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Creative Loafing’s “Meet the Chefs” set to be a foodie’s dream come true

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St. Pete residents can get a sampling of what some of the city’s most unique restaurants have to offer. Creative Loafing is hosting “Meet the Chefs” at Green Bench Brewery in the Edge District near downtown St. Pete next Wednesday. The event is set to kickoff the city’s first St. Pete Restaurant Weekend featuring more than 25 restaurants offering three course meals offering the best chefs have to offer. At the kickoff event December 9 chefs from a variety of…

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Things to do this weekend in St. Pete

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Just because Thanksgiving is creeping up on everyone next week (where did the time go?!) doesn’t mean there’s not anything to do to unwind this weekend. Here’s a rundown of fun stuff happening in the ‘burg Saturday and Sunday: Shopapalooza Part I South Straub Park Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Experience more than 120 locally owned shops, restaurants, art galleries, service providers and community organizations all in one place. Many vendors will be offering shopping discounts. Children’s Horticultural Programs…

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Initial paperwork filed to open Clearwater-area brewery

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Clearwater may be getting a new microbrewery. According to documents filed with the state, a company named Fat Lion Brewing applied for an environmental resource permit from the Southwest Florida Water Management District in August. According to that application the company “proposes a craft brewery with tasting room at a former furniture factory. The would-be brewery would renovate three buildings to make room for the establishment and demolish another for parking. Fat Lion was established in September of last year…

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Website lists Florida dead last in … everything

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A new ranking on thrilllist.com puts Florida dead last of all 50 states based on, well, everything. Oh, Florida! The ranking is apparently part of America Week at the entertainment blog’s operations. They’ve already ranked states based on food and drink and beer. Florida did considerably better in the food and drink department, coming in at number 24 on that list. But even though that list touted the Sunshine State for its super yummy oranges and key limes and year-round…

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Local beer brewer not as excited about ending the growler war as you’d think

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When Gov. Rick Scott signed the growler bill last week, Scott’s signature on Senate Bill 186 repealing Florida’s longstanding and sort of silly ban on 64-ounce growlers was a win for several Tampa Bay lawmakers, including state Sen. Jack Latvala and state Rep. Dana Young, who have been working on the issue for three years. It’s been a high-profile issue attracting both news and satire throughout the state as lawmakers literally argued over beer. But surprisingly, it’s not the growlers that…

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Growler bill gets sent to the House with add-ons

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The Florida Senate has sent a growler bill to the House for consideration. The Senate approved 38-0 a revised growler bill that would allow Florida craft breweries to sell 64-ounce growlers. Current law allows the larger one-gallon size and the smaller quart size, but not the most popular half-gallon containers. The version of the bill approved by the Senate would also prohibit the use of electronic benefit transfer cards to purchase alcoholic beverages, decrease the number of vendor licenses from…

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Environmentalists turn to craft beer to make their clean water pitch

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The group Environment Florida put a new face on the fight for clean water – beer. In order to draw increased attention to water quality issues facing Floridians, the group hosted a clean water forum at 3 Daughters brewery in St. Pete Tuesday night. The evening’s keynote speaker was Jim Leonard, chemist and lab director for the brewery. We’re talking Breaking Bad beer brewing … minus the Walter White, law-breaking shenanigans. Leonard pointed out how important water is to brewing…

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