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Brocato’s Sandwich Shop, Tampa, FL

June 29, 2011
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A friend emailed me a link to an April 26, 2011 article in the New York Times Dining & Wine section by John T. Edge, In Tampa, the Street Food That Crawled From the Sea, and asked if I’d ever eaten at the Brocato’s reviewed in the article and, if not, did I want to [...]

A new St. Pete breakfast option

May 5, 2011

SADLY, ISLAND SEAFOOD MARKET & BISTRO IS NO MORE–IT WAS A CASUALTY OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA AND CONCEPT THOUGH. IT WILL BE MISSED Island Seafood Market & Bistro (Inkwatu review; Island Seafood website; 2057 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33713, 727-821-8181) has new hours: Tues – Thursday 7AM – 3PM [...]

Lucky Star Hong Kong Style Chinese Restaurant

May 27, 2010
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If you’re in the mood for authentic Cantonese on the St. Pete side of the bay there’s really only two places: ABC Seafood, reviewed earlier in Inkwatu, and the Lucky Star Hong Kong Style Chinese Restaurant (4175 66th Street North, St Petersburg, FL 33709-4915; 727-381-8888‎; map). On the Tampa side of the bay, my favorite [...]

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Organic produce and fresh fish shopping in St. Pete.

March 8, 2010
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Comments are often where the most interesting content is in a blog. I especially enjoy comments which are questions such as a recent one that asked how to find good produce locally. It prompted me to create an answer, which I posted as an answering comment, that summed up my favorite places for local produce. [...]

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Island Seafood Market & Bistro

August 15, 2009
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NOTE ISLAND SEAFOOD’S NEW HOURS: Tues – Thursday 7AM – 3PM Friday 7AM – 10PM Saturday 7AM – 3PM Open for Dinner Saturday by *Reservation Only* AMBERJACK PHILLY CHEESE SANDWICH   SADLY, ISLAND SEAFOOD MARKET & BISTRO IS NO MORE–IT WAS A CASUALTY OF THE DIFFICULT ECONOMY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA AND CONCEPT THOUGH. [...]

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Dockside Dave’s

April 22, 2009

GROUPER FRITTERS AND BLACKENED GROUPER SANDWICH This is the place I take out-of-town guests to impress them with the quality of local seafood: Dockside Dave’s! It’s in my personal top 10 favorite places to eat in the Tampa Bay area. PART OF MADEIRA BEACH DOCKSIDE DAVE’S INTERIOR Why? Well… the grouper is locally caught the [...]

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4th Street Shrimp Store

April 8, 2009

click here for larger image The 4th Street Shrimp Store, which has a first rate website complete with menus and history and photos, is one of those places that’s all dolled up like a tourist trap but isn’t really: it serves pretty good seafood and is crowded with locals at all times. It is a [...]

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Hook’s Sushi Bar and Thai Food

March 25, 2009

click here for larger image If you look back over the different Inkwatu food posts, you’ll notice three St. Pete restaurants I’ve covered that have sushi bars: 2009/01/31: BKK Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar 2008/09/13: The King and I 2008/05/10: Ichiban Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Today’s post, Hook’s Sushi Bar and Thai Food, adds [...]

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German bread, pastries, and very fresh fish

March 11, 2009

(Note: all the pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr;just click on the images you see here.)   There are three booths at the St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market that I didn’t cover in my earlier post about the market. These vendors have become important mainstays of my weekly shopping (the market [...]

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BKK Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar

January 31, 2009

click here for larger image SPICY LIME GROUPER One of the most convincing reviews I ever read once was, “Just go!” I’m going to quote that author here regard the BKK Thai Restaurant (5267 Park St. N., Pinellas, Florida 33709; 727-545-1781): “Just go!” BKK is the designation for the Bangkok airport. The last time I [...]

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ABC Chinese Seafood Restaurant

January 10, 2009

SIGN AT ABC SEAFOOD After having been totally spoiled from my years in Tampa with access to China Yuan, one of the first questions I asked upon moving to St. Pete was, Where’s your most authentic Chinese restaurant. At that time, an extremely authentic St. Pete Chinese restaurant (Lucky Star) was still out of business [...]

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Mid Peninsula Seafood Market and Restaurant

December 12, 2008

CLICK HERE TO SEE IMAGE ON FLICKR   It’s a good sign you’re in for ol’ time Florida fried seafood if your table has paper placemats featuring a map of Florida. That’s the Mid Peninsula Seafood Market and Restaurant (400 49th St. S., St Petersburg, FL 33707; 727-327-8309). Almost all Google reviews agree that fried [...]

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N. E. Taylor Boatworks

October 25, 2008

N. E. Taylor Boatworks In our last post, “Escape to Tahiti,” we began a theme about escaping from the cares of every day life. We continue that today with a look at the N. E. Taylor Boatworks in Cortez, Florida (4628 119th St. W., Cortez, Florida, 34215; 941-794-2802). This is where the big boats go, [...]

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