On March 6—and on the first Saturday of every month—locals can get “Breakfast on the Deuces” at Deuces Corner, at 22nd Street S and 9th Avenue S., in South St. Pete’s historical African American corridor.
Pop Goes the Waffle and Three Generations food trucks will be selling the noshes across from the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. Pop Goes the Waffle specializes in, you guessed it, waffles but with amped up options including unicorn waffles plus another waffle with maple bacon. Three Generations—one of CL’s best restaurants of 2020—will serve smoked gouda cheese grits, fried fish, shrimp and other soul food classics. The trucks will be on site serving from 8 a.m. until noon.
The nonprofit Deuces Live is an “organization created to revive and revitalize this historic neighborhood where Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday played, famous African-American baseball stars stayed and the black residents of St. Petersburg lived, worked and worshiped.”
The Deuces was bulldozed through in the 1970s destroying many homes, churches and businesses. Gas Plant is an adjacent neighborhood that was also destroyed to make way for what is now Tropicana Field, but there is now a chance to make sure Trop redevelopment takes a step towards repairing a neighborhood that’s been wronged before.
Deuces Live’s breakfast is one of other events, like the Tuesday South St. Pete Marketplace at the Manhattan Casino, which shines a light on the Deuces. The organization also hosts various social events including movie nights, currently drive-in because of COVID-19.
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This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2021.