My Downtown Tampa

As you enter the University Club atop the Tampa City Center, a large oak paneled foyer, serviced by brass trimmed elevators, connotes the ambiance of a traditional English club. A spacious reception area features comfortable furniture for relaxation and conversation. A number of accessories and a console date from the original [...]

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[ November 20, 2008; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. ] Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon.

2008 marks the 14th anniversary for annual hunger luncheon to be held again in downtown Tampa’s Lykes Gaslight Park (map).

Over a thousand guests share in a simple meal of soup and bread that signifies the plight [...]

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[ November 7, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. November 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. November 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. November 28, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. December 5, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. December 12, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. December 19, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Head down to Lykes Gaslight Square Park (map) for Tampa’s newest farmer’s market.

The open-air market features locally grown fruits and vegetables, arts and crafts and other specialty items.

The mission of the Tampa Downtown Market is to serve as a community-gathering place where local farmers, producers, and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products to [...]

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The mission of the Tampa Downtown Market is to serve as a community-gathering place where local farmers, producers, and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products to generate a sense of local pride and further the economic development of Downtown Tampa.
About Friday Market:
The vision of the Tampa Downtown Market is to provide local residents [...]

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Last month we told you that Five Guys and Jasmine Thai were coming to SkyPoint, and that there were rumors of a couple other restaurants.
Now Realtor Lenny Gurvich confirms that in addition to burgers and beers, you will soon be able to get sushi and Mexican there:
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James Devito (owner of Taps) will open 2600 sqft [...]

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Taps is known for their extensive list of beers, but they have food too. The St. Pete Times food critic Laura Reilly recently visited, and gave the restaurant an overall 2.5 stars out of 4.
Food (2/4): The food, in a mostly supporting role, is very competent, sometimes tipping into squarely delicious.
Service (2/4):  Taps can be [...]

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The Downtown Partnership is asking the city to allow food sales at Gaslight Square for an outdoor fresh market.
If all goes as planned, a weekly market will be at Lykes Gaslight Square Park beginning October 24:
“I want to offer on Fridays a really cool event for people who are working downtown,” said Tiffany Ferrecchia, who [...]

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New Heights Magazine is reporting that Five Guys Burgers and Jasmine Thai have both signed leases at Skypoint:
Five Guys Burgers and Fries and Jasmine Thai are both reported to have signed leases to join Taps Wine & Beer Merchants as first floor restaurants in the Skypoint Condominiums skyscraper…
Unconfirmed rumors also suggest that Skypoint may host [...]

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You may remember the downtown Tampa Lucky Dill was having difficulties making lease payments last November, and it looks as if it caught up with them. After missing rent payments in August and September, the Lucky Dill was evicted.

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[ March 16, 2008; 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. ] From the Henry B. Plant Museum:
PICNIC IN THE PARK

Henry B. Plant Museum invites the community to bring lunch, coolers, chairs and blankets to enjoy an old fashioned picnic in Plant Park on Sunday, March 16 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Relax under the shade of the Desoto oak tree in the old gardens of [...]

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