New restaurants opening in Tampa Bay
In the 30 days to Nov 9, we logged 228 new restaurant and bar leads across Tampa Bay, Sarasota & Lakeland: 202 new food, building, and sign permits and plan reviews, and 6 researched openings.
Coming soon to Tampa Bay
Coco's In the Heights
Handmade devil crab and palomillo steak sandwiches are coming to the old Nebraska Mini Mart, where Coco's at 40th Street owners Carlos Carrillo and Adam Hendricks are building a 'Havana nights' room with a 50-seat bar and a more elevated Cuban menu.
Graze Ballast Point
House-made waffles and the 1910 Burger with its namesake sauce are coming to Ballast Point, where Raymond and Lauren Menendez are opening a third Graze, the breakfast-all-day spot that started inside Armature Works, with a patio and bar seats.
The Black Palm
Back-to-back Stanley Cup coach Jon Cooper is backing The Black Palm, which takes over the old C House corner at Florida Ave and Paris St, a room where everything on the menu once started with the letter C, with Ciccio Restaurant Group handling the buildout.
Just opened
Lucky Cup Coffee Co. at The Factory
A Banana Bread latte made with house-made banana syrup and cinnamon has arrived at The Factory: April Lupkey and Lauren Kirk's Lucky Cup, which started in the Galaxy Hotel lobby, opens its second cafe in the Warehouse Arts District, with craft beer and wine…
Drifters Feel Good Food
Two-ounce Angus sliders, up to a peanut butter cheeseburger, plus fresh-cut fries and funnel cake: Sea Isle City's lifeguard-founded boardwalk staple, Drifters, has washed up on W Platt Street.
Blush Social
A 21+ speakeasy tucked inside Safety Harbor's historic St. James Hotel, where early diners keep singling out the spinach artichoke flatbread and the Smoke & Mirrors cocktail is made with Buffalo Trace - the second spot from the Blush Wine Room team in Wesley…
New restaurant leads in Tampa Bay: filed in the last 30 days
The earliest signals: liquor applications and new food, building, and sign permits, often months before any press. Names of filings from the last two weeks, plus every address and record, are for subscribers.
| Filed | Stage | Where | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Zephyrhills | T•••••• S•••••• C••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Bradenton | L•••• Q•••••• Sr |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Sarasota | G•••••• S•••••• M•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Bradenton | M•••• B••••• R•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Bradenton | C•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Sarasota | E••• A•• B•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Sarasota | A••• De E••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Sarasota | G••• C•••• B•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Holmes Beach | J••• W••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Bradenton | W••••• S••••• T•••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Holmes Beach | A••••• C•••• R•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Sarasota | P•••••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Venice | S•••• H•••• |
| Nov 8 | Pre-opening inspection | Venice | S•••• N•••••• B•• |
This month's leads include Tampa, Brandon, Brooksville, Spring Hill, Springhill, Weeki Wachee, Seminole Heights, Ballast Point, South Tampa, Zephyrhills, Bradenton, Sarasota, Holmes Beach, Venice, Milton.
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Questions
How do you find new restaurants in Tampa Bay before they open?
We read the public record every day: state liquor license applications (often months before opening), county health and city building permits (weeks before), local press, and a daily web sweep. Duplicates are merged and the substantive leads are researched against the venue's own site and press.
How many new restaurants are opening in Tampa Bay?
In the 30 days to Nov 9, we logged 228 new restaurant and bar leads across Tampa Bay, Sarasota & Lakeland: 202 new food, building, and sign permits and plan reviews, and 6 researched openings. Not every filing becomes a restaurant, which is why the researched openings are listed separately.
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