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Mel’s Hot Dogs now has a ‘free beer and ice cream’ happy hour
Hot dogs and beer, a timeless love story.
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Breeze Airways launches new nonstop flights from Tampa to Key West
The flight will be offered four times a week.
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Loud, Brooklyn dance-pop duo Sleigh Bells is coming to Tampa this summer
The band’s new ‘Bunky Becky Birthday Boy’ is due April 4 via Mom+Pop Music.
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Rock & Brews in Lutz will soon be replaced by a Portillo’s
The Rock & Brews building will be demolished to make way for hot dogs.
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After nearly 24 years, Rob Lorei is stepping down as host of WEDU’s ‘Florida This Week’
The revered Tampa journalist also revealed a cancer diagnosis.
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Florida Democrats call on Trump to reconsider NOAA budget cuts
“Slashing the workforces at NWS and NOAA cripples their ability to warn and protect the public, endangering millions of Americans…”
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Pasta Packs hosts ravioli-making classes, lunch service and more at new Water Street pop-up
You can still pick up freshly-made pasta from its South Tampa headquarters, too.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening March 6-13
Including Gary Clark Jr., Reggae Rise Up, Florida Strawberry Festival, CAMPground and more.
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Tampa best DJs are doing 90-minute ‘Over Easy’ breakfast sets starting this weekend
DJ Casper kicks the series off this weekend at WeVegan cafe in South Tampa.
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Florida’s first Pepper Lunch location opens in Tampa Bay this weekend
The chain currently has over 500 locations across 15 countries.
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GloRilla will play free Tampa concert as part of NCAA Women’s Final Four
The entire day features a plethora of events free to attend
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‘An attack on democracy itself’: Florida civil, voting rights groups condemn DeSantis’ push to restrict ballot initiatives
Majorities of Florida voters supported both amendments 3 and 4, but they needed 60% supermajorities to pass.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis’ latest goal: repeal gun safety measures enacted after Parkland
“The free state of Florida has not exactly led the way on protecting Second Amendment rights,” he said.
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Tampa artist Nneka Jones among top award winners at Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
The festival gives out a total of $92,000 in prize money, making it one of the highest paying juried art festivals in the Southeast.
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Florida bill would require public schools to show anti-abortion ‘Baby Olivia’ video in classrooms
“This is not science. This is not what we teach in school.”
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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening February 27-March 3
Driven by Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Strawberry Festival and the Clearwater Sea-Blues Fest.
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Tampa’s Fentrice Driskell doesn’t see any ‘cracks’ in Florida GOP’s ‘armor’ as ’the 2025 session commences
Top House Democrat begins next week with just 33 members in her caucus.
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Downtown Tampa’s Melting Pot Social will close this weekend
The downtown Tampa location originally opened in May of 2023, and focused on a more bar-centric dining experience.
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Dems call for ‘full investigation’ amid growing assault scandal involving Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills
“The Florida Democratic Party is calling for a continued investigation into both Mills’s actions and the inaction of the interim U.S. Attorney.”
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Ybor City’s Casa Santo Stefano invites Tampa to binge eat ahead of Lent
The Columbia sibling concept stages a Sicilian ‘Carnevale’ through March 4.