Cigar enthusiasts and history buffs will unite Saturday in Ybor City for the 11th annual Cigar Heritage Festival, where master cigar makers Wallace and Margarita Reyes will try to break the world record for longest cigar. ...more

November 16, 2009

Yes, the chain known for quite upscale items and genuflecting customer service is opening up a "Nordstrom Rack" location at the Walters Crossing complex at I-275 and North Dale Mabry Highway. It will be a next door neighbor to the Home Depot and across the way from Fresh Market. ...more

August 5, 2009

The company behind Outback Steakhouse and Carraba's restaurant won Pasco County's approval Thursday for three new buildings at a plaza that has been largely dormant for a year or more. ...more

June 26, 2009

Don't be deterred from adventure when dining. Try unusual food, even if it means prying open shellfish. ...more

January 26, 2009

Is it just me, or do the fruits and veggies you grow yourself taste WAY better than the produce you get at the store? Even the (forgive me 'cause I love ya, Fresh Market, really I do) organic stuff. ...more

November 30, 2008

'TOP CHEF' STOP I used to worry that I wrote too much about the Bravo show "Top Chef." Perhaps that worry was unnecessary. ...more

September 24, 2008

Gourmet grocer The Fresh Market is a prospective tenant. So is Lifestyle Family Fitness. ...more

July 27, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - You can't beat the heat, especially if you're green and leafy. Greater New Port Richey Main Street has announced that in order to prevent wilted vegetables and people, its Downtown Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m. through noon beginning this Saturday, July 12. This schedule will run through Sept. 6. ...more

July 12, 2008

NUKE THAT PIE Microwave ovens usually turn the texture of bread into something akin to a baseball glove. Tough. Chewy. Disgusting. Which explains why we were surprised to find that the new California Pizza Kitchen Sicilian-style thin-crust pizza serving for one tasted like, well, pizza. We're very much in favor of food that tastes like it should. We tried the DiGiorno version, too, but liked CPK's better. Cost: $3.29. ...more

May 21, 2008

The status of resurfacing North Dale Mabry Highway between Waters and Fletcher avenues is on the mind of German Jordan. ...more

May 3, 2008