Colin Wolf

Mar 26, 2025 | cltampa.com | Colin Wolf

By Colin Wolf on Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 4:00 pm OPENINGS/CLOSINGSTampa hot chicken restaurant King of the Coop is taking over Seminole Heights’ Nebraska Mini-Mart space Tampa Bay’s King of Nashville hot chicken is coming home to roost. Earlier this week, King of the Coop announced plans to move into the space where Nebraska Mini-Mart is closing at the end of March. In a social media post, King of the Coop founder and chef Joe Dodd called the move a homecoming.

Mar 21, 2025 | cltampa.com | Colin Wolf

By Colin Wolf on Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 4:00 pm OPENINGS/CLOSINGSTampa hot chicken restaurant King of the Coop is taking over Seminole Heights’ Nebraska Mini-Mart space Tampa Bay’s King of Nashville hot chicken is coming home to roost. Earlier this week, King of the Coop announced plans to move into the space where Nebraska Mini-Mart is closing at the end of March. In a social media post, King of the Coop founder and chef Joe Dodd called the move a homecoming.

Mar 14, 2025 | cltampa.com | Colin Wolf

OPENINGS/CLOSINGSRock & Brews in Lutz will soon be replaced by a Portillo'sKISS-themed chain restaurant Rock & Brews debuted in Lutz back in 2020, and since then you could argue that it has indeed rock and rolled all night (well, until midnight on Saturdays) and partied every day (even on Sundays). But those Crazy Crazy Nights are coming to an end.

Mar 13, 2025 | cltampa.com | Colin Wolf

By Colin Wolf on Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 3:37 pm The popular TECO Line Streetcar will remain free, at least for the next year. In 6-1 vote, the Tampa's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board approved funding on Thursday to keep the streetcar free for the fiscal year of 2025. “The Streetcar has been a very successful program,” says CRA Board Member Alan Clendenin, who made the motion to approve the funding. “People spend way too much money on transportation.

Mar 13, 2025 | cltampa.com | Colin Wolf

By Colin Wolf on Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 12:05 pm Tampa Bay has a lot of happy hours, but until now none of them were specifically geared towards sophisticated afterwork crowds who enjoy an encased meat with their beer. Starting today, East Tampa culinary institution Mel's Hot Dogs is launching a new happy hour, where diners can either score a free beer or a free scoop of ice cream with the purchase of any hot dog basket.