Tampa Today News: South Florida Men's Basketball Record Attendance + Publix Meat Recall
Tampa Today News: South Florida Men's Basketball Record Attendance + Publix Meat Recall
Everything to know happening in town.
Happy Presidents’ Day! Welcome back to Tampa Today News. I hope you had a great weekend. I’m Carlos Hernandez, your host explaining all things about what’s happening in the Tampa area including local news, events, and more.
Today’s weather: High 66 and low 46. Partly cloudy.
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Top local stories:
South Florida wins eleventh straight basketball game, sets new home attendance record: USF Men's Basketball won its 11th straight game on Sunday when the team beat Florida Atlantic 90-86. The audience of 10,659 attendees set a new record for South Florida home attendance. South Florida is seeking its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2011-12. Next the Bulls will play Wednesday night at UTSA. (wfla.com, gousfbulls.com)
Fine dining and whiskey concept coming to Sarasota’s Main Street district: A new fine dining and whiskey concept is coming to downtown Sarasota called Warren. The new restaurant will be located at at 1400 Main St. Menu items at other locations include a Damn Good Lobster Roll, Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich, Ribeye, NY Strip and more. Warren is owned by Damn Good Hospitality which already operates two location locations in Delray and Naples. (businessobserverfl.com, damngoodhospitality.com)
Spring Hill Publix issues recall for select ground meat sold: Publix has issued a voluntary recall for some ground meat products sold at its Lakewood Plaza location at 4365 Commercial Way in Spring Hill. Ground meat sold on or after Feb. 14 is not impacted by the recall. Customers are encouraged to throw out meat impacted or take the meat to the store for a full refund. A full list of items recalled is available online. (wtsp.com)
Dueling piano event coming to downtown Tampa this spring: Keys in the Park is a new dueling piano event coming to downtown Tampa on March 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lykes Gaslight Park. The park is located at 242 E Madison St. The battle will happen once a quarter and is meant to help activate the area with the arts. (thatssotampa.com)
Rays Fan Fest draws big crowd in St. Pete: Over 15,000 people attended the free Rays Fan Fest this past weekend at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The family-friendly event had players and staff engaging with both kids and adults. The event also held a food drive with Feeding Tampa Bay and a yard sale raising money for the Rays Baseball Foundation. (stpetecatalyst.com)
Top local events:
Pasco County Fair at Pasco County Fairgrounds. (3 p.m.)
Adult Cooking Class - Retro Dinner with Chef Kristie at Junior Chefs of America. (6 p.m.)
Bodybar Pilates & Bubbles at Hotel Haya. (6 p.m.)
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Ottawa Senators at Amalie Arena. (7 p.m.)
NATIONTIME (1972) by William Greaves at Screen Door Cinema. (7 p.m.)
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