and signed on with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. “We originally had the insurance for $5,000 a year,” she...
Mayor, faith group disagree on affordable housing
In March, an interdenominational faith-based advocacy group penned an open letter criticizing Mayor Ken Welch’s efforts to address a lack of affordable housing in St. Petersburg. He has responded. Faith and Action for Strength Together (FAST) directly addressed the mayor in its letter, published March 21 by The Weekly...
We tried Tchotchke, the new restaurant where Munch's used to be
Right on the menu, south St. Pete's newest eatery Tchotchke acknowledges the award-winning fried chicken in the room."Thank you for trying us out. We hope to grow into being your neighborhood eatery," a note on the bottom right corner reads. "We have some big shoes to fill!"Dig in: The big shoes are Munch's, the iconic south St. Pete diner that for seven decades served up breakfast and lunch "like mama used to make" that was once featured on "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives."The restaurant opened as a sundries shop and post office in 1952 and closed December 2022, per the Tampa...
The Rays’ Gas Plant development agreement is ready. Here’s what it says
St. Petersburg City Council members received key documents Thursday that detail how about 65 acres around Tropicana Field would transform into the Historic Gas Plant District, a sweeping project that would surround a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays with residences, an African-American history museum, stores, restaurants, hotels and office space.
St. Pete organization helps feed thousands living in low-income areas
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For more than 20 years, a St. Petersburg non-profit organization has been tackling the food shortage crisis. "Our mission is to ensure that everyone has equal access to nutritious food, and no child goes hungry," said Karen Rae, executive director of Positive Impact Ministries. "I always describe Saturdays as both heart-wrenching and heart-warming because it's heart-wrenching to see how great the need is, but it's heart-warming to be able to serve our community and help meet the need."
In St. Petersburg, homeless people get an apartment, support – and a fresh start
![CDATA[ ST. PETERSBURG – In the community room of the brand new apartment complex, staff were unpacking boxes of donated food when Janet Stringfellow got the text. “They’re here!” she shouted, raising both arms. “Oh, they’re finally here!” Case workers and peer counselors followed her out the glass doors, into the bright morning.
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