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After code complaints temporarily closed doors, Nana’s fights for survival in Ybor City

Owner Anisa Mejia has been hosting plant-based pop-ups in the meantime.

By Kyla Fields and Suzanne Townsend

May 1, 2024

Last summer, the team at Nana’s Restaurant & Juice Bar was all smiles celebrating the plant-based concept’s first birthday. Seven months later, the once-bustling little green building on Ybor City’s Fourth Avenue is temporarily shuttered and no longer slinging popular Caribbean-inspired fare...

Nana's owner Anisa Mejia poses outside of her restaurant and smoothie spot at 1601 E 4th Ave.

Tropical Heatwave, Ybor City’s beloved exotic evening of eclectic entertainment, stages a comeback

WMNF brings close to 20 bands take over the Cuban Club this weekend.

By Ray Roa

(L-R) WMNF events team Lee ‘Flee’ Courtney, Michael Bagley, Linda Reisinger, and Samantha Hval in Tampa, Florida on April 29, 2024.

Florida ranks second-to-last in nation for average teacher pay, says report

Florida was ranked No. 48 in the nation last year, and is ranked No. 50 this year.

By McKenna Schueler

Florida ranks second-to-last in nation for average teacher pay, says report

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V.M. Ybor bakery Elevenses brings back wildly-popular ‘Gilmore Girls’ menu this month

By Kyla Fields

V.M. Ybor bakery Elevenses brings back wildly-popular ‘Gilmore Girls’ menu this month

Florida AG Ashley Moody challenges Biden Administration rule closing gun-sale 'loopholes'

By Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida

Florida AG Ashley Moody challenges Biden Administration rule closing gun-sale 'loopholes'

Piano man Ben Folds brings ‘Paper Airplane Request Tour’ to Tampa this fall

By Ray Roa

Ben Folds, who plays David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 23, 2024.

State of Florida tells universities to take 'any steps necessary' to prevent pro-Palestine protests

By Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix

State of Florida tells universities to take 'any steps necessary' to prevent pro-Palestine protests

Pete’s Bagels opens a new grab ’n go shop in Gulfport this week

By Kyla Fields

Pete’s offers a variety of expected bagels like plain, everything, poppyseed, salt and sesame, plus a few unique flavors like cheddar jalapeño and cinnamon raisin

Q&A: Before St. Petersburg show, Kurt Vile talks loss, ‘Moon Beach,’ and more

By Ray Roa

Kurt Vile, who plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 8, 2024.

'They'll hopefully thrive out here': Threatened Eastern indigo snakes released in Central Florida

By Jim Turner and News Service of Florida

Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol.

Florida defends DeSantis' congressional redistricting plan

By Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida

Florida defends DeSantis' congressional redistricting plan

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