Restaurants

Mayor's Food Truck Fiesta Nov. 2

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011, 3:21pm

Tampa, FL -- Mayor Bob Buckhorn will kick off the inaugural Mayor's Food Truck Fiesta, tomorrow, Nov. 2, at Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa.

The fiesta will be held the first Wednesday of every month at lunchtime from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature different food trucks each month. According to the City of Tampa, the idea of the food truck rally came about after Buckhorn attended the one in Hyde Park earlier in the year.

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'Wine, Women & Shoes' to benefit Children's Dream Fund

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Friday, October 21st, 2011, 1:01pm

'Wine, Women & Shoes' to benefit Children's Dream Fund

Tampa, FL -- A nationally recognized two-day event is coming to Tampa Bay on Oct. 27 and 28 that will bring together West Coast wineries with the latest in fashion.

'Wine, Women & Shoes' centers around the careful art of wine and shoe pairing. West Coast wineries will travel to Tampa Bay to showcase their wine collections at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, including B Cellars, Villa San Juliette, Old Bridge Cellars, Santa Barbara Collection Quintessential Wines, Cultivate Wines, Layer Cake and vin Parfait.

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Mema's Alaskan Tacos closes

Submitted by Preston Rudie, Reporter

Saturday, October 15th, 2011, 4:59pm

Tampa, FL -- An Ybor City staple has closed its doors. Mema's Alaskan Tacos, located at 1724 E. 8^th Ave, is no longer in business.

Mema's website does not mention anything about closing, but a voice recording that greets callers when dialing the store's number says they are now closed.

What will you miss most about Mema's? What was your favorite dish?

Below is the story of how Mema's got started from their website:

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Daddy-Daughter night at Citrus Park Chick-fil-A

Submitted by Susan Wilson, Assignment Editor

Saturday, October 15th, 2011, 8:13am

Daddy-Daughter night at Citrus Park Chick-fil-A

Tampa, Florida - The 32 Chick-fil-A® restaurants in the Tampa Bay area will host a "Date Night" for fathers and daughters on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Seatings are available every hour, and reservations are required.

Beginning Saturday, Oct. 1, customers can visit daddydaughterdate.com/tampastpete to make a reservation.

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Friday Market Downtown

Submitted by Leslie Farrell, Community Blogger

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, 11:47am

As I headed over from the Straz Center to meet a friend for a drink at Indigo Coffee on Frankln and Twiggs on Friday, I was stunned to see what the Friday Market has become.

Well, to be honest, I'm not real sure what it used to be...but I doubt it started out as it is now! I'd heard it was kind of a smallish farmers market, and was excited that I was at last stumbling into it since it happened to bump up alongside Indigo. (I hadn't even realized it would be happening that day. Sad to say, I work downtown, but rarely venture out.)

There are now so many vendors, I couldn't even see where it all ended! Because I arrived before my friend, I wandered over to talk to a vendor selling organic cotton totes and environmentally friendly, perfectly safe drink containers, with early holiday shopping on my mind. I could see she had a lot of treasures to be discovered in her booth.

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Fight cancer by "Dining for Life"

Submitted by Preston Rudie, Reporter

Friday, October 7th, 2011, 10:08am

Tampa, FL -- The Columbia Restaurant and Moffitt Cancer Center are teaming up to fight cancer with "Dining for Life." During the campaign, which runs through Nov. 6, Columbia costumers can make a donation which will then be matched by the restaurant.

The campaign was extented from October to coincide with the anniversary weekend of his 10th annual "Richard's Run for Life" 5K, taking place on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in Ybor City's Centennial Park with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting the adolescent and young adult (AYA) initiative for sarcoma research at Moffitt Cancer Center.

For more information, see www.richardsrunforlife.org

For more information about the "Dining for Life" campaign, please visit www.InsideMoffitt.com/Giving.

Below is a release sent out promoting the event:

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Tampa Bay Food & Wine Experience postponed

Submitted by Kristin Weber, Web Producer, 10News In Your Neighborhood

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 3:50pm

Tampa Bay Food & Wine Experience postponed

Tampa, FL -- If you're like me and are wondering why you were refunded for the Tampa Bay Food & Wine Experience it seems that due to a permitting issue that would prevent organizers from setting up in time, the event was postponed.

The new date for the festival will be Feb. 17 & 18 at Curtis Hiixon Park in downtown Tampa.

If you purchased a ticket through Groupon you should have automatically received a refund to your account. If you purchased a ticket through the festival's website, the ticket is good for the new event date. However, if you would like a refund, you can email them at cheers@savor-events.com.

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