The city is waiting for a $700 fee before Ed White, the city's building official, can review plans for a 12,800-square-foot outparcel that may house businesses displaced by an incoming Sam's Club. ...more

November 4, 2009

For generations, people have argued about where to find the best Cuban sandwich in Ybor City. Southern Living magazine has entered the fray. ...more

September 30, 2009

July 21, 2009 ...more

July 21, 2009

It took an army of cookie bakers to turn out the biggest of batches at Sweetie's Delights in Valrico. ...more

April 22, 2009

Take your family spring break vacation and visit this gorgeous fun-filled city. ...more

March 10, 2009

Sandwiched between the Seminole Heights Post Office and Mauricio Faedo's Bakery, Paula Cortez and her husband, Angelo Ortiz, last month opened a vegetable and fruit stand called Angelo's Produce. ...more

January 28, 2009

Construction workers have begun breaking through the dirt and pouring cement at the future site of the Shoppes at Avalon. ...more

January 25, 2009

Construction workers have begun breaking through the dirt and laying down the concrete at the future site of the Shoppes at Avalon. ...more

January 22, 2009

For the five years she has run Frida's Cafe and Bakery on busy Ulmerton Road, Frida Alipour has sold cookies featuring the faces of the presidential candidates. ...more

January 21, 2009

For the five years she's run Frida's Café and Bakery on busy Ulmerton Road, Frida Alipour has sold cookies featuring the faces of the presidential candidates before the election. And, as part of an unofficial poll, her staff keeps track of how many of a particular candidate's cookies sell before Nov. 4. ...more

January 20, 2009