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Pete’s Bagels will transform a historic St. Pete gas station into a drive-thru breakfast spot

It will be the bagel connoisseur’s third location in Tampa Bay.

By Kyla Fields on Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 1:06 pm

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Pete's General's newest bagel shop is headed to St. Pete's Harbordale neighborhood.

The gas station-turned-restaurant trend can be found all throughout Tampa Bay, but one local business is giving a historic landmark—one of St. Pete’s oldest gas statios—another shot at life.

Yesterday, Pete’s General took to Instagram to announce the opening of its newest location in St. Pete’s southside.

“We are so excited to be opening a drive thru/ express Pete’s on the South Side of St Pete!,” the bagel business wrote on Instagram. “Housed in St. Pete’s first gas station, this space will renovate the dilapidated gas station on the corner of 4th St S and 25th Ave.”

In addition to its menu of breakfast sandwiches and freshly-baked bagels—ranging from expected flavors like everything, poppyseed and sesame to unique offerings like sun-dried tomato and feta and jalapeño—the new Pete’s location will also offer a robust coffee program from Look Alive Coffee, a local, Burg’-based roaster.

The 326 square-foot building will boast a walk-up window and outdoor seating in addition to its drive-thru.

The Tampa Bay Times says that Pete’s newest bagel shop will open in January 2024.

The historic gas station is currently owned by former councilman and St. Pete developer Robert Blackmon, although it’s occupied the corner of 4th St. S and 25th Ave. since 1926. The southside's Standard Oil service station already has its local historic landmark status—which was granted by St. Pete City Council earlier this year— but Pete's General says it's striving for national historic designation, too.

Alongside its soon-to-open drive-thru, Pete’s also operates cafes in St. Pete’s Grand Central District ( 2361 1st Ave. S) and a newly-opened location in Ybor City at 1804 E 4th Ave.

Pete’s Ybor, from the minds behind Pete's Bagels, soft opens in Tampa next week: Once the team really settles in, Pete’s will start to do charcuterie boards, plus beer and wine.

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Kyla Fields

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Kyla Fields is the Managing Editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, four-year-old rescue mutt named Piña.

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