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Category: Dining

Posted inDining

New Charcuterie Cafe and Coffee Shop Open in South Lakeland

by Stephanie Claytor May 18, 2024May 21, 2024

Pour Bear Coffee and Sabrina’s Delicacies are two new businesses in the Shoppes at Hallam plaza.

A sign on the entrance to the WACO Kitchen, which closed, at least temporarily, on Monday without notice.
Posted inDining

Lakeland Airport Weighs Restaurant Options After Evicting WACO Kitchen

by Kimberly C. Moore May 13, 2024May 14, 2024

The airport has fielded inquiries from about 50 restaurants. It may invite food trucks to set up in the short term.

A sign on the entrance to the WACO Kitchen, which closed, at least temporarily, on Monday without notice.
Posted inCity Hall, Dining

Airport’s WACO Kitchen Closes Two Months Before Airline Flights Start

by Kimberly C. Moore April 25, 2024April 26, 2024

The sudden halt leaves the airport without a restaurant as Avelo Airlines prepares passenger service.

Posted inBusiness, Dining

Amonie Jo’s Coffee Shop Brings Island Flavors and Flair to Downtown Lakeland

by Stephanie Claytor April 12, 2024May 21, 2024

The Williams sisters want the colorful cafe, named for their Haitian mother, to be a ‘happy place’ where friends can gather.

Posted inDining, Downtown

Cafe Zuppina a ‘Great Addition’ to Lakeland’s Downtown Food Scene

by Stephanie Claytor and Cindy Glover January 25, 2024January 25, 2024

The popular restaurant plans to open next month at 116. S. Tennessee Ave., the space formerly occupied by Cafe Roti.

Heath Phester is the owner of Pizza Daddy's restaurant inside the Lake Morton Market and Deli.
Posted inBusiness, Dining, Neighborhoods

Lake Morton Welcomes New Restaurants on East Palmetto Street

by Stephanie Claytor January 15, 2024March 4, 2024

Pizza Daddy’s has earned rave reviews in its first two months. Mootown Scoops and the Peach House plan to open soon.

Posted inDining

Born & Bread Bakehouse to Open Four Days a Week Starting Jan. 17

by Cindy Glover January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

The artisan bakery on S. Florida Avenue will be open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Nineteen61 rooftop work
Posted inBusiness, Dining, Downtown

Downtown’s Nineteen61 Is Adding an Enclosed Rooftop Bar

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

Indoor and outdoor seating is planned. Chef Marcos Fernandez is aiming to open the expansion in April.

Posted inDining

Lakeland Pop-Up ‘Bandidas’ To Open Cafe on Edgewood Drive in January

by Stephanie Claytor November 26, 2023June 24, 2024

Bandidas will be the 12th food-based business to launch from Catapult into a brick-and-mortar site.

Posted inDining, People

Lakeland Native Juli McShay Releases Family-Inspired Cookbook

by Stephanie Claytor November 24, 2023November 24, 2023

The theme of the cookbook is that food alone can’t sustain us; we also need faith and community to survive.

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