New coffee business in Pasco doesn’t pause for coronavirus

LAND O’ LAKES — The calendar wasn’t kind to Aroma Joe’s. The opening of the New England-based chain’s first store in the Tampa Bay area came three months later than planned, and it coincided with the start of Pasco public schools’ spring break....

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The Epicurean Hotel has 100 vacant rooms, so it’s offering gourmet grocery pickup

TAMPA — There are 100 vacant rooms at the Epicurean Hotel this week. That means just 37 are filled and a lot of the staff has been called off work. It also means the Epicurean has lots of extra toilet paper. Eggs, too. So, the hotel’s operators at....

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Tampa Bay restaurants and bars launch fundraising campaigns to help out-of-work staff

The effort is part of a growing response from the local culinary community still grappling with the unprecedented crisis currently facing the restaurant and hospitality world. Following orders by.... 

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