A new Americana-themed bar is rolling into downtown St. Pete this weekend and it’s bringing red Solo cups, plastic flamingos, and a whole lot of nostalgia with it.

Trailer Daddy opens this Friday, March 6th at 8 p.m. at 217 Central Avenue, taking over the space most recently occupied by Glamper.

The concept is the vision of Matt Knoth, Director of Art and Design and Partner at Ohio-based Forward Hospitality, the team behind Welcome to the Farm, Good Night John Boy, Hi 5, My Rich Uncle, and Tony D’s Sub Shop — all located on the Jannus Block in downtown St. Pete.

While Glamper had a camping vibe, Trailer Daddy embraces what CEO Michael Schwartz calls “the best kind of American chaos.”

“When he proposed this, Glamper wasn’t doing poorly,” said Forward Hospitality Partner Mark Acchione. “But this space should be doing more. It needed a hook — and this concept has one.”

The result is a part-club, part-bar concept built around nostalgia, humor, and photo-ready moments.

A new field of color has quietly taken root in the Warehouse Arts District.

Tucked along 3rd Avenue South between 22nd and 23rd Streets, just steps from 3 Daughters Brewing and Sol St. Pete Bistro, Padme Flower Farm is turning an empty grass lot into a hand-tended haven of ranunculus, snapdragons, anemones, ageratum, and phlox.

The one-acre urban flower farm is the creation of Mallika Nair, an environmental studies graduate, agroecology scholar, and longtime community gardener who says flowers weren’t always part of her plan.

Nair grew up in New York City but spent weekends at her family’s home in Pennsylvania, where compost piles and time in nature planted early seeds of curiosity.

She later studied environmental studies at New College of Florida in Sarasota, focusing her degree on food systems.

A popular farmers and flea market has officially made the move from Largo to St. Pete, bringing its wide mix of vendors to a new audience.

The Pinellas Farmers & Flea Market now takes place every weekend at 10490 Gandy Boulevard at Win! Derby, formerly known as Derby Lane.

The outdoor, pet-friendly market features more than 150 vendors each weekend, many of whom were longtime regulars at the former Wagon Wheel Flea Market in Pinellas Park before it closed in 2020.

Shoppers can browse a wide range of offerings, including fresh produce, plants, secondhand goods, and prepared foods from around the world.

The Pinellas Farmers & Flea Market is held every Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.

Admission is free, and free parking is available for all visitors.

A viral soda drive-thru by way of Utah may be putting down roots in Pinellas County.

In late December, a pre-application meeting request was filed with the City of Largo, kick-starting the early stages of a potential Swig at the corner of Missouri Avenue North and Rosery Road Northwest between a PNC Bank and Extra Space Storage.

If the project ultimately moves forward, the Largo parcel would become the first Swig in Pinellas County, and one of just a handful of locations in the greater Tampa Bay area.

Founded in Utah, Swig is best known for its customizable “dirty sodas”, a signature creation that combines classic sodas with flavored syrups, fresh fruit purees, and creamy add-ins like coconut cream.