Restaurants

Thanksgiving will look a little different for many people this year. If your typical large gathering has been nixed due to COVID, maybe take the day off and do takeout

Mandola’s Italian Kitchen is a new restaurant concept from Damian Mandola and Paul Avery, the team behind the success of Carrabba’s Italian Grill in the 1990s. Today’s consumer is different,

►The Terrace Hotel, in downtown Lakeland at 329 E. Main St., was purchased for $7.25 million by a group of five local investors that include former city commissioner Edie Yates,

Caretta on the Gulf is a celebrated four-diamond restaurant located within the Sandpearl Resort on Clearwater Beach. Simply put, it sets the standard for fine dining in Tampa Bay. The

►Tampa-based SoFresh, an emerging, fresh casual restaurant that serves nutritious, made-to-order healthy meals, expanded its franchise business and is scheduled to open three new Florida locations this year, the first

Michael Klauber and Philip Mancini’s celebrated restaurant in Sarasota has been a mecca for discriminating diners for three decades. While styles and tastes have changed over the years, Michael’s on

Richard Gonzmart’s newest restaurant, Casa Santo Stefano, pays tribute to the Sicilian immigrants who helped establish Ybor City in the late 1800s. The concept for the restaurant has been in

Tucked away, in a little shopping center near the bedroom community of Safety Harbor, is an unassuming place called the Little Lamb Gastropub. By the name of the place, you

► Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, a AAA Five-Diamond oceanfront resort in northeast Florida, engaged St. Petersburg-based Paradise Advertising and Marketing to publicize and promote its renovation project to global

Mise en Place, a French term for “everything in its place,” is a great description of the high standards and expectations of the restaurant of the same name. From its

►Belleair Road Car Wash opened near U.S. Highway 19, on Belleair Road in Clearwater, behind Dick Morris Buick GMC. ►Hoots, a fast-casual restaurant chain affiliated with the Hooters brand, opened

Nestled on West Bay Drive, just before heading to the beaches on the Belleair bridge, is a steak, sushi and seafood gem. Baystar Restaurant Group owner, Frank Chivas, previously occupied