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Side dish
By CHRIS SHERMAN
© St. Petersburg Times, published March 15, 2001
IN THE OVEN
Big as the restaurant boom is, the hubbub at International Plaza in Tampa this week isn't the half of it:
WestShore Plaza's new Restaurant Row gets its upscale family-style Italian chain Mangiano's in mid-June. Plus a big name next door -- to be announced soon.
Samba Room, a high-energy South Florida chain for eats, drinks and dance, opens April 23 in Old Hyde Park Village. Second big restaurant planned for old Selena's space.
Island Way Grille, a big Pacific Rim seafood restaurant in Clearwater Harbor, should open its doors in April.
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Rita Carlino and chef Jon Eric Kern are leaving Ybor City's Don Vicente Hotel for two new projects. She has rescued the 1923 Seabreeze (3409 Causeway Blvd. Tampa; (813) 247-2103) on McKay Bay. It reopens March 27 with fresh paint job and familiar deviled crabs and modest prices. . . . Carlino's on 7th will open April 12 in the former Boca where Kern made his mark. The menu will be eclectic Mediterranean.
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER . . .
Seat outside. Summer and the hum of the AC will be here all too soon. Find a place on the beaches or the docks with outdoor seats. Better yet, grab a hot dog and a spring training game. They'll be gone all too soon.
-- CHRIS SHERMAN, Times food critic
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