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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 7, 2000
NEW IN TOWN Up county goes uptown at Rockwaters Grill & Bar, 38954 U.S. 19 N, Tarpon Springs; (727) 945-0777. Interior is cool and the menu of lobster, foccacia, Asian beef and pastas is hot; entrees $11.95 to $29.95 . . . Hip lunches go (sub)urban too at a new Mecca for coffees, panini, salads and fusion foods including Asian noodles and duck or shrimp. Behind Mecca, 3235 Suite 105 B Tampa Rd., Palm Harbor, (727) 773-8839, are Blue Heron partner Robert Stea and Chicago restaurateur Louis Venne. Prices $6 to $9 . . . Curry-hungry south Pinellas now has Ajanta Indian Cuisine inside Best Western Mirage Motel, at 5005 34th St. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 525-1181. Dinner-only ($8 to $12) menu includes rogan josh lamb, dal, biryani plus chicken and breads from a tandoor clay oven ($7.99 to $11.99).
DO YOUR OWN LUNCH Tampa's Mise en Place served its last power lunch for the chic and downtown this week. Owners, who got their start with a fancy lunchery 15 years ago, want time to create a cookbook and take-home sauces.
Creative birthday. When you make reservations for birthdays and anniversaries and the guest of honor's too grown-up for cakes and serenades, smart hosts at Zazarac in Tampa offer flowers, favorite wines or other treats instead. The Nibbler wishes for many more.