Jan 26 – Feb 2, 2017

Jan 26 - Feb 2, 2017 / Vol. 29 / No. 47
Whether you’re celebrating a new administration or drowning your sorrows, it seems like the perfect time for a drink. Enter CL’s Cocktail Issue, in which Food + Drink Editor Meaghan Habuda and our staffers take a look at what’s, ahem, bar-trending in the Tampa Bay drinking scene. In addition, Editor-in-Chief David Warner sits down for […]

Buckhorn announces paid leave for City of Tampa employees

In a world where worker-friendly policies seem near extinction… …Where a president thinks women having babies is an inconvenience… …One man is stepping up to offer city workers who become parents up to eight weeks' paid parental leave. So if you work for the city of Tampa and for some reason still think it's a…

Your truest self: An interview with Parquet Courts

On January 17th, CL spoke with Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage about his paintings, the Grammys, and being his truest self. The next day, Parquet Courts released the music video for “Outside,” a song Savage penned for the band’s latest record, Human Performance. Read our full Q&A below, and check out his Grammy nominated package here.…

Walmart, the Trop among concerns at St. Pete’s Urban Affairs Summit

The Sunshine City's predominantly African-American south side faces some tough challenges, including poverty, unemployment and five failing schools, Even as other parts of the city experienced a booms has struggled to make gains—and city officials have had a hard time figuring out how to make things better. During the second annual Urban Affairs update at…

Hundreds turn out for Ybor protests against Trump travel ban

The hundreds that had gathered Sunday afternoon at Ybor City's Centennial Park had done so on short notice. They sought to show their disapproval of President Donald Trump's orders blocking travel from certain countries that happen to be predominantly Muslim (though not all majority-Muslim countries, or even ones from which terrorists have hailed in recent…

Healthy pour: a proposed state law could make it easier for craft distillers

The Prohibition Era came about at a time when some considered drunkenness a disease. The mandated sobriety that resulted spawned outfits like speakeasies and moonshiners seeking to meet the demands of thirsty Americans, criminal activity that led to onerous rules on liquor producers. Even though Prohibition was repealed in 1933, distillers still have to adhere…


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