Tampa Firefighter honored by neighbors for First Responder Friday this week. Mike works works Tampa Fire Rescue and has been there for 19 years.
Mike neighbor, Amanda, nominated him and tells us Mike’s wife was recently a pediatric ER nurse. Amanda says about them, “Just good, great people. Always willing to help anybody. We do dinners together. The kids play together. Always willing to do anything for a friend, both of them. Just really great people to have as friends, neighbors, and as part of our Tampa Bay community helping out with their jobs.”
Congrats to Mike, the Tampa Firefighter honored this week, as he receives a $100 Visa gift card from Crown Buick GMC . He also gets another $100 Visa gift card from Demesmin & Dover Law Firm.
Every Friday we honor a first responder in Tampa Bay. Do you have someone in your life that is a first responder? Someone that you admire, a relative, a friend? Whoever it is that you want to spotlight. We want to hear from you, and you can nominate someone right now by doing so HERE. The nomination process takes about five minutes. Once you nominate someone we will be in touch with you to schedule a call with you.
5 Tampa Bay Restaurants That Are The Best In Florida
We know there are a lot of great restaurants in the Tampa Bay area. Yelp just put together a list of the 100 best restaurants in all of Florida. Many Tampa Bay area restaurants made the list. Their list is based on their community’s ratings and reviews. Firstly, many of us use Yelp to help decide which restaurant we want to go to. We read reviews, so we can make the best choice for the restaurant of our choice.
There is always a trend in food and this year is no different. The Yelp list says, “Yelpers are craving (and raving about) Thai street food, beefy empanadas, spicy shakshuka, fiery chicken sandos, vegan BBQ, and other big flavors.” The top restaurant in Tampa is Rice & Spice, which is serves Pad Thai and Pad See Ew. Rice & Spice is located on Sheldon Rd.
One of the top restaurants in St. Pete is Uptown Eats. If you recall, that restaurant was listed as One of the Top 100 places to eat in America according to Yelp. What’s interesting is that same restaurant came in #36 of the list of best restaurants in Florida. Funny how it’s so high on the national list, but lower on the state list.
The #1 restaurant in Florida according to Yelp is called Pla-Tu Sushi, Thai, Tapas in South Miami.
Finally, check out five Tampa Bay restaurants that are some of the best in Florida below.
