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There simply isn’t a better name for a beer tasting than Beerfest! Each year, Tampa Bay beer lovers flock to Tampa’s Ybor City in early March to sample well over 100 beers, many of them from Florida. Read the best ones there. Read more: Beerfest 2011:Best beer event in the land If Gumer Rodriguez shows up at your doorstep wanting banana leaves, don’t think it’s the sequel to Pineapple Express. The Veracruz, Mexico native needs the leaves to wrap the tamales he cooks up every Friday in the tamale truck parked at Tampa’s Downtown Market. Best of all, net sales of the $5 lunches go to the non-profit organization, America’s Disaster Relief. Read more: Tampa Downtown Market offers a midway of delights every Friday Bern’s Steakhouse executive pastry chef Kim Yelvington saved face when she faced cameras last week. She’s no novice, but she practically melted under the glare of the Food Network lights, in town to tape an Old School segment for the salivating show, “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” A simple pizza, among the most popular of American foods, created by some Italian who improvised by using up some leftover dough. Tampa’s Pizza Fusion is very green, aggressively hip with hybrid delivery cars and other environmental initiatives. Owner Dave Burton says he was “really impressed with this interesting niche for America’s favorite food and besides that the food is awesome.’’ Read more: Mary D. Scourtes touts Tampa’s organic Pizza Fusion A few weeks ago, I put out a quiet request for a food writer to help cover the Tampa Bay restaurant scene. Man, the applications poured in and I discovered there’s some serious food talent in this city. I’m honored to present to you the new food writer for TaylorEason.com: Mary Scourtes. A Tampa native and venerated food writer for over 20 years, you may have heard her name over the years as she’s explored restaurants, chefs and food trends in our fair city. She’s been out of the food writing scene for a little while… But she’s back. With a renewed sense of enthusiasm. Read more: Introducing the new food writer for TaylorEason.com: Mary D. Scourtes A new entry in my round-up of Tampa Bay fun restaurant openings, sad closings, deals, discounts and other news in the local food and drink scene. Read more: Tampa Bay restaurant news, food and deals: Burger 21, Carmel Cafe and Taco Bus I happens all the time… the Bern’s Steakhouse sommeliers “find” a full case of 1983 this or a 1977 case of that. Just laying around in one of their many plain, white warehouse cellars which line South Howard Avenue in Tampa. But this most recent wine find is a doozy. Read more: Bern’s Steakhouse finds a $30,000 bottle of 1947 Latour in its cellar This coupon is good for $20 off a $100 purchase (excludes items ending in -7). Coupon good in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater Florida stores only. Expires December 16, 2010. Read more: Total Wine and More $20 Coupon |
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