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St. Petersburg vegan restaurant Good Intentions is closing Original

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By Helen Freund 
| Tampa Bay Times
It’s the end of a (vegan) era: Good Intentions, the popular St. Petersburg plant-based restaurant, will close. The announcement was made Friday, and the restaurant’s staff was informed Thursday of the impending shutter, said Jenny Howe, who runs the Grand Central District restaurant along with five other partners.
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Pinellas County restaurants snubbed by Michelin again, and Tampa loses a star

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By Helen Freund 
| tampabaybeacons.com
Once again, Pinellas County restaurants got snubbed by the Michelin Guide. For the second year in a row, not a single restaurant across the entire county — from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs — received a Michelin star during the guide’s annual reveal ceremony. Over in Tampa, there were no new stars either. In fact, one restaurant — Lilac, inside the Tampa Edition — lost its star, which is rare.
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A new Tampa Bay app pays diners to post photos of their food. Does it work? Original

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By Helen Freund 
| Tampa Bay Times
What if you could make a little money back every time you went out to eat? That’s the idea behind Flaer, a new Tampa Bay-based application that seeks to give diners cash for posting photos of their meals at local restaurants. The app, created by University of South Florida student Stepan Mruzek and Matej Bednar, launched in February and is designed to help restaurants get exposure while incentivizing guests with a payout every time they post a photo when they dine.
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