Rum aficionados will flock to Ybor City during the next few days to sip and judge the world's finest brands. ...more

March 26, 2009

What's in a name? Apparently a lot when it comes to restaurants. When they bought a former Greek-style restaurant at the corner of Pinellas Avenue and Athens Street, Eddie and Madeline Rodriguez simply changed its name from The Olympia to La Olympia. After four years, however, the couple decided merely substituting "la," the feminine form of the definite article "the" in Spanish, wasn't communicating to potential customers the nature of the food they are serving. So it was out with La Olympia and hello, Latin Flavor Delights. ...more

March 7, 2009

TAMPA — On any other morning, Mike Wasp would have been serving eggs and coffee to the neighborhood regulars who wandered into Nuevo Café. ...more

July 10, 2008