Another day at home is another day in paradise. Yet again, the City of St. Pete is earning accolades as one of the premier cities to reside in, this time being named the best place to live in Florida among small and mid-size cities. The new rankings from Livability.com focused exclusively on cities with a population between 75,000 and 500,000, a range that St. Pete fell almost perfectly in the middle of (though the population of Pinellas County as a…
Red Mesa Mercado, a popular Cali-Mex eatery located in St. Pete’s EDGE District, will expand to the Pasadena neighborhood in west St. Pete in 2024. The new outpost will be situated at 6001 Central Avenue, which was previously home to Two Graces and Reading Room. Red Mesa Mercado, which opened at 1100 1st Avenue North in 2014, offers family recipes with Cali-Mex and old-world Mexican flavors in a fast-casual format. Best-sellers include the Shrimp Tacos, Cali Burrito, and…
St. Petersburg-based J Square Developers and Backstreets Capital have announced a new mixed-use townhome project on Central Avenue in west St. Petersburg. Named Strum Place, the development will be planned for Central Avenue and 64th Street and is being named after The Strum family, one of the pioneering families of west St. Petersburg who built the existing two-story house on the site in 1924. The developers purchased the 0.84-acre site in December 2022 for $1.45 million. STRUM PLACE…