Stories of Our Favorite Dishes: A Pre-Festival Chef's Dinner

2601 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Oct. 2, 7-9 p.m. $40. 727-623-9823. Event page on Facebook.

Want to know the story behind Urban Comfort's Best of the Bay-winning fried chicken? You just might get to during this five-course feast that's helping kick off the third installment of a Tampa Bay storytelling festival.

In St. Petersburg, Urban Restaurant Group founder Andy Salyards has teamed up with Your Real Stories, the crew behind the weeklong Story Days in Tampa Bay, to host Stories of Our Favorite Dishes. The chef's dinner, which includes beer pairings, will share the tales behind some of the Grand Central District brewpub's most beloved grub. Reservations to the 30-seat dinner can be made by calling Urban Comfort directly.

Story Days in Tampa Bay runs from Oct. 3 to 8, with everything from art exhibitions to writing workshops planned at museums, restaurants and other local venues. Visit Yourrealstories.org for a full list of events.

This article appears in Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2016.