st petersburg restaurants: Downtown St Petersburg Restaurant News: Cafe Alma
- 03/19/08 12:34 PM
Cafe Alma, a popular restaurant in the "basement" of McNulty Station in downtown St Petersburg, Florida has just been sold. Dwight and Catherine Watkins sold it to Scott Vogell and Tony Harahan, and will stay on for 10 days of training. We've enjoyed Cafe Alma and have often recommended it to our clients. Vogel is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Since both new owners come from franchise backgrounds, it will be interesting to see what they do with this individual restaurant. My only suggestion to the new owners - and it's a personal one - is to make sure … (1 comments)
Ooze and Schmooze is a new restaurant planned for 400 Beach in downtown St Petersburg. Combining the instant success of Parkshore Grille, a block away, and the renown of Ooze's owner Sir Robert Irvine of the Food Network, this seemed destined for success. I first posted about this last August. One of my clients, a few weeks ago, told me that Irvine may have been ONE of the queen's chefs, but he was never THE chef (from the UK and traveling there frequently, they speak with some authority). The last week an article about "Sir" Robert Irvine and his alleged resume was … (5 comments)
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Cafe Alma, a popular restaurant in the "basement" of McNulty Station in downtown St Petersburg, Florida has just been sold. Dwight and Catherine Watkins sold it to Scott Vogell and Tony Harahan, and will stay on for 10 days of training. We've enjoyed Cafe Alma and have often recommended it to our clients. Vogel is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Since both new owners come from franchise backgrounds, it will be interesting to see what they do with this individual restaurant. 
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