SEMINOLE HEIGHTS - Owners of a proposed German-style deli and tavern won initial approval from the city council Thursday to sell beer and wine. A final vote is scheduled Feb. 5. ...more

January 28, 2009

A proposed Sangria's restaurant needs approval from the city's Architectural Review Commission before its owners can remodel and enlarge a former auto repair shop. ...more

November 5, 2008

On most days, Ramon Hugo Sanchez can be found behind the counter at Hugo's, the South Howard Avenue restaurant that his parents started in 1975. ...more

August 13, 2008

A Hillsborough Avenue gas station owner has moved a step closer to beer and wine sales. ...more

February 13, 2008

Columbia Restaurant owner Richard Gonzmart thought he was blessed in 2006 when someone returned a stolen bronze bust of his mother about a month after it vanished from outside the landmark Ybor City restaurant. ...more

February 5, 2008

Saturday, an employee of the Columbia Restaurant discovered that the 80-pound hollow sculpture of Richard Gonzmart's mother, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, was gone from its sidewalk pedestal. Someone had wrenched the likeness of the restaurant family's matriarch from the marble where it had been bolted and welded after another theft in December 2005. ...more

February 4, 2008

Evos, the health-conscious fast-food restaurant, is scheduled to open its fourth Tampa Bay-area location - and second franchise store - near the University of South Florida on Sunday. ...more

December 13, 2007

UNIVERSITY AREA - Evos, the health-conscious fast-food restaurant, is scheduled to open its fourth Tampa Bay area location – and second franchise store – near the University of South Florida on Sunday. ...more

December 11, 2007

For the holiday season, the city is offering a little free parking. Effective Saturday and ending Dec. 31, parking meter fees in Ybor City are suspended, an estimated $21,000 hit to city coffers. ...more

November 30, 2007