Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SESH Gets Another New Business.

Could Southeast Seminole Heights be experiencing the next wave in commercial development? Over the past few years SESH has gained many new, successful businesses. El Taconazo, Boca Bargoons,  GBC Builders, Los Tucanes, Reservations Gourmet To Go and coming soon– Ella’s. Now, we have a new business coming. DD Antiques. The owners of the new Antique store are the previous owners of the Tea Room in Ybor City. The storefront is currently undergoing a renovation as well. Could this small section of the Heights be the next big “hot spot”? It seems that possibly the cleaning and painting of the Osborne/Nebraska strip center for Reservations Gourmet To Go may have spurred a redevelopment of sorts.
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Tampa Mayor Iorio Considers Running For U.S. Senate

From TBO.com

TAMPA - Mayor Pam Iorio confirmed this morning that she is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year.

If she ran, Iorio would enter a Democratic primary in which there are already two announced prominent candidates – U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami and state Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach – and more expected.

“It was not something I was considering when there was a possibility that Alex Sink might run,” Iorio said this morning. “But since she bowed out, I have had people talk to me about it. So I am analyzing it, and that’s where I am right now. I have not ruled it out.”

Sink, also from Tampa, is Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and was considered the most powerful potential Democratic candidate. But Sink announced two weeks ago she won’t run and instead will run for re-election as CFO. Gelber had held off his own announcement, he said, because he didn’t want to run against Sink.

Republican Mel Martinez will leave the seat vacant when he retires in 2010.

Iorio said she has no self-imposed deadline for making a decision.

“I don’t want to declare any specific timeline,” she said. “I’m gathering info and facts and analyzing it.”

She didn’t want to say whom she’s talking to about the race, but said there are no major family considerations in her way.

“Both of my children are in college, and my husband and I are empty-nesters,” she said.

Iorio said she hasn’t previously talked about her interest in the race because “I have not wanted to have my name out there just for the sake of having it out there.”

Iorio is now in her second term as mayor and would leave office because of term limits after the 2011 election. If she won the Senate seat, she would miss only the last year of her tenure as mayor.

Florida Democrats have speculated that Meek and Gelber may split up the huge Democratic voting bloc in Southeast Florida, where about one of every three Florida Democrats live in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. That could create an easier path to a primary victory for candidate from the Tampa Bay area.

Iorio didn’t deny that calculation is part of her analysis of the race.

Iorio was elected mayor, a nonpartisan post, in 2003. Previously, she served as Hillsborough County elections supervisor from 1993 to 2003 and as a county commissioner from 1985 to 1992 - at the time the youngest commissioner ever elected.

Her husband, Mark Woodard, is an assistant county administrator in Pinellas County.

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Reservations Gourmet To Go.

From SESH Email Group:

Dear Patrons,

     We would like to thank you for all of your support and encouragement over the last year while starting Reservations Gourmet To Go. We also would like to thank Jay McGee of New Heights Magazine for calling and letting us know about the availability of our new location!  We had been looking rigorously all over Tampa for the last six months for a location to open our store in, but nothing seemed to feel right. With one phone call from Jay, we knew we had found our place. We could not be happier!

     We also would like to thank our patrons for being patient with us while we closed down for almost three months to clean and remodel our current location on Nebraska Ave in Seminole Heights. It was a journey into cleanliness, with endless days of dirt, dust, blood, sweat, and tears! We overcame the obstacles we faced, and ended up creating a beautiful, clean, friendly environment to cook and serve our food in, and a place where many of our patrons are starting to feel very welcome.

      This is our first email newsletter, which is the beginning of another part of Reservations; to communicate with our patrons on upcoming specials, our “Seminole Heights” discount, our grand opening and anything else we feel we need to share with you! Please call us or stop by if you ever have any questions, need to place an order ahead of time, need a special dinner for a special occasion, are having a party, or just need some yummy food for the big game! Again we thank you for your patience and patronage, and look forward to bringing our Seminole heights community closer together, while providing convenient, nutritious, delicious gourmet food to go!

Warmest regards,

Elke & Anthony Catania

Reservations Gourmet To Go
4703 N Nebraska Ave
Tampa, FL 33603
813-231-6800 phone
813-231-6866 fax
www.Reservationsmenu.com

ENJOY THE BIG GAME AND LET US DO THE WORK!

ANTIPASTO PLATTER
Small (10 to 12 people)    $42.99
Medium (15 to 20 people)    $74.99
Large (25 to 30 people)    $114.99
Includes olives, artichoke hearts, cheeses, Italian cold cuts, peppers, tomatoes and
Italian bread with herbed olive oil for dipping. These are beautiful
as well as delicious platters.

COMBINATION SANDWICH PLATTER
Small (24 piece)    $39.99
Medium (32 piece)    $49.99
Large (44 piece)    $64.99
A variety of our wonderful artisan sandwiches including Portabellos, Capreses, Chicken Caesar and Italian heros.

LASAGNA
Small (10 to 12 people)    $39.99
Medium (15 to 20 people)    $69.99
Large (25 to 30 people)    $112.99
Our Lasagna is like no other, layers and layers stuffed with cheeses and sausage and laced with our bolognese sauce.

GOURMET CHEESE PLATTER
Small (10 to 12 people)    $44.99
Medium (15 to 20 people)    $79.99
Large (25 to 30 people)    $124.99
We include a variety of French, Italian, and American cheeses accented with fruits, nuts and our delicious crostini.

FULL COURSE DINNERS
Available from our standard menu. Please give us a few days notice so that we can make everything perfect for you.

DESSERTS
You can order any of our scrumptious desserts including Devil’s food
triple layer cake, Carrot cake, Cheese cake, Rice pudding, Chocolate mousse and
French Apple Tart.

Dinners To-Go
Dinners come with a freshly-made green salad, vinaigrette, and vegetable of the day.
Everything is made right here each day! We take dinner reservations until noon or so.
Please order by phone (231-6800), or by fax (231-6866)
or stop in to speak to us in person.

We change our entrees daily, so please call to see what’s cookin.

Our Website is www.Reservationsmenu.com 
Look over the menu “Daily Features” . This will give you a good idea of what we can offer
(special requests are always considered).

Eat Well!

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