Popular south St. Pete restaurant Mullet’s Fish Camp joins Tropicana Field

Popular south St. Pete restaurant Mullet’s Fish Camp joins Tropicana Field

Mullet’s Fish Camp, the popular locally owned restaurant situated at 3901 6th Street South, will debut a new location at Tropicana Field on Friday.

In addition to all baseball home games, Mullet’s will also be open for all special events at Tropicana Field starting on Friday, November 24th with Enchant Christmas, an annual month-long winter wonderland featuring over four million sparkling lights, ice skating, festive food, and holiday shopping.

Mullet’s co-owner Nick Brown confirmed to St. Pete Rising that the eatery will have a location in the Trop’s Third Base Food Hall next to Fo’Cheezy Twisted Meltz, another local restaurant that has locations in downtown St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach.

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21-story apartment tower proposed for Dr. MLK Jr. Street in downtown St. Pete

21-story apartment tower proposed for Dr. MLK Jr. Street in downtown St. Pete

New plans have emerged for an apartment tower on an empty lot on the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North and Arlington Avenue in downtown St. Pete.

The 21-story residential building is being planned by AMFP VI Saint Petersburg LLC, an affiliate of New York-based real estate investment firm Abacus Capital Group. Abacus purchased the 0.78-acre site for $10.75 million in April 2022.

Abacus Capital Group is a private real estate investment firm founded in 2004 and has acquired 31,000 units and invested $4.8 billion into multifamily on behalf of its investors since 2021.

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Popular downtown sports bar Thirsty First moving to Central Avenue

Popular downtown sports bar Thirsty First moving to Central Avenue

A prime Central Avenue location that formerly housed Acropolis Greek Taverna is set to become the new home of Thirsty First, a sports bar that’s been a staple of downtown St. Petersburg’s nightlife scene since 2016.

“We've outgrown the space that we're in,” said Thirsty First owner Greg Mikurak, who also owns Ride ’Em Cowboy and is a co-owner of Whiskey Exchange. “The new space will have two floors and outdoor seating on Central Avenue. There are 70 TVs going in there — there’ll be a view from every angle."

The half-mile hop from 119 1st Avenue North to 515 Central Avenue will allow Thirsty First to triple in size and build on what’s made it the go-to sports bar in downtown St. Pete.

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St. Pete’s Waterfront Parks Foundation will attempt to break a world record this weekend in Flora Wylie Park

St. Pete’s Waterfront Parks Foundation will attempt to break a world record this weekend in Flora Wylie Park

St. Petersburg’s Waterfront Parks Foundation will attempt to break a world record this Saturday with Picnic Land in Flora Wylie Park.   

Picnic Land will feature more than 800 pink, green, blue, and orange picnic blankets that will break the world record for the Longest Continuous Picnic Blanket. 

All proceeds from Picnic Land will benefit the work of the Waterfront Parks Foundation, which, since 2012, has worked with the City of St. Petersburg to preserve, protect, and promote St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront park system.

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Exclusive: 20-story tower to anchor second phase of the EDGE Collective mixed-use project in the EDGE District

Exclusive: 20-story tower to anchor second phase of the EDGE Collective mixed-use project in the EDGE District

The EDGE District of downtown St. Petersburg will continue its meteoric rise as PTM Partners has revealed to St. Pete Rising their plans for a new, walkable mixed-use development expected to bring luxury rentals, commercial spaces, dining and retail outlets, and parking to the burgeoning downtown neighborhood.

The project, dubbed EDGE Collective II, is a continuation of the adjacent EDGE Collective development that broke ground in January 2022 on the 1100 Block of Central Avenue.

The 500,000-square-foot development is situated directly across the street from the upcoming $6.5 billion Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment being spearheaded by The Rays and Hines.

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