Creative Loafing Tampa — May 16, 2024

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Corazon at Hyatt Place

MANGO-JALAPENO MARGARITA

Council Oak

at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Tres Generaciones Anejo, Cointreau, Louis XIII, Black Lava

Salt, Fresh Cherries, Fresh Pear, Purple Edible Glitter, Sorrell Leaves, Lime

Crafty Squirrel

GUAVA BANA

Hornitos Blanco with guava infused Cointreau, lime, and muddled pineapple

Coyote Ugly

The Dan At Hotel Flor

THE N FLORIDA AVE MARGARITA

El Tesoro, St George Spiced Pear Liquor, Cointreau, Lime, Lemon, Hibiscus syrup

Doodle Noodle Bar

MEXICAN PANDA

Tres Generaciones, Thai-Chili Infused Yuzu Marmalade, Lime, Naranja Liqueur, Chinese Salt

Flor Fina at Hotel Haya

FLOR AGAVE

Tres Generations, Cointreau Noir, Belle de Brillet. Rosemary Honey, Lemon, Hibiscus Liqueur, with Rosemary Sprig and Hibiscus Rim

Fresco’s Waterfront Bistro

SPICY JALAPENO MARGARITA

Hornitos Blanco, Natalie’s Margarita Mix, Fresh Muddled Jalapeño, Simple Syrup

The Galley / Ship’s Hold

THE DEVIL’S KISS

Toasted Coconut & Coconut Oil Washed Espolòn Reposado, Mango/Lime/Habanero Oleo-Saccahrum, Mango Infused Aperol, Cointreau, Mango Juice, Garnished with Mango & Coconut Grand Marnier Gummies

The Helm

Provisions & Coastal Fare

THE OLD SALT

Tres Generaciones Reposado with Watermelon, candied jalapeño, house sour, cointreau, jalapeno simple, salted rim

Hi-Fi Rooftop Bar

At The Fenway Hotel

TROPICAL PRESSURE IN A HEAT WAVE

Mezcal, Jalapeño Simple, Kiwi, Lime with a Dehydrated Kiwi Ancho Rim

Hotel Tampa Riverwalk

SEA FOAM MARGARITA

Tres Generations, Triple Sec, House-made Sour Mix, Lime, Orange Juice, Air Salt Foam Zested lime

Jotoro Fine Mexican Provisions THE TIPSY MONO

Banana Infused El Tesoro Reposado, Chocolate infused Cointreau, Fresh Lime Juice, Fresh OJ, Banana, and Chocolate

Kona Grill PASSION FRUIT MARGARITA

Hornitos Blanco, Cointreau, Passion Fruit Puree, Lime, Simple Syrup, and Tajin

Mother Kombucha

ZERO PROOF COCONUT MARGARITA

Key Lime Agua Bucha, Coconut Milk, Agave, Lime, with Florida Pure Sea Salt rim and Lime + BOOCH-ARITA

Hopped Passion Fruit, Agave, Lime, Grapefruit, with Tajin rim and Dried Grapefruit

Oak & Ola

JOSEFINA

Amaras Mezcal, Red Bell Pepper, Spicy Agave, Lime

Pier Teaki

THE BLUSHING DAISY MARGARITA

Shhhh! It’s a secret recipe

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BLACKBERRY MARGARITA

Tres Generaciones Anjeo, muddled blackberries, Cointreau, with lime and simple syrup

Sal Rosa

BA BA BOOM

Hornitos Reposado, Rosemary, Strawberry Puree, Jalapenos, Lime Juice, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup and Orange Juice

Shaker & Peel

PEACHES BE CRAZY

Ginger infused El Tesoro Reposado with Lime, Giffard Peach, Cointreau, Peach Ginger Simple, and a Honey/Peach/Cinnamon/Lime Foam

St. Pete Distillery

COMO LA FLOR

St. Petersburg Premium Agave Spirit, Spiced Hibiscus, Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice, Housemade Thai Chili Bitters with a Tipplers Air

Tequila Daisy

A perfect blend of El Tesoro blanco, fresh lime juice, and agave syrup topped with a house made blood orange egg white foam and Hawaiian Style Red Alaea Salt

Velvet Gypsy

DON’T MEZ WITH THE GYPSY

Coconut Fat Washed Amaras Mezcal, Ramazotti Orange

Hibiscus Liquor, Pistachio Monin, Saline, Lime, Mole Bitters, with a Toasted Pistachio Topper

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Even President Joe Biden, whose administration sent 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resist invading Rafah—and last Monday a handful of Tampa protesters echoed that sentiment. The action, organized by a coalition of activist groups, started at Gadsden Park and moved to an entrance of MacDill Air Force Base before ending at a nearby McDonald's. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer said there were no police and no incidents. See all the photos and read more via cltampa.com/slideshows.—Ray Roa

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Tampa Bay's best things to do from May 16 - 22

It’s a paw-ty

If there are two things that the city of St. Petersburg loves—it’s craft beer and dogs. One popular brewery that’s been quite successful at combining those two things is celebrating its 8th year in The ‘Burg. Pinellas Ale Works (stylized as “PAW”) hosts an all-day “Bark & Boogie” party filled with specialty beer releases, live music, local vendors, food trucks and a free disco-themed photo booth. A few new drinks folks can expect include PAW’s pineapple and blue raspberry sour, a glitter-infused piña colada seltzer, a tropical fruit-inspired IPA and a peanut butter and jelly amber ale. Besides slinging over 30 craft beers, ciders and seltzers, The brewery—once regarded by chewy.com as the most “Dog-Friendly Brewery in the U.S.”—also hosts a variety of dog-related fundraisers, including its weekly “Yappy Hour” in collaboration with Pet Pal Animal Shelter and various adoption events throughout the year.

Pinellas Ale Works’ 8th Anniversary: Saturday, May 18. Noon-midnight. No cover. Pinellas Ale Works,1962 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg. pawbeer.com —Kyla Fields

Deep dive

To get an understanding of Tampa Bay’s estuaries, you need to do more than wade in the water. Evan Bennett (pictured) does that, and dives in, for a new book, “Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People.” The associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University dedicates the historical examination of the region “To everyone who has worked to save Tampa Bay,” and doesn’t gloss over the people and ideas that have hurt the waters we call home. He also celebrates those working to ensure the estuary’s viability for future generations, and is set to discuss the work this week in a conversation moderated by one of history’s most enlightened Floridians, Gary Mormino. Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People: Tuesday, May 21. 7 p.m. No cover. Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. tombolobooks.com —

Ray Roa

Night at the museum

Next to Best of the Bay, Margarita Wars might be Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s most-lit event. The cocktail showdown, now in its 10th year, moves over to St. Petersburg in 2024 for a night at the museum where two dozen competitors hope that ticket holders crown their creation “Tampa Bay’s Ultimate Margarita.” Ghost Tequila won’t be the only spirit flowing either, since PRP wine and Big Sipz canned cocktails will also be on-site along with Mother Kombucha for the N/A partygoers. Admission includes lite Mexican bites from Saucin’ Wings, unlimited margarita samples, dessert samples from Chef Stef’s Boozy Bakes, margarita-inspired Sunshine City Popcorn, and access to the museum galleries. Live music and a DJ will also keep the party going. Just a handful of participating bars and restaurants include: Pier Tiki, Jotoro, Flor Fina, Hifi Rooftop & Bar, Sal Rosa, Oak & Ola, Coyote Ugly, Crafty Squirrel and St. Petersburg Distillery, plus many others.

Margarita Wars: Friday, May 17. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. $75-$95. The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, 150 Central Ave, St. Petersburg. margaritawarstampabay. com —Ray Roa

Sculpture and song

Lonnie Holley has never played the same song twice. Lizzi Bougatsos revolutionized rock music in the rule-demolishing New York band Gang Gang Dance. Both artists have collaborated in the course of their decade-long friendship, but a new exhibition is a new chapter and showcases their work on a series of new sculptures which amplify the power of found objects. “Every time I come to Florida I feel like I’m a doctor checking up on a patient: rising tides, changing temperatures, increasing population. When I visited last year with Lizzi, we spent a lot of time talking about water and the coastal areas, and realized it was something we both think about deeply,” Holley wrote in a press release. A members-only preview happens on Friday, but Holley and guest curator Viva Vadim conduct two gallery walkthroughs on Saturday. St. Petersburg’s In Between Days listening bar also hosts a session featuring music from Bougatsos and Holley this weekend, while Bougatsos and Vadim have plans to return to the MFA in September.

‘Never the Same Song’ gallery walkthrough w/Lonnie Holley and Viva Vadim: Saturday, May 18. 1:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. Free with museum admission. Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, 255 Beach Dr. NE. St. Petersburg. mfastpete.org —Ray Roa

Big gay fundraiser

Equality Florida, the Sunshine State’s only statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, spends most of its time lobbying, pushing back on Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and organizing, but once a year the group hosts a fundraising gala with its sponsors, community members and supporters. Complete with live entertainment, music from Shevonne, dancing, a silent auction, speeches from keynote speakers, honoring this year’s “Voice for Equality” Award winner, and a buffet dinner, Florida Equality’s annual St. Pete gala is a fancy time for a great cause. In 2023, Equality Florida raised a whopping $880,000 to help continue its advocacy efforts, breaking an almost 30 year-old fundraising record. After hosting its annual gala in St. Pete this week, the nonprofit will continue pushing for transgender equality, fighting for reproductive rights, supporting banned books and more, in addition to hosting other fundraising events throughout the state.

Equality Florida’s St. Pete Gala 2024 : Saturday, May 18. 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. $150 & up. The Coliseum, 535 4th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. eqfl.org —Kyla Fields

Purrfect

After staging the party in St. Petersburg last year, Loving Cats Worldwide—an organization that is driven to support not just the rescue and rehoming of cats, but also spread the gospel of proper cat ownership—brings its big party to Tampa (just leave your cat at home unless they are a registered competitor). Best Kitten, Best Cat, Best Alter and Best Household Pet Kitten and Best Household Pet titles are all up for grabs and up to the discretion of seasoned judges, but the two-day convention also includes exhibitors and breeders, plus local rescues and charities.

Tampa Catstravaganza: Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $20-$25. Tampa Convention Center, 333 S Franklin St., Tampa. lcwwgroup.us —Ray Roa

“Stadium opponents win any conversation about math.”

Unreal city

Atlanta's

Truist Park o ers a taste of slick, corporatized solutions to the Rays stadium ordeal.

By Thomas Hallock

“Unreal city, city full of dreams. Where ghosts in broad daylight cling to passers-by.”—T.S. Eliot

Traffic had stopped dead 12 miles south of the beltway.

My wife Julie and I were driving north to The Battery, the glitzy entertainment district next to Truist Park, the Braves’ new stadium in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta. Truist Park is a Populous product, the same company the Tampa Bay Rays have strong-armed St. Petersburg into using for the Trop site. Every corner of Tampa Bay’s stadium debate has been covered by this point. Every aspect, that is, except the outcome: is this what we even want? Does the end serve what the city most needs? Julie and I drove the seven hours up I-75 to see an equivalent. Mostly, we saw traffic.

We passed historic Turner Field, site of the 1996 Olympics, and home of the Braves until 2017. The map on my dashboard said 15 miles, or 45 minutes. Anyone who knows Atlanta knows the reasons for this crawling pace. And why the Braves hightailed out.

When metro Atlanta planned regional transit in 1971, white folks in two outlying counties (many who had fled the integrating city) voted 4-1 against. The same suburban population, a demographic that happens to like baseball, then grew weary of their sports-commute. So Cobb County officials handed over a $722 million dollar stadium. The relocation was “about moving cars in and around Cobb,” former county Republican Party chair Joe Dendy conceded, “not moving people into Cobb by rail from Atlanta.” (Off record, the language gets worse.)

The deal was both textbook squandering of municipal funds and a slap in the face to Black Atlanta. Since 1970, nationwide, taxpayers have forked over $33 billion for pro sports stadiums.

“It’s math,” say Braves officials, on abandoning Turner Field; the franchise wants to be closer to its fan base. But it’s really math and white flight.

Tampa or Atlanta, I’m still stuck in traffic.

On the drive up, Julie and I listen to that morning’s episode of “The Skinny,” a WMNF news digest hosted by Mitch Perry, Ben Montgomery, and my Creative Loafing Tampa Bay editor Ray Roa. Montgomery has assembled a panel

of stadium skeptics—plus one supporter. The retired Raymond James exec Ron Diner speaks for the opposition group No Home Run, pointing to huge revenue losses for the public under the current plan. Lynn Waddell glosses a League of Women’s Voters report on the lack of transparency; the Rays “have won the World Series of Deals,” Waddell quips.

Chamber of Commerce CEO Chris Steinocher rallies to the defense, offering broad statements about faith in the Free Market (we need to “inspire the city to invest”), dubious claims about the capacity of Pinellas County transit, and Trumpspeak (“the art of this deal …”).

COLUMN

We find a perch at the Terrapin Taproom, by the Chop House Gates. I grab two hazy IPAs. Braves cheerleaders join a drumline to amp up the crowd. Fans count down the opening of the stadium gates on a projected screen. Some mascots arrive: a smiling Home Depot bucket with arms and legs, a humanized paint brush, and a claw tooth hammer nicknamed Hammerin’ Hank. (The real Hank Aaron died in 2021, his statue by the old stadium remains in city limits.) The mascots pose for pictures with kids on an AstroTurf green, under the glass-walled Omni Hotel ($500 a night).

My friends arrive and we go inside. Truist (previously SunTrust) Park is postmodern throwback. Brick facade, steel girders, hunter green seats. All the trappings of an authentic stadium, with a cup holder for every fan.

Stadium opponents win any conversation about math.

By the time we park at The Battery, I am shaking with anxiety. Julie and I stress drink, a

I down my beer and line up for a photo with the corporate tie-ins. I’m a Lowe’s guy, truth be told. As my photo gets shot, the bucket lifts the hat off my head. (Bald joke! Get it?) I josh about the Home Depot competition, asking Orange Bucket if

problem we both have been dealing with. We exit the garage and step into the Disneyfied, pedestrian friendly district. A “sterile shopping-mall,” Los Angeles sports columnist Bill Plaschke said in blasting the complex. Harsh, maybe, though not untrue. Craft beer and cocktails. Quirky diversions. Boutique stores peddling nothing we really need.

he has blue pail friends. Orange Bucket’s painted smile does not change. Not even a shrug. No room for differences of opinion here. (What’s next, tear gas?) I may as well have asked to see past the mirrored façade of the Omni Hotel.

The Battery is nice, I guess. The streets are clean and policed. A K9 sniffs around some taproom tables.

From the upper deck, we watch the sun set. The familiar shapes of a red-dirt diamond and arcing green outfield take on that special luster. First base at Truist Park runs North-South (rather than East-West, a baseball purist would notice.) A line of office parks, sprouting in the distance, almost makes Cobb County feel like a real city. The advertisements light up the deepening sky: Coca-Cola, Delta, Home Depot, Truist Bank, Chick-fil-A.

It’s Jackie Robinson night. The familiar grainy footage screens on the Jumbotron. A mostly white crowd cheers politely, honoring integration in Cobb County’s unofficial monument to re-segregation. Irony heaps on irony. MLB is about high fives and consumption—so why make a fuss?

We raise our beer for the vet who lost his fingers and face in the second Gulf war. The screen shows a photo of his charred Hummer. The crowd stands, applauding the sacrifice from this war for oil (in every way except using less gas). A small sign translates baseball terms into the Cherokee language and syllabary. When Braves catcherTravis d’Arnaud launches a grand slam, the lights dim and the crowd launches into the team’s patently offensive Tomahawk Chop. This is manufactured group-think. An Orwellian nightmare, softened by craft beer.

At Truist Park, a logo-script Atlanta “A” towers over right field. The “A” also serves as a supplementary, sculptured screen. Through most of the game, the “A” projects the Braves’ signature hatchet twine, handle, and stone head. During the national anthem, the “A” waves like an American flag. After the d’Arnaud grand slam (the game winner, it turns out), the “A” blinks out a siren. At one point, no one else saw, but I swear the “A” projected hypnotic spirals, sending a subliminal message to buy a $10 hotdog and another round of beer.

OK. I exaggerate. The strategies are more subtle. The LED lights and blinking screens dish out steady microdoses of dopamine. When continued on page 18

CHOP TO IT: The Battery rises behind Atlanta’s Truist Park.

the action lulls, the system bumps up the volume with pop songs, organ riffs, and energetic announcements, keeping the noise at a steady 90 decibels. Mild, sonic discomfort is followed by adrenal pleasure. All your needs met by CocaCola-Delta-HomeDepot-Truist(formerlySunTrust)-ChikFilA Park.

We have placed all trust for the public good with the corporate sector. I know I’m railing like a prophet from the Torah, but really, how else to explain the negotiation off the rails? How else to describe this bait-and-switch, where civic needs are met with empty commodified pleasures—except by brainwashing? Truist Park is cash-free. I have downloaded the MLB app (which also tracks my location) and in just four hours, my tab has topped $200.

Let’s state the obvious. With its $1.3 billion dollar stadium, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County will make the same mistake twice. Forty years ago, civic leaders and a fawning press pushed through the plan to raze an AfricanAmerican neighborhood and build a domed stadium. Forty years later, elected officials (and the same fawning press) will leverage public debt

to support the same bullshit claims. There will be gains. The Carter Woodson deserves a bigger, better home. The Gas Plant’s history will be told.

But as for real change?

Expect market-tested community, with just enough ghost history to get the deal done. Expect AstroTurf, not grass roots. Mirrored buildings, reflecting back the face of consumption. Expect stories of reconciliation with the past, slapped over continuing inequity.

Expect little for affordable housing. Under the current deal the Rays can buy out designated units for $25K each; for the equivalent of six to eight months rent, basically, a blueprint for justice will be diverted to private gain.

And traffic, expect traffic.

and received so much pushback that a follow up discussion—and the vote—on the deal is delayed until at least June, according to Axios.

The plan, as-is, squanders a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix the problems of a still-living past. Instead we’ll get nods to local history, an entertainment district with a suburban sheen, and high-ending housing, serving the already rich.

last week. For now, Floyd is waiting for news of the real cost of the stadium to sink in with constituents.

“We’re going to give $500 million, over 30 years to a baseball stadium,” Floyd said, adding that “the assistant city administrator admitted that the cost of the subsidy per person in the city is $2,600.”

COLUMN

On WMNF last Friday, St. Petersburg City Councilman Richie Floyd said characterizing the Rays-Hines proposal on affordable housing as “lacking something” is generous.

The ugliest feature of Tropicana Field has always been the sea of empty blue seats. Without transit, future fans will continue to watch from home, admiring the shining surface—and servicing the debt—of a very expensive crypt.

After almost a decade of deliberations, St. Petersburg now rushes headlong into a reckless deal. City Council held a workshop this month

“The way the deal is written right now is that it provides a framework for how many units could happen in the future. But it says very clearly in the fine print, that the city will have to provide subsidies to actually create this affordable housing,” Floyd added. “So they’re basically saying, ‘Yeah, we’ll work with you on affordable housing deals, but you’re gonna have to give us more money to do it.’”

The local chapter of the Sierra Club has expressed concerns about the environmental impact—concerns that weren’t even addressed

“I think as that information starts to come out, as we talk about what the true cost of the stadium is, we’ll get a much clearer picture,” Floyd said about whether or not council will vote for or against funding the stadium. “I’m just hoping that my colleagues actually look with a critical eye, and don’t just trust the promises of the billionaire class. Because I think working people know, inherently, that shit doesn’t fly.”

Say “no” to this unreal city. Take note of this road trip. Tell St. Petersburg City Council, tap the brakes.

Thomas Hallock teaches English at the St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida. He has now been writing columns for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay about the Trop site, on and off, for seven years.

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JUNE 13TH - 23RD

CREATIVE LOAFING’S annual Food Issue hits stands on June 13th, and to celebrate, we’re hosting our 19th annual Tampa Bay Restaurant Week from June 13th through 23rd.

For a limited time, participating Tampa Bay area restaurants are o ering multiple-course prix fixe menus and exclusive pricing on drink specials and more!

To take advantage of Restaurant Week, all you have to do is ask for the Tampa Bay Restaurant Week menu, at any of the following participating restaurants:

4RIVERS SMOKEHOUSE

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ANCHOR AND BRINE

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ELEVAGE SOHO KITCHEN + BAR FOODIES

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This year, a portion of proceeds benefits:

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Roll call

Hand roll bar and dumpling spot open at Armature Works, plus more local food news.

By CL Sta

The stalls inside Armature Works (1910 N Ola Ave.) are always changing, and the food hall’s newest additions from the owners of Zukku Sushi—Ling’s Dumplings and Han Hand Roll Bar—soft opened last week. Ling’s offers a variety of both traditional and unique options—from pork and beef soup dumplings to bright green edamame and truffle dumplings— while Han’s Hand Roll Bar is described as an “approachable yet sophisticated sushi haven” that highlights fresh seafood like uni, salmon, o-toro, crab and more.

In addition to a variety of dumplings wrapped in homemade, brightly-colored dough (due to pigments in ingredients like ube, spinach and beets), Ling’s also offers chilled sesame noodles, dan dan noodles and a dumpling noodle soup. Han Hand Roll Bar’s offerings are a tad more specialized than its sibling Zukku Sushi, which sells sushi rolls, burritos and poke bowls. Folks can get fresh hand rolls filled with everything from tamago (rolled Japanese omelet) and barbecued eel to A5 Wagyu, bay scallops and spicy salmon.

Both fast-casual Asian restaurants are the latest concepts from Majestic Restaurant Group (MRG), the same hospitality company that operates Astro Ice Cream and Ato Burritos & Bowls in addition to Zukku Sushi. MRG announced the opening of its new restaurants last fall, and spent the last several months renovating the future homes of Ling’s Dumplings and Han’s Hand Roll Bar. Follow @hanhandrollbar and @lingsdumplingstampa on Instagram for the latest news on their menus, operating hours and more.

a parking lot for judges based on ingredients they buy from customers at a grocery store, all while attempting to stay under a $500 budget.

“Alex Guarnaschelli asks four determined chefs to stake out and dish up a continental breakfast,” says the episode’s description.

“Then, it’s a close call to see whose culinary creations make judges Gabe Bertaccini and Damaris Phillips melt. The final two chefs must keep their cool and keep it creamy to walk away a winner.”

Before taking the helm of Sal Y Mar rooftop restaurant in Midtown Tampa, Rodriguez was the Executive Chef for Sea Salt in St. Pete, Embassy Suites by Hilton, and Trump National Golf Club in New York. Rodriguez’s episode first aired on Wednesday, May 15 at 9 p.m. EST on the Food Network.

Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival wraps this weekend

FOOD NEWS

At Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, your best bets for grub usually range from chicken tenders, to pizza, and barbecue from the smokehouse—but for a month each year, there’s a little more variety. The theme park and zoo’s 2024 Food & Wine Festival runs weekends and wraps on May 19. It features twists on food from around the world including South African curry stew (bunny chow) and baked meat pies (bobotie), or options from Argentina (beef chimichurri), France (ratatouille), Spanish meatballs (albondigas), the U.S. (lobster rolls) and way more, all paired wines, too.

Chef from Tampa’s Sal Y Mar will appear on Food Network show ‘Supermarket Stakeout’ this week

A local chef from one of Tampa’s most popular rooftop eateries is about to make his Food Network debut. Sal Y Mar’s Executive Chef Johnathan Rodriguez is a contestant on the latest episode of “Supermarket Stakeout” this week. Supermarket Stakeout, now in its sixth season, centers around chefs creating dishes in

Access to the food—plus concerts from the likes of Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice this weekend— is included with park admission, but items are priced a la carte, with sampler lanyard options ($70-$85), too. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s 2024 Food & Wine Festival happens FridaysSundays through May 19 and included with park admission.

Tijuana Flats closes four Tampa Bay locations following bankruptcy filing

If you’re wondering what happened to your favorite Tijuana Flats, the chain’s parent company recently spilled the beans. Last month,

Tijuana Flats announced that it has closed 11 stores in the past month, including four Tampa Bay locations. The company chose which stores would be shuttered based on financial performance, occupancy costs and market conditions, according to a press release. Four stores in Jacksonville were also closed in February prior to an ownership change this month that saw the Central Florida-based company switch hands from TJF USA, LLC to Flatheads, LLC. The release said Tijuana Flats has also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Chief Executive Officer Joe Christina joined the company in November 2022, and will remain CEO through the ownership change. “Our company is excited by the new ownership group’s plan to reinvest, focus, and emphasize the things that originally brought so many people to love Tijuana Flats,” Christina said in a press release. The restaurant changed its menu

up in 2021 which ended up being a financial failure, according to court documents obtained by Restaurant Business, and rolled out another new menu effective April 1 including changes like new packaging for take-out and delivery.

The four Tampa Bay Tijuana Flats that have already closed include stores in South Tampa, New Tampa and Westchase at: 4027 S Dale Mabry Hwy..

9250 W Linebaugh, Ave., 17501 Preserve Walk Ln., Unit 103 and 1635 S Tamiami Trail Sarasota. Tampa Bay is still home to at least a dozen Tijuana Flats that are still open.

The restaurant was first opened in Winter Park by University of Central Florida student Brian Wheeler in 1995, who owned the chain until 2015. Tijuana Flats has since expanded to Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee. Suzanne Townsend continued on page 30

THE WORKS: Armature Works’ newest concepts sling from-scratch hand rolls and dumplings.

Former owner of Tampa’s Hall on Franklin closes Orlando food hall

The Hall on the Yard food hall in Ivanhoe Village has closed amid a lawsuit with its landlord over unpaid rent, according to court records. Records indicate that the Hall on the Yard owes nearly $250,000 in unpaid rent. Marketed as “the world’s first full-service food hall,” the space housed nine food stalls, five event spaces and three premium cocktail bars. Now, a sign that reads “Permanently Closed” hangs on its front door, although the hall has not made an official announcement pertaining to its closing. The Bungalower first reported the hall had closed on April 18.

The Yard’s parent company, Ivanhoe Place Propco, filed a lawsuit against The Hall April 15, alleging the hall owes $249,105 in unpaid rent plus utilities. Ivanhoe Place Propco asked the court that the food hall be evicted, in addition to paying the rent. According to the complaint filed by Ivanhoe Place Propco, The Hall on the Yard’s parent company filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2023. They were supposed to continue to pay rent, which did not happen even after notices were served, according to records. One of the hall’s vendors, Shay’s Kitchen, released a statement on Facebook Thursday, stating that they were unexpectedly served a five-day notice to vacate the premises. The statement also says that Shay’s Kitchen fulfilled all of its financial obligations and that they’re looking for another location to reopen.

“In the notice, Shay’s Kitchen was named as a Defendant. In a letter attached to the notice, we were informed that we are not legally responsible for any of the issues but are named merely because the court system requires the landlord to do so,” the post reads. “The issues at hand are entirely beyond our control or involvement.”

Jamal Wilson, owner of The Hall on the Yard LLC, faced a similar fate with his other concepts a few years back. The Hall on Franklin in Tampa closed in 2020, as well as The Hall at Ashford Lane in Atlanta. Wilson’s New Orleans concept also closed in 2022. Wilson is also selling his Tampa home, according to property records.—Alexandra Sullivan

Sparkman Wharf eateries Dang Dude and Gallito Taqueria will expand to Trinity this summer

A pair of popular Tampa-based concepts are heading north (to Pasco County, that is). Asianfusion concept Dang Dude and taco hotspot Gallito Taqueria are the newest additions to Trinity’s upcoming Collective at Escape at 9945 Trinity Blvd. Escape Brewing’s new food hall and outdoor gathering space is slated to debut sometime this summer. Although there’s no date set in stone, the Tampa Bay Times says that ownership is aiming to open the 18,000 square-foot space (and its accompanying 4,000 square-foot

Besides these two Sparkman Wharf concepts that will open at Lithia’s new food hall, future patrons can also expect sushi from fellow Tampa restaurant Ato (whose parent company just debuted a new hand roll and dumpling stall at Armature Works) and casual eats from Jimmy Renner’s Burger Co., with a few more announcements on the way.

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Gallito Taqueria is known for its Mexican street food-inspired fare of quesabirria tacos, nachos, street corn and quesadillas while Dang Dude boasts an Asianfusion menu of dumplings, noodles, sandwiches, double-fried chicken wings, boba tea, sake bombs

This will be Gallito Tacqueria’s third location (with its second at Lakeland’s The Joinery) and Dang Dude’s second, with both of their flagship outposts cemented at Sparkman Wharf. Head to @gallitotaqueria or @dang_dude_tpa on Instagram for the latest news on the two restaurant’s upcoming Trinity locations and their slated summertime opening.

ICYMI

• Gulfport’s The Wine House (2913 Beach Blvd. S) celebrates its first birthday on Saturday, May 18 with an all-day disco-inspired party, live music, free wine tastings, barbecue and more.

outdoor beer garden) in August. In addition to hosting a variety of locally-owned food stalls, The Collective will also organize live music on weekends, offer a variety of craft cocktails and beer from its neighboring brewery, and provide lawn games for the whole family.

and more. Both fast-casual concepts are owned by Tampa-based Proper House Group, who also operate the Bib Gourmand recipient Rooster & the Till, new Water Street additions Ash and Alter Ego, fellow Sparkman Wharf spot Gordito’s and casual burger joint Nebraska Mini Mart.

The owners of the adjacent hotel Peninsula Bed & Cocktails—with the help of Matt and Paige Acree of Gulfport Brewery + Eatery— opened the wine and barbecue spot out of the former Backfin Blue Cafe last spring.

• Despite not offering a specific brunch menu, Columbia Restaurant is representing Tampa in OpenTable’s “Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in America for 2024” list, which the online reservation service released last week in preparation for Mothers’s Day. Largely known as one of Florida’s oldest restaurants, the Ybor City mainstay with multiple local locations dishes out Cuban classics like Spanish bean soup, picadillostuffed empanadas and ropa vieja, plus its prized Cuban sandwich, and “1905” salad. While Columbia was the only local restaurant in OpenTable’s latest roundup, eateries like Raglan Road Irish Pub, Wine Bar George and Sales in Lake Buena Vista, Orlando and Naples also made the cut.

• Fresh off celebrating its first anniversary in Westshore, Union New American (1111 N Westshore Blvd.) just launched its new brunch menu with new dishes like chilaquiles, Korean fried chicken and waffles, avocado toast and food-fried shrimp and grits. Reservations for brunch, which runs from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sundays, can be made on Opentable.com.

• After only a year or so at 201 2nd Ave. N in downtown St. Pete, American restaurant Dirty Shirley has closed and will soon be replaced by a new French concept called Cognac from the owners of Bacchus Wine Bistro. ILovetheBurg says that Cognac will be a “laid back Parisian bistro with ample indoor/outdoor seating,” that’s slated to open later this year.

HEADING NORTH: Sparkman Wharf’s Dang Dude and Gallito Taquera will expand to Trinity this summer.

MOVIES THEATER ART CULTURE

Small, but mighty

Tampa Theatre’s new 43-seat screening room opens June 2.

By Linda Saul-Sena

Even the ornate facade of the building fails to prepare visitors for the fantasy interior.

Everyone who enters the Tampa Theatre for the first time drops their jaw. As contemporary architecture becomes increasingly beige, the “atmospheric theatre” created in 1926 by John Eberson seems even more extraordinary.

Eberson set out to create a Mediterranean village with stucco walls topped with painted beams and gargoyles. Every surface sorts texture and color and the stage itself is hung with velvet draperies. A stuffed peacock looks down from the richly lit balconies and the ceiling looks like the sky with stars overhead. Even the bathrooms are tiled and mirrored opulently.

Tampa residents have enjoyed visiting this movie palace for almost 100 years because in addition to the splendor of the decor, the Tampa Theatre was the first air-conditioned building in town. You can only imagine how the escapism of sound, imagery and cold air beckoned to the locals with an ultimate escape.

Over the years, the theater’s popularity surged, then ebbed, from being “the finest theatre in the state” to a seedy location with sticky floors and second-run movies. When faced with demolition in 1975, only one vote from Tampa City Council saved it from the wrecking ball.

Lee Duncan, a councilmember whose family had been in the theater business, argued successfully for the city to purchase the building for $1 and the restoration work began. Many of the original decorations like tapestries and stuffed birds were sold off, but some were saved.

The late Joan Jennewein, who founded Tampa Preservation, Inc. rallied public support for the Theatre and gathered supporters to inventory and clean the remaining furnishings. At this time the Theatre was managed by the Arts Council, then under the City of Tampa’s staff.

In 1985, a young professional, John Bell, moved to Tampa from his position with the North Carolina Theatre and started to build an audience for the movie house. He was aided greatly by the help of Mark Sena who secured the donation of 36mm film equipment which allowed Bell to show first run films (full disclosure: Mark and I have been happily married for 37 years).

The audience grew and in addition to movies, the theater booked speakers, concerts and comics. There was a conflict between the film distributors, who wanted the theater to book a solid run of a “hot” film several months in the future and Tampa Theatre’s need to grab a lucrative offer of a concert. Less than a dozen years ago, the theater acquired a beer and wine permit which greatly expanded the ability to make money during concerts.

Even though the name, the Tampa Theatre, might suggest that the enterprise is supported by the City of Tampa, that is not the whole

expenses and collected over $4.8 million in income including donations, rentals and grants. Last year, the small, but mighty, staff and board all worked together to screen more than 400 new and classic movies plus over 40 live shows and speakers.

Over the years, the Tampa Theatre’s operations evolved to include a partial restoration of the interior painting, new seats and carpeting, a new sound system and digital projection equipment, concession stand and office space.

Next month, Tampa Theatre starts a new chapter in its celebrated history when it opens the 43-seat John T. Taylor Screening Room on June 2.

Bell, now in his 39th year as the Theatre’s Executive Director, cites the loss of single screen movie palaces in the ‘60s and 70’s to the limitations of hundreds of seats and a single screen. His team started thinking about a

picture. The city owns the structure including the building’s footprint which required a lengthy wrangle to secure. The Community Redevelopment Act, CRA, which is directed by the members of Tampa City Council acting in their capacity as CRA members, committed $14 million dollars to the Tampa Theatre to complete the building’s repairs and restoration.

However, city money doesn’t pay to run the theater. Tampa Theatre earns 75% of its annual operating budget through ticket and concession income. In 2023, it spent just over $4.5 million in

second screen 15 years ago, got serious about it a decade ago and was ready to start construction just before covid.

The adjacent, flower storefront, The Nature Shop made the most sense as the theater sought a solution to the demands on the sole screen. The terrazzo entrance bearing the name of a previous tenant, Butlers Shoes, will be preserved and incorporated the screening room lobby.

Demolition of the shop started last August, and construction inside the screening room started two months later. The final finishes are

being polished up as you read this. The shelf space and flexibility transforms the business model and allows Tampa Theatre to host an intimate screening at the same time as a large concert.

Stephanie Silverman, the Executive Director of the Belmont Film Center in Nashville, explained how the new 37 seat screening room her venue added a few years ago, impacted their revenue stream. “We have been pleased by the 20% increase in ticket sales and also the new models of use which we hadn’t anticipated,” she told CL.

“The challenge of our design process was that we couldn’t duplicate the original materials but we were determined to keep the DNA of our historic space,” Bell added. “I’m very happy with how it turned out. It’s terrific!”

The Taylor screening room’s seats and carpeting will offer the same charm and comfort as in the historic portion of Tampa Theatre, but the technology will be the latest in acoustics and visuals, with speakers surrounding the audience. The spiral staircase leading to the projectionist booth and the handrails are inspired by the original metalwork in the Theatre.

Audience members will be able to enter through the existing historic entry and use the concessions. If there are two events, the new screening room will have its own entry directly on Franklin Street and a separate concession stand.

Joining the Theatre as a member costs $50 annually and allows folks to tour the new screening room a day early, on June 1. The additional activities which will be possible with this new space can include spoken word presentations, music, film and discussions. There’s still no first film announced, but the public can tour the facility starting June 2.

John P. Taylor—who formerly served on the Tampa Theatre board—told CL that he chose to fund the screening room because he simply loves movies. “I was born the year that ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Gone with the Wind’ were released,” told CL.

But the new space is not just a gift from him.

“There were no egos on the Board. We all worked in unison and we couldn’t have a better leader than John Bell. I’m pleased to provide a donation to support the Theatre,” he said.

And while there are less than 50 seats in the comfortable and intimate space, the screening room will serve Tampa’s creative community by platforming not just cinema, but spoken word, small concerts, talks and more. Small, but mighty indeed.

NEW ERA: Tampa Theatre’s new screening room transforms the venue’s business model.

GALLERY TALKS | Lonnie Holley and Viva Vadim

Saturday, May 18 | 1 pm & 3 pm

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Lonnie Holley, Watering Myself the Best I Can (Channeling My Energy), 2018, Tin watering can and funnel. Courtesy of the Artist, BLUM Gallery (LA/NYC/Tokyo), and Edel Assanti Gallery (London). Photo Truett Dietz.

UPCOMING SHOWS

ANTHONY MICHAEL

By Josh Bradley & Ray Roa

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C Fastball w/Fayroy After postponing last month, the Austin-based rock band hits downtown St. Pete with a career retrospective, and possibly even a few Patreon-exclusive tracks. A young and handsome staple of the Bay area surf-rock scene, Fayroy, opens the show. (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)

The Florida Orchestra: Elgar’s Enigma Variations It’s been a busy 10 days for The Florida Orchestra, which played two shows with Sting and performed a packed public park Mother’s Day show last weekend. Maestro Michael Francis & co. shift back to classical mode this weekend with three shows built around Edward Elger’s “Enigma Variations,” where the English composer put together audible caricatures of his friends. Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” which sees the French musician pay tribute to friends and family he lost in World War I is on the agenda, too. On Thursday at Mahaffey Theater, Francis is also staging a conversation that goes into further depth about the composers and their pieces. Visit this preview on cltampa.com/music to see The Florida Orchestra’s weekend performance schedule. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Swinging Down Broadway: Annamarie Smith-Butz Depending on how many touring versions of more classic Broadway shows you’ve gone to see over the years, you may have already seen Annamarie Smith-Butz perform. Her resume includes a handful of roles that Julie Andrews has touched upon (Eliza in “My Fair Lady,” Anna Leonowens in “The King and I”) and even Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors.” She’s capable of nailing “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “Suddenly, Seymour,” meaning there are hardly any challenging Broadway tunes she can’t knock out. Expect to hear showtunes turned into jazz pieces by Smith-Butz and musical director Robin Swenson. (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

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Doom Flamingo w/Minim Synthwave is an unfair tag for Doom Flamingo. The South Carolina sextet is a festival scene favorite with a lineup that includes Umphrey’s McGee cofounder and bassist Ryan Stasik, Oukuo principal Thomas Kenney, and multi-faceted powerhouse vocalist Kanika Moore. There are definitely synths in the stack of sounds (thanks, Ross Bogan), but Doom Flamingo can also do a mean Queen cover while shifting gears between bombastic rock, smooth funk, and prog-rock balladry, too. (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)

Moth Bite w/Imaginary Colors/Movie

Props/Luciidea/Amateur Taxidermy

Moth Bite says that it creates “aggressive

music good for the soul,” and while its latest album Grey Matter does align with that description, the seven-tracker is also perfect to pump up the first 26 minutes of your Saturday night ganja sesh. Unlike the band’s debut, eponymous album, there aren’t any synths in earsight, and there probably won’t be when Nico Sanchez and Stephen Husbands—pretty much regulars at Oscura—headline this stacked gig. (Oscura, Bradenton)

C Reverend Horton Heat w/The Suffrajettes You learn a lot about showbiz after playing close to 6,000 concerts. Jim Heath, leader of psychobilly icon Reverend Horton Heat can still make his red Gretsch wail and looks like a country-rock adonis in his signature retro suit. The 64-year-old and his “Wiggle Stick” are back in town for the umpteenth time, this time in support of a two song EP, Stars Align . Canadian surfrock outfit The Surfrajettes opens the show. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

C Victor Furtado There aren’t many pickers who can hold their own onstage with Billy Strings. Don’t tell that to Victor Furtado, who had a lengthy sit-in on Strings’ show in Boston last summer. The 24-year-old Virginian is a bonafide clawhammer banjowielding virtuoso who first taught himself at the age of nine before ending up onstage at the Grand Ole Opry and in the studio with other revered young guns like fiddler Nate Heath plus scene vets like Mark Schatz and Danny Knicely. Furtado, who plays with The Wildmans, received the Steve Martin Prize For Excellence In Banjo and Bluegrass and is spending part of his break from the Berklee College of Music in the Sunshine State where he plays a no-cover gig under some oak trees in Safety Harbor. (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)

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C Amon Amarth w/Cannibal Corpse/ Obituary/Frozen Soul Oddly enough, Swedish metal outfit Amon Amarth hasn’t been in Tampa since 2019 when it opened for what turned out to not be Slayer’s farewell tour at the ol’ Gary. Cannibal Corpse—featuring Tampa resident and BOTB-winner George Fisher—was also on that bill five years ago, so don’t be too shocked if a barrage of good memories lead to a jam session between the two groups this weekend. Tampa metal OG Obituary and Dallas-based metal band Frozen Soul open. (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

The Beaches w/G Flip The Beaches have been riding high off of a new album Blame My Ex . Its lead single “Blame Brett” has gone viral on TikTok since its initial release in spring 2023, and the attention helped the Toronto-based indie-rock earn a spot on last year’s Lollapalooza lineup. If the girls’ set is anything like their early-in-theday, side-stage performance at the 2022 Innings Fest—in which they expressed a desire to move to Florida to get away from all the damn snow—it won’t be a gig to sit out. Aussie singer-songwriter G Flip opens. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Farseek (album release) w/Kick Veronica/Floating Boy/Agile Farseek’s brand-new album Who Can Start The Fires? isn’t a full change of form, but is described as the Georgia-based rock octet’s most confident album. “The project has existed as a vessel for [lead singer Cameron] Harrison’s songwriting since 2014, in one form or another,” a Bandcamp description reads. More genres besides emo-pop are explored on the record while Harrison’s Blink-182esque voice rips into Blue Lives Matter flags

Doom Flamingo

and white supremacy, while still blending in a few love songs. No telling if the entire album will be performed for this gig presented by the folks at Emo Night Tampa, but a few vinyl copies of the full album would be a real nice touch for the analog kids who stop at the merch table. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

The Polish Ambassador w/Scott Nice/ Grandfather Gold Polish diplomats kind of get a pass on search engines, and they have David Sugalski to thank. Known as The Polish Ambassador, the Philadelphia native dominates the search term, and offline is is best known as something of an EDM mastermind who ditched a lot of what he learned in business school to compose electronic music that’s wubby, funky, and never takes itself too seriously. (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)

Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras When you get famous on “Vanderpump Rules,” your online life is bound to be spicy, and the internet has not been kind to Tom Sandoval’s band. The 41-year-old’s music— rock and roll covers—isn’t the worst thing in the world, but there are at least two dozen better cover bands playing if you don’t require a spritz of reality TV with your live music. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Youth Fountain w/Action Adventure/ Like Roses There’s a lot of emo on Tampa Bay’s live music calendar this week, and Youth Fountain’s strain is for fans of Mayday Parade and Story Of the Year (Youth Fountain toured with the latter) and heartbreak stories that chronicle loss and self-worth with

Cryogeyser w/Deadharrie Folky, Gainesville slowcore band Deadharrie warms up the room for Cryogeyser, a Los Angelesbased indie-rock outfit. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

C Jar (EP release) w/Squint/Vulture Raid/Vespid/Drawn Out/PostDrome Tampa hard-rock band Jar (stylized in all caps) probably didn’t mean to write a gun safety anthem, but the title track on its new EP, Accidental Discharge , is a headbanging reminder that firearms are nothing to fuck with. The lineup for this release show is locked and loaded, too, thanks to visitors from the Midwest (melodic hardcore outfit Squint), Philadelphia (Vulture Raid) and south Jersey (Vespid). (Deviant Libation, Tampa)

C La Lucha & Friends New Tampa Performing Arts Center is aiming to host a series of shows that imitate the idea of “MTV Unplugged,” because would it kill some of our locals to go acoustic once in a while? Multi-cultural fusion trio La Lucha will help the venue test the waters with this new idea by, as implied, staging an acoustic show, with a little help from Brazilian trombonist François de Lima and old friend-slashinternational guitar hero LaRue Nickelson. If you go, you’ll also get to hear unreleased material set to be recorded by the band in Nashville later this summer. (New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa)

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C Bad Bunny There have been lots of preguntas about when Bad Bunny would come back to live music, and luckily, the answer was sí. Last year, Mr. Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) saw his new album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana achieve more single-day Spotify streams than any other this year. The Tampa show is one of six stops in Florida, including a two-night stand in Orlando and three nights to close out the tour in Miami. (Amalie Arena, Tampa)

alarming transparency. Chicago pop-punk band Action/Adventure (Youth Fountains’ Pure Noise labelmate) opens along with Berkeley emo outfit Like Roses. (Music hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

SUN 19

C Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears w/DJ Blenda Black Joe Lewis could probably sing a mean Elvis (and labels have asked him to, according to Austin Monthly), but he’s much better doing originals delivered in a growl that sounds a little like if James Brown and Howlin’ Wolf made a baby. Lewis—who grew up on a mix of Soundgarden, Nirvana and Iggy Pop, but also Eightball and MJG— spent a lot of the pandemic pouring concrete and doing construction to support his then newborn, but is back on the road as part of a rebirth for his band. (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

C Chappell Roan Considering her success opening for a good chunk of Olivia Rodrigo’s ongoing, critically-acclaimed guts world tour, it’s shocking that Chappell Roan didn’t have to switch venues due to popular demand (read: Lizzo’s first headlining show in Tampa Bay). But 26-year-old Kayleigh Amstutz (who says that Chappell Roan is an alter ego, a la Hannah Montana to Miley Cyrus) brings her exhilarating “Hot To Go” YMCA-style arm choreo—and debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess to the Bay area as she slowly but surely makes her way to household name status by the end of the decade. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Scratch My Back No. 27: JGLB w/The Lint Rollers/The Quivering Rhythm Hounds/Jim ‘Kimo’ West For the last 27 years, the late Scott “Pinetop” Peterson and his family have been trying to spread the word that pets shouldn’t be left in hot cars. After a pet sitter left his black lab in one to suffocate, the Quivering Rhythm Hounds drummer rounded up local acts for a benefit concert every year. Since his death, Peterson’s family (including this weekend’s emcee, his brother Mark) has carried on the tradition, and managed to recruit Jim “Kimo” West, who celebrates his 40th anniversary as “Weird Al” Yankovic’s touring and studio guitarist this year. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

The Slackers w/The Freecoasters/The Brainiacs In a 2023 interview with New Noise Magazine, ska songwriter Vic Ruggiero expressed exhaustion about America’s obsession with guns. “People are afraid and it’s not because of reality—the world has always been difficult—but not like this! People seem really freaked out, so I wrote what I saw,” he said about the song, “Kill You,” by his band The Slackers. Not sure if he knows how Florida legislators have loosened firearm laws lately, but Ruggiero is in town with Sunshine State reggae-soul-ska outfit The Freecoasters. (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

C Vintage Culture Lukas Rafael Ruiz Hespanho doesn’t even have a proper album out, but has already played Coachella and Lollapalooza on the way to earning 1.5 billion streams on Spotify alone. The 30-year-old from a small town just 15 minutes south of Rio de Janeiro is better known as Vintage Culture and revered for remixes of New Order and Pink Floyd. Hespanho’s world tour in support of his debut LP (Promised Land, due next Friday) visits every corner of the globe, and makes a poolside pit stop at the local casino for what promises to be a steamy set. (Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

C Central Ave. Live: Celebrating Tampa’s Music History and Hope For Future Tampa Musicians Music is a powerful force. This summer in downtown Tampa, it acts as a placemaker and teacher as part of a new live music series launching at the Encore district. “Central Ave Live” brings close to a dozen of the Bay area’s brightest instrumentalists (keyboardist Mario Evans, drummer Natalie DePergola), vocalists (Lisa McClendon, Ashley Smith), and songwriters (Noan Partly, April Showers, Kristopher James) inside of the restored St. James Church to perform songs by legends like Ray Charles, Etta James, Tampa Red, and Billie Holiday—whose stories all have connections to Tampa and the surrounding historically-Black neighborhood once known as The Scrub. Organized by the nonprofit Instruments 4 Life—a member of the Tampa Bay Music Coalition, and focused on empowering youth through music education in a safe space while prioritizing social emotional learning through the art of music—together with the Tampa Downtown Partnership and Tampa Housing Authority, the series also brings in an instrument petting zoo, guest speakers and more. “We are aiming to increase awareness of Central Ave’s extensive music history and recruit children from downtown’s Encore community for our upcoming music program,” Faith Reynolds, spokesperson for Instruments 4 Life told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. (St. James Church, Tampa)

The Remix: Bauxmonk In its best form, Tampa Shuffle’s Tuesday open mic is an incubator of ideas and cradle for up-and-coming local talent. This week it welcomes St. Petersburg producer Bauxmonk who makes lo-fi beat tapes and will surely collect a lot of contacts after connecting with the talent that regularly signs up for the staple community event. (Shuffle, Tampa)

C Thievery Corporation As it approaches the band’s 30th anniversary, Thievery Corporation remains a live music staple. The D.C. outfit’s take on world music is colored with acid jazz, hip-hop and rock, and can send any room into a frenzy. This promises to be a sweaty night in the courtyard when founding members Rob Garza and Eric Hilton arrive with a talented cast of instrumentalists and vocalists in tow. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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C Dave Matthews Band It’s hard to believe, but Dave Matthews Band has only released 10 albums in its storied 30-year career. After spending last month in Europe, the group kicks off the U.S. leg of its summer tour by reconnecting with a

Chappell Roan

ridiculously-devoted fan base for its annual trip to Tampa where DMB will amazingly manage to play yet another setlist that’s more or less completely different than any other during the run. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Five For Fighting John Ondrasik’s 27-year-old musical project contains one of the heaviest seasoned backing bands in live music. The three-piece consists of musicians that have backed up the likes of Ringo Starr, John Mayer, and Chris Cornell, just to name a few, and their appearance with Ondrasik—his first in Clearwater since 2022—may see them break into “OK,” a single the 59-year-old released in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

C Madison Beer w/Upsahl From the moment Taylor Upsahl stepped onstage to help kickoff day two 2001’s 97X Next Big Thing, I knew Tampa Bay was witnessing history. Though most of the instrumentation behind her was pre-recorded, her bass lines, guitar work, and lyrics about social anxiety resonated with her small-but-mighty crowd. Last year, the 25-year-old headlined a gig at Ybor City’s Crowbar while performing the majority of her album Lady Jesus . Expect Upsahl’s set opening for Madison Beer to be filled with plenty from her new album The PHX Tapes . (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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C Blue Devil Tattoo 30th Anniversary Party: Scumbag Wrld w/Coldsteel/The Kutoffs/DJ Chuck Knorris Tattooing is one of the most underrated public services and art forms, and one studio has been inking (and covering up) Tampa Bay for three decades. To celebrate a big anniversary, Blue Devil Tattoo is getting out of the shop and into the club for a no-cover party that features food from This Little Pig plus music from “2Hot” rapper Scumbag World, death metal outfit Cold Steel, Lakeland punk band The Kuttoffs, and DJ Chuck Norris. (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Also playing

Big Al & The Heavyweights Thursday, May 16. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Dave Seaman Thursday, May 16. 9 p.m. $15 & up. The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Company, St. Petersburg

Bonzai w/Muck Sticky/The Rhythm Inya Thursday, May 16. 7 p.m. $15. Oscura, Bradenton

The Chippendales Thursday-Friday, May 16-17. 8 p.m. $55 & up. Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa

Grateful Shred w/Circles Around the Sun Thursday, May 16. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Madonna-Gaga-Britney-Kylie Dance Party Thursday, May 16. 8 p.m. $12. Orpheum, Tampa

The Forum w/Mirror Parts Thursday, May 16. 7 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Ancient Future: Savej Friday, May 17. $33. Roots To Crown, St. Petersburg

Anthony Michael Friday, May 17. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

C Note Friday, May 17. 8 p.m. $35. Orpheum, Tampa

Classic Albums Live: Queen ‘News Of The World’ Friday, May 17. 8 p.m. $35 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

DJ Fader Friday, May 17. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Hot Tonic Friday, May 17. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

The Jimmy Griswold Trio Friday, May 17. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

JT Curtis & The Florida Scoundrels Friday, May 17. 8 p.m. $10. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

John Digweed Friday, May 17. 10 p.m. $20 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

Metal Night: Fiends w/Izora/more Friday, May 17. 7 p.m. $10 & up. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

One Night of Queen: Gary Mullen & The Works Friday, May 17. 8 p.m. $47.50 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

Sarah & The Safe Word Friday, May 17. 7 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Andy Brey & Scott Lavan Miller Saturday, May 18. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Arbour Season w/CJ Rislove Saturday, May 18. 7 p.m. $15-$20. Music Gallery, New Port Richey

Charlie Morris Saturday, May 18. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Dead Set Florida Saturday, May 18. 8 p.m. No cover for GA, $79 for VIP. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Foolish Relics Saturday, May 19. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Florida Wind Band: Moments in Time Saturday, May 18. 6 p.m. No cover. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Tampa

Grace Dickerson Saturday, May 18. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Grant Peeples w/Reina Collins Saturday, May 18. 6:30 p.m. $18. Craftsman House, St. Petersburg

Groovehive Market: Low Season w/ No Room To Talk/Human Error Saturday, May 18. 6 p.m. No cover. The Bends, St. Petersburg

Harry Potter rave Saturday, May 18. 9 p.m. No cover before 10:30 p.m. No cover with RSVP, $10 for guaranteed anytime entry. The Ritz, Ybor City

Fil Pate & Friends Saturday, May 18. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Jask w/DJ Casper Saturday, May 18. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Julie Black & Her Band Saturday, May 18. 6 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

Sam Robbins Saturday, May 18. 7 p.m. $25. Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater

Sickick Saturday, May 18. Noon. $20. WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa

Speak Easy Saturday, May 18. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Stick & Ditty Saturday, May 18. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Sweet Fortune McCoy Saturday, May 18. 8 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Ape Vermin w/Mean Green Sunday, May 19. 6:30 p.m. Sold out. Brass Mug, Tampa

Beach Terror Sunday, May 19. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Bryan Smith Sunday, May 19. 2 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Bunt Sunday, May 19. Noon. $20. WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa

Cabal w/Born A New/Float Omen/Gas FL/ Death of a Deity/Spiritual Chaos Sunday, May 19. 6:30 p.m. $15. Oscura, Bradenton

The Carrollwood Winds: Beautiful Mothers of Spring Sunday, May 19. 4 p.m. $12 & up. Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa

Free Range Strange Sunday, May 19. 5 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

G-Train Sunday, May 19. 7 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Grateful Walker & Friends Sunday, May 19. 3 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Hymn for Her Sunday, May 19. 3 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa Jessica Rose Sunday, May 19. 6 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

Ol’ Dirty Sundays: DJ Casper w/DJ Fader/Indy Sunday, May 19. 10 p.m. $5. Crowbar, Ybor City

Ponder The Albatross Sunday, May 19. 12 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sunday Blues Session: Josh Nelms Sunday, May 19. 6 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Kyle Smith w/Part One Tribe Tuesday, May 21. 7 p.m. $20. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Kid Royal Band Wednesday, May 22. 8 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Pour Decisions: DJ Cub Wednesday, May 22. 7 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Convictions w/Confessions of a Traitor/ Fatal Frames/Grasping At The Shadow/ Spiritual Chaos Thursday, May 23. 7 p.m. $15. Oscura, Bradenton

The Florida Orchestra: Inside Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony Thursday, May 23. 7:30 p.m. Pay what you can at the door. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

The Savants of Soul w/Dionysus/ HoneyWhat Thursday, May 23. 7 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

This listing is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select gigs from the userdriven CL event calendar.

Don't see your event here? Please help our team out by submitting it yousrself via cltampa.com. Thank you.

Upsahl

Donald Glover’s unfinished business includes a visit to Tampa Bay this fall.

On May 13, the 40-year-old actor and rapper also known as Childish Gambino released Atavista a “fi nished version” of his 2020 album 3.15.20 , and told fans that an “all new childish gambino album comes out in the summer.”

To support both efforts, Glover announced a massive world tour that includes two Florida stops. Willow, the daughter of Jada PinkettSmith, opens the shows.

Glover’s had good reason to take his time on wrapping up the loose ends on 3.15.20 thanks to his work on FX’s “Atlanta,” involvement with a “Lando” feature film, and the “Swarm” video series on Prime. The 11-track Atavista does include a new song, “Little Big Foot,” streaming at cltampa.com/music.

Tickets to see Childish Gambino play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Wednesday, Sept. 4 go on sale to the public on Friday, May 17 and start at $55.75.

See Josh Bradley’s weekly roundup of new concerts coming to Tampa Bay below.

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Spanish Needles (EP release) w/Human Error/Articles/Last Bias Friday, May 31. 8 p.m. $10 & up. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Tim Cappello Saturday, June 1. 7 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Barely Pink w/The Henrys Sunday, June 2. 7 p.m. $10 suggested admission at the door. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Deana Carter Thursday, June 6. 7:30 p.m.

$34.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

Quail Hollow w/Wim Tapley/Five Door Sedan Thursday, June 6. 8 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

4th Annual Filthy Rock Fest: Filthy Royalty w/Murder The Crow Friday, June 21. 7 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

Emo Night Tampa: Blvck Hippie w/Bad Bad Things/Earthgirl Saturday, June 22. Time TBA. $10. Crowbar, Ybor City

Them Dirty Roses Friday, June 28. 8 p.m. $15. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Leah Senior w/The Venus/Delaney Staack Saturday, June 29. 7 p.m. $10. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Larry Carlton Sunday, June 30. 7 p.m.

$49.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

John Legend Sunday, Aug. 25. 8 p.m. $275 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

Fiel a la Vega Thursday, Aug. 29. 8 p.m. $55 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert Wednesday, Sept. 4. 7 p.m. $35 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Shawn James w/Harley Poe Thursday, Sept. 5. 7:30 p.m. $25. Crowbar, Ybor City

Squeeze w/Boy George Friday, Sept. 20. 7:30 p.m. $35 & up. The BayCare Sound, Clearwater for King + Country Friday, Oct. 11. 7 p.m. $24.99 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa

Testament w/Kreator Wednesday, Oct. 16. 6:50 p.m. $42.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Experience Hendrix: Kenny Wayne Shepherd w/Zakk Wylde/Eric Johnson/ more Thursday, Oct. 17. 8 p.m. $53.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Carin Leon Saturday, Oct. 19. 7 p.m. $45.75 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa

Cancellations/reschedules

Sun Room w/Twin Suns at Crowbar, April 17 Rescheduled to Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The weight

By Caroline DeBruhl

Dear Oracle, I have a long-time friend who I love very dearly. I’ve known them for decades and have celebrated many of life’s milestones with them. But, as we age, they’ve developed into a full-blown alcoholic. Sometimes, spending time with them is great; sometimes, it’s draining. When I invite them out, I don’t know if they’ll show up drunk or sober. I worry about their health and their driving. Their drinking has already affected their life, but I don’t see them quitting, even if things get dire. What should I do?—Worried Old Timer

Cards: The Sun, Six of Pentacles (reversed), Nine of Swords (reversed), Ace of Pentacles

Dear Worried, before I get into the cards, I want to thank you for trusting me with your question and to tell you that I’m sorry for what you and your friend are both going through. I understand that you are trying to support your friend, but if you need support as well, there are groups like Al-Anon or Smart Recovery for Families (stylized “SMART”) that may be helpful to you.

The first card of the spread is a Major Arcana, The Sun. With the image of a babe on a horse, it can be a card about unconditional love. To love your friend through this journey is a complicated thing. In 12-step, there is a lot of talk about enabling and accountability, and sometimes, “unconditional love” and “boundaries” feel like concepts in opposition. They aren’t—but it is a fine needle to thread.

aware of the responsibility and hard work that’s required. But The Ace is also a card of hope for new opportunities, which suggests that your friend might be willing to really try and change.

I know how complicated it is to watch someone you love suffer like this. It can feel like you’re trying to save them in spite of their best efforts. Again, I would suggest something like Al-Anon that can help guide you on how to address this with your friend and avoid enabling. (And give more detailed, practical advice and strategies than tarot can provide.) This is an incredibly hard situation, and I honestly hope for the best for both you and your friend.

Dear Oracle, my husband is currently looking for a job. Even though anyone can see that he’s a strong candidate, he doesn’t believe it. Instead, he tends to overthink things and spiral with anxiety, even at the application stage. He keeps freaking himself out. What should he keep in mind as he moves forward?—Stop the Spiral

ORACLE OF YBOR

Send your questions to oracle@cltampa.com or DM @theyboracle on Instagram

Cards: The Hermit, Death, Nine of Wands (reversed), Judgement Dear STS, while this question seems like a small one, the three Major Arcana showing up suggest that the new job and the anxiety are actually huge issues that need to be addressed. These cards speak to both issues in a way.

Your friend might feel attacked if you bring up their drinking, which may cause them to shut themselves off from you and others out of shame. There are ways to talk to your friend about their drinking that come from a place of love and non-judgment, which may help them feel supported in making a change.

They know it’s out of hand. With the Nine of Swords reversed, they’ve known for a long time and they have felt anxious and chained to this problem. The reversed Six of Pentacles may be pulling double duty here. It may be that your friend doesn’t feel like they have anyone to share their life with or anyone who knows them deeply. (They may also not have the funds for a treatment program.)

With the Six of Pentacles, I would encourage you to be generous with your friend, specifically when it comes to mercy and grace. I think that they want to break free of those chains, and the Ace of Pentacles suggests that they’re

For the anxiety, we have the all-knowing Hermit who recognizes the weight that this is putting on him. The Hermit is someone who can examine their life without bias and who can truly see themselves as they are. This is an excellent position to be in if you want to make a change. With Death—the Great Ender—comes the absolutely powerful force to end old habits and clear away the refuse to make way for the new. The Nine of Wands is an exhausted but hopeful card of change, often a positive one, and can be that light at the end of the tunnel that motivates someone out of the darkness. And with Judgement, we have rebirth and ascension. Your husband can absolutely conquer his anxiety disorder.

As someone with her own anxiety disorder, I’m personally a fan of professional counseling, no-nonsense pharmaceuticals, and mindful coping strategies, but, hey, he knows himself. He can choose a path forward that speaks to him.

As for a new job, these cards, to me, suggest a career pivot. The Hermit himself is

open to divine intervention, which could mean your husband feels called to something else.

Death would be the end of the career path he knew, the Nine of Wands would be the “happy warrior” energy of throwing yourself into something difficult in order to reach a better goal, and then Judgement would be arriving at what he truly feels is his calling. He would be reborn into his new job.

Both of these would require some major changes in his life, and major changes require major support. This might look like financial

support, emotional support, or (most likely) a combination of both. As for an order of operations, it’s up to y’all. It might be easier to tackle anxiety first so that he can be open to new jobs, but a new job might mean better health insurance should he go the therapy route. Regardless, both of these things will take time. The Major Arcana plays the long game. But these are both worthy pursuits that will pay off at some point.

See more from Caroline and learn about her services at carolinedebruhl.com.

66 Contemporary of Lana

Maestro’s instrument 68 Novelist who can’t help winning awards?

Malory’s Morgan

Not any, in law

Dilapidated car

Grate stuff

Tile color

Orthography tilt

Early anchorman who pumped iron?

Drudge

Drudge

Diminutive ending

“E-I-E-I-O,” e.g.

Fade

Complain

Singer’s son who loves cars?

Hangers-on?

“So that’s it!”

Film in which Voight plays Cosell

Drug to be Leary of

Bridges of Madison County state

Clean Air or Patriot, for example

___ wieners

M’s main man

Parts of nest-eggs

Hero’s horse

Angelico, e.g.

Long-time Virginia

Thing of worship

Threw, in a way

Catawampus

Antagonize

Area drained by a river

Used up

Mail letters?

“I must have patience ___ the load” (Richard III)

pray” 72 Salle de classe place 73 Early radio personality who always had one too many? 76 Metals giant

Psalms word

Four-legged laugher

Tunesmith Jacques

Muse of history

Home Improvement guy

Bert’s muppet buddy

Bivalve that rhymes with a four-run

of Earthly Delights

Guy who tricked NBC into giving him a talk show? 115 Jumping-off point for Mauna Loa and Kilauea (so to speak) 116 Billionaire who invests conservatively?

Florida flyer

“___, brother”

Mussel genus (or a marriage cut short?) 64 On everybody’s short list

Supreme Being 54 Work to get

Tall, elegant tribe of Eastern Africa

Sub human?

Complain