Local News in Pinellas County

At Keystone Farmers Market, new owners bet big on the community

Ferg’s bets on downtown with $6 million trail investment

"I've been leasing this same piece of property for the last 33 years."

Published July 09

Get free zoo and museum tickets through this local credit union

Summer is a time to get out and explore, and the region’s premier credit union is here to help make it easy (and affordable) to do so. Suncoast Credit Union […]

Community-centered Café Ora to open this fall at Looking Glass Initiative in south St. Pete

A community-centered café will open this fall in South St. Pete as one of the first businesses inside the Looking Glass Initiative, a two-block adaptive reuse project along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. Located at 908 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South, Café Ora…

Published July 09

Ideal Nutrition is St. Pete’s new star for healthy, affordable meal prep and meals to-go

After years of searching, I finally found my match. Ideal Nutrition, which quietly opened at the end of 2025 in Downtown St. Pete, has become my new go-to for fresh, […]

Rumba Island Bar & Grill abruptly closes St. Pete location

Rumba Island Bar & Grill has abruptly closed its St. Pete location at 6445 4th Street North, leaving employees and customers with little explanation. Employees tell St. Pete Rising they arrived for work earlier this week expecting a normal shift, only to find the restaurant…

Rumba Island Bar & Grill closes St. Pete location

"We're just looking at doing a rebrand, maybe," said owner Frank Chivas.

Lumbre opens next week in Tampa, from the team behind Michelin-starred Rocca

Published July 08

Three new shops on Central Avenue are celebrating a joint grand opening in Grand Central District

There’s something delightfully chaotic about three brand-new shops deciding to share a single grand opening celebration, and it’s absolutely working. On Saturday, July 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., a […]

Iron Meadow joins spARK Labs by ARK Invest incubator

The organization acquires niche online businesses and utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance operations.

Dutch Bros could set up at busy Seminole corner

Lucky Cup Coffee to open second St. Pete location at The Factory after whirlwind first year

When longtime friends April Lupkey and Lauren Kirk quietly opened Lucky Cup Coffee Co. inside the Galaxy Hotel in downtown St. Pete last summer, most of their customers were hotel guests. Some days, they made just two drinks. Then a friend ordered a matcha latte that wasn't even…