Food lovers across the Tampa Bay area can’t resist a great rooftop, and the canopy at The Birchwood is home to one of the best vistas in the scene. Last night, chef Lee Aquino welcomed some of his most talented colleagues and the eaters who love their work for the 2025 edition of Meet The Chefs where they shared plates, cocktails, conversations, and more.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...