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Side dish
By CHRIS SHERMAN
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 21, 2000
Brace yourself for restaurant openings going off like firecrackers: Ybor Centro, BayWalk, Channelside and three new Outback projects.
Before the deluge begins, let me salute the style and flash we already have, my Top 20 Rooms with a View:
SideBerns, Tampa
Boulevard Bistro, Seminole
Zazarac, Tampa
Terrace Room, St. Petersburg
Salt Rock Grill, Indian Rocks
Rice & Co., Citrus Park
Mise en Place, Tampa
Grand Finale, St. Petersburg
Grille at Feather Sound, Clearwater
Redwoods, St. Petersburg
Bernini, Ybor City
Kelly's FJAA, Dunedin
Ciccio & Tony's, Tampa
Alfano's, Clearwater
La Terrazza, Ybor City
Bonefish, St. Petersburg
J. Ryan's, Tampa
Ambrosia, St. Petersburg
Sacks, Tampa
Columbia, St. Petersburg
WHERE'S THE ...?
Directions to the restrooms or telephone can get complicated. Servers who answer requests for directions with "Let me show you" and a short walk to the right corridor add a generous gracenote to their hospitality.
Tocque talk
Chef Tom Chin, who opened the Renaissance Vinoy kitchens in 1992, leaves St. Petersburg's grand pink hotel to head north to crisper air and his Connecticut roots this month.
His taste will linger in an October hotel menu celebrating pumpkins and squashes in soups, muffins and ravioli, and with duck, cod and pork.
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