Owner of Crabby Bill's opens New England-inspired seafood restaurant in Indian Rocks Beach

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Owner of Crabby Bill's opens New England-inspired seafood restaurant in Indian Rocks Beach

Want some wicked chowder? The family behind the Crabby Bill's restaurant brand has opened a New England-style seafood restaurant and bar on Indian Rocks Beach.

Just a mere few blocks from the original Crabby Bill's restaurant, founder Matt Loder Sr. and his family have converted the former JD's Restaurant and Lounge space at 125 Gulf Boulevard into their newest restaurant brand - Monstah Lobstah - a full-service New England-style Maine Lobster house.

The new restaurant, which held a soft opening this month, has a robust seafood menu with both New England and Florida seafood delicacies.  

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Done Deals: Big Lots to close St. Pete stores, Dispensary replaces art gallery, Sundial signs another lease

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Done Deals: Big Lots to close St. Pete stores, Dispensary replaces art gallery, Sundial signs another lease

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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Grove Surf and Coffee to rebuild St. Pete Beach shop after extensive damage from recent hurricanes

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Grove Surf and Coffee to rebuild St. Pete Beach shop after extensive damage from recent hurricanes

Lindsey Gottschling and her husband Peter had their eyes glued to the monitor, watching the live camera footage of water flooding their specialty coffee bar and retail shop Grove Surf + Coffee on St. Pete Beach.

“It was like watching a car accident in slow motion. You can't pull yourself away from looking - and then the camera feed cut off,” Lindsey said to St. Pete Rising, reliving the moment Hurricane Milton wreaked havoc on their cafe as it slammed into Florida's western coast last week as a Category 3 storm.

The popular St. Pete Beach business opened in 2020 at 7370 Gulf Boulevard.

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St. Pete restaurant openings you may have missed

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St. Pete restaurant openings you may have missed

From Asian-fusion cuisine to smoked fish, established and rising chefs continue to bring new tasty concepts to the Sunshine City for locals to indulge in.

Numerous restaurants have debuted in St. Pete and beyond over the past few months and the city’s culinary landscape has garnered the attention of Travel & Leisure, which recently ranked St. Petersburg as the “top food city in America”.

Here’s a list of recent restaurant openings you may have missed.

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Done Deals: St. Pete apartments sell, NY company relocates HQ to Pinellas, Indian Rocks Beach restaurant sells

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Done Deals: St. Pete apartments sell, NY company relocates HQ to Pinellas, Indian Rocks Beach restaurant sells

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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St. Pete Beach's Grove Surf and Coffee to open new cafe on Indian Rocks Beach 

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St. Pete Beach's Grove Surf and Coffee to open new cafe on Indian Rocks Beach 

Riding a wave of growth, the owners behind the popular retail surf shop and specialty coffee bar Grove Surf + Coffee in St. Pete Beach are expanding into Indian Rocks Beach with an entirely new concept.

Unlike its sister shop, which only serves coffee, pastries, and baked goods, the new Grove Surf Cafe will be equipped with a full commercial kitchen, offering a full food and drink menu when it opens this Wednesday at 1309 Gulf Boulevard on Indian Rocks Beach.

The space previously housed Salt Public House and shares the same building with the Nekton Surf Shop.

"Indian Rocks Beach is our home. We always said if we were going to expand, we would do it here," founder Lindsey Gottschling said to St. Pete Rising.

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Philanthropist Kiran Patel proposes luxury beachfront condo building in Indian Rocks Beach

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Philanthropist Kiran Patel proposes luxury beachfront condo building in Indian Rocks Beach

A new eight-unit luxury condominium building is set to break ground this summer in Indian Rocks Beach. 

The boutique Sai Ocean Front Residences will rise at 404 Gulf Boulevard, the site of the former 45-key Gulf Towers Motel across from The Original Crabby Bill’s seafood restaurant.  

Tampa philanthropist and real estate investor Dr. Kiran Patel, most notably known for selling WellCare for $200 million in 2002, is developing the project. 

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