Food & Drink

Weekend Platter: Taste of Honey, Hurricane Relief FUNdraiser and more

Not sure how to hang with food and drink this weekend? We’ve got some ideas.

by Angelina Bruno September 22, 2017August 17, 2023

Not sure how to hang with food and drink this weekend? We’ve got some ideas.

Food & Drink

Tap that: Celebrate IPA Day and Mead Day this week(end)

What to drink and where to go to get holiday deals on mead and IPAs.

by Carlynn Crosby August 4, 2016August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

Weekend Platter: Summer Plant Festival, St. Pete Pride and more

Eating and drinking before Pride, perusing a two-day plant sale and other weekend events await.

by Angelina Bruno June 24, 2016August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

GoFundMe created to help Black Fox Meadery owner

Fans and friends of Black Fox’s Bob Lasseter are donating to support his cancer fight and meadery.

by Meaghan Habuda February 9, 2016June 24, 2025

Food & Drink

Weekend Platter: You, mead, cider & more

Jazz with brunch, chili recipes face off and more during these weekend food and drink events.

by Meaghan Habuda February 5, 2016August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

Friday release party to launch Green Bench mead, cider program

Green Bench Brewing’s rotating taps will highlight multiple ciders and meads Friday in St. Pete.

by Meaghan Habuda January 20, 2016March 28, 2023

Food & Drink

Update: Breweries, more local drinks confirmed for Localtopia

St. Pete’s Localtopia has added newer breweries, a distillery and other drink makers to its lineup.

by Meaghan Habuda January 19, 2016August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

On the Sauce: Out with the Old cocktail

Consider this gin and mead mashup, inspired by the French 75, to celebrate the new year.

by Chris Fasick December 30, 2015August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

Final Holiday Auction week offers dinner packages & more

Packages to feast upon, more beer for a year and other one-of-a-kind CL Holiday Auction items.

by Meaghan Habuda December 11, 2015January 14, 2025

Food & Drink

Food fiestas up for grabs during third Holiday Auction round

New World pizza, Hablo Taco bites and more are featured in the third week of CL’s Holiday Auction.

by Meaghan Habuda December 4, 2015August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

A Movable Fest: St. Pete next stop for Shelton Brothers festival

The Festival will draw 80-plus worldly cider, beer and mead makers to St. Pete’s Coliseum in fall.

by Meaghan Habuda June 29, 2015June 16, 2025

Food & Drink

Drink More Wine: Give mead a chance

A look at honey wine, an ancient drink that’s experiencing a revival.

by Jon Palmer Claridge June 26, 2015August 1, 2025

Food & Drink

Mad Beach Brewing hosts Brew Year’s Eve with releases

Ring in the New Year with Mad Beach Craft Brewing beverages. There’s a pizza feast involved.

by Meaghan Habuda December 4, 2014December 2, 2024

Food & Drink

Small sips: Hidden Springs finds a home, Cigar City Cider opens

Tampa’s Hidden Springs Ale Works and Cigar City Cider and Mead have the latest in drink news.

by Meaghan Habuda November 15, 2014May 19, 2025

Food & Drink

The locals’ laboratory

Cigar City Cider and Mead will involve the community in its creative process.

by Meaghan Habuda June 6, 2014June 18, 2025

News & Views

Tampa Bay’s mead maker

Palm Harbor’s Bob Lasseter hopes to open the area’s first meadery.

by Christian Crider February 6, 2014February 1, 2024

Food & Drink

Toast to the nectar of the gods

Saturday, Aug. 3, is National Mead Day.

by Arielle Stevenson August 2, 2013January 22, 2025

Food & Drink

Need for mead

Called the nectar of the gods by ancients, honey wine is worth a taste.

by Sean Nordquist April 10, 2013August 3, 2023

Food & Drink

Cajun Cafe on the Bayou does Lambics up right

by Carol Dekkers August 7, 2012August 3, 2023

Food & Drink

Honey, honey: Mead making 101 (videos)

How to make honey wine at home.

by Katie Machol Simon October 4, 2011July 21, 2025