The dining room of a restaurant is decorated for the holidays, featuring wooden tables and booths where patrons are seated. A server in a red shirt stands near the center attending to customers, while the room is lit by pendant lights wrapped in greenery. Festive touches include a Christmas tree with ornaments, a red "Santa MAIL" box in the foreground, and wreaths hanging on decorative wall window frames.
Credit: The Copper Kettle, St. Pete Beach / Facebook

Fans of breakfast at The Frog Pond are bound to like its predecessor a brunch.

The Copper Kettle celebrated its grand opening on Dec. 6 at 7390 Gulf Blvd. in St. Pete Beach. The Frog Pond moved out of that spot after being destroyed by Hurricane Helene last year, but has since opened two locations in St. Pete Beach and Redington Beach.

The Copper Kettle is owned by Alex Victorero, The Frog Pond’s manager of eleven years. He and his wife and co-owner, Nikki, are keeping the comfort breakfast food tradition alive with an extensive breakfast and brunch menu including seven egg omelets, platters, waffles, bennedicts, quiche, crepes, smashburgers, sandwiches and much more.

The Copper Kettle is open from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sundays. Follow its Facebook and Instagram for updates.

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This article appears in Dec. 11 – 17, 2025.

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...