Restaurants and other food companies around Tampa Bay have done an awesome job of pitching in with Hurricane Michael relief efforts. And, well, CL just wanted you to know about some of the ones that’ve shown serious love for their fellow Floridians.
If you don’t already, that is.
Brooksville’s Florida Cracker Kitchen rallied its fans together to stock a trailer with supplies for Port St. Pete, where former Hernando High School football coach John Palmer lives.
Nature’s Food Patch collected monetary donations from customers at both of its stores in Clearwater and downtown Dunedin to benefit Feeding the Gulf Coast, even going as far as to match the contributions up to $2,500.
In St. Petersburg, Third Birds Tavern gathered and personally delivered supplies from the Pinellas community to the Eastpoint Volunteer Fire Station, which services coastal communities of the Panhandle.
The Refinery owners, Greg and Michelle Baker, drove to Panama City from Tampa to join the efforts of Operation BBQ Relief, which has also partnered with Florida-based Sonny’s BBQ.
St. Pete-born Trip’s Diner teamed up with US Foods to donate 288 cases of water.
Columbian restaurant and bakery Cali Viejo serves as a donation location for local organization Boricuas de Corazón Inc. in Brandon — as does Tampa’s La Borinqueña, a Latin food truck.
So, yeah, it’s been a week since Hurricane Michael devastated the Panhandle as a Category 4 storm. But local eateries — and we’re sure there are many others that we haven’t listed here — continue to help families and businesses get back on their feet.
The Bay area food scene’s contributions to the post-Michael recovery underway throughout the state continues with Sea Salt. On Sunday, Oct. 21, and Monday, Oct. 22, the Sundial restaurant in downtown St. Pete will host a hurricane relief benefit during lunch and dinner. Sea Salt has committed to donating a percentage of every entree sale to the American Red Cross. Stop in for a bite.
This article appears in Oct 11-18, 2018.