
Michelle Stark
Assistant Editor, Life & Culture at Tampa Bay Times
Journalist (writer/editor) at @TB_Times / @TBTimesFood 🍽️ Reach me at [email protected]
Articles
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1 week ago |
tampabay.com | Michelle Stark
With oodles of space to develop and lots of projects underway, the north Sarasota/south Lakewood Ranch area is booming. There’s more on the horizon, too. Chef Chris Ponte is bringing two of his Tampa Bay concepts further south: On Swann and Olivia are both set to debut at the sprawling University Town Center by 2026.
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2 weeks ago |
flamboroughtoday.com | Michelle Stark
I grew up in Waterdown, back when it still felt like a small town. Before the growth, before the big box stores—when village businesses were closed on Sundays and cornfields bordered the schoolyard where I played. These days, I live on a small farm about 15 minutes outside of town, where my husband and I keep Shetland sheep, a few hives of honeybees, curly-feathered Sebastopol geese, and, according to him, “way too many” chickens.
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2 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Michelle Stark
ST. PETERSBURG — If you frequent businesses around town, you’ll see them all over: listed as the blend for the coffee at Pete’s General, in the espresso martinis at the new seafood spot Cheeky’s, in the cold brew at Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails. Look Alive Coffee’s funky skull logo has popped up in Tampa at Willa’s and Little Tina, and in Largo at the coffee shop Swell. If you haven’t noticed the brand before, you’re about to.
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2 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Michelle Stark
The 1990s are back. And not just in the flared-leg fashions of your Gen Z coworker. The easy-drinking cocktails of that decade are also making a return at local bars. The espresso martini paved the way, popping up on bar menus a couple of years ago. Its resurgence shows no signs of slowing down.
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2 weeks ago |
centrotampabay.com | Gabrielle Calise |Michelle Stark
Los calurosos y pegajosos días del verano de Florida están aquí, y ya es hora de sumergirse en agua refrescante. No todos estamos bendecidos con una piscina en el jardín o con amigos que viven en complejos de apartamentos de lujo con comodidades en la azotea. Pero no hace falta ser turista para darse un chapuzón en resorts y hoteles en toda la región de Tampa Bay.
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