Chef’s Table 420 22nd St. S, St. Petersburg Chef’s Table by Lolita’s, a multi-course tasting menu from the owners of St. Pete’s Lolita’s Wine Market, opened last May. Inspired by Lolita’s Wine Market owners Kelly and Chef Alex Rodriguez’s global travels, their new Chef’s Table experience is aimed to give guests an “artistic” and curated culinary experience, vastly different from the wine bar’s casual tapas offerings. While some tasting menus can be formal and avant garde, Lolita’s wants its Chef’s Table experience to be fun and interactive, offering gourmet twists on everyday fare. For example, one course that folks may expect is a playful interpretation of the classic steak frites dish, where Chef Rodriguez offers what can be described as a “fancy tater tot” topped with steak tartare and garnish. Photo via lolitaswinemarket/Facebook Credit: lolitaswinemarket / Facebook

St. Pete’s Grand Central District is losing a go-to spot for wine, but it’s only moving a few blocks south.

Local wine bar and restaurant Lolita’s Wine Market relocates to 420 22nd St. S—the same brick building that houses the Morean Center For Clay—sometime next month.

“We are right off of the Pinellas Trail, with 3 Daughters Brewing just to our north, Kozuba & Sons to our east and caddy corner to the Urban Stillhouse!,” Lolita posted on Instagram earlier this week.

While its Warehouse Arts District brick and mortar prepares for a grand opening, Lolita’s flagship location at 16 18th St. S will remain closed.

Besides its wide variety of both natural and regular wine, Lolita’s is also known for its menu full of housemade, Latin-inspired tapas and entrees. We hope dishes like its prosciutto and truffled goat cheese toast, chorizo-stuffed dates and tamarind-glazed pork belly skewers are offered at Lolita’s upcoming location—although Chef Alex Rodriguez might have a revamped menu in mind.

Most recently, the chef and co-owner of Lolita’s helped St. Pete Beach wine bar Sea Grapes transform into a restaurant by creating a full dinner menu. In addition to owning and operating Lolita’s Wine Market, Alex and Kelly Rodriguez also cater private events throughout Tampa Bay.

The wine market and restaurant debuted in downtown St. Pete in 2016.

Lolita’s Wine Market’s eventual relocation came to no surprise, as a massive, multi-million dollar development will soon replace downtown St. Pete’s charming 1700 block.

Texas-based Trammell Crow Company plans to construct a seven-story, 267-unit with 18,000 square-feet of commercial space on the bottom floor. Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that all the current buildings will be demolished to make way for the $105 million dollar project.

Other businesses on the 1700 block, like Dirty Laundry and The Burg Bar and Grill, will eventually have to move to make way for construction, although TBBJ says most businesses will relocate back the new development once it’s finished.

Head to @lolitaswinemarket for the latest information on its imminent move.

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