Darden Restaurants, owner of the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, has agreed to sell the Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill chain to buyout fund Sun Capital Partners for $80 million to focus on more profitable restaurants. ...more

December 5, 2007

Bringin' Home The Bacon The members of Tampa's Pigilicious BBQ team, whose motto is "Haulin' Pig Butts," were among the hundreds of participants in Plant City's Pig Jam State BBQ Championship, which awarded $15,000 in prizes to the best barbecue teams from across the United States. ...more

November 25, 2007

Three festivals featuring doses of history, barbecue and family fun are on tap Saturday in Plant City. ...more

November 16, 2007

Keeping it simple and consistent is the philosophy that the owners of First Choice Southern Bar-B-Que use to ensure success. ...more

October 31, 2007

A larger-than-expected crowd breathed in the smells and savored the tastes offered by professional cooks who drenched their chicken with sauce, peppered their ribs with spices and charred their briskets to a crisp. ...more

October 24, 2007

TAMPA - Crews put out three house blazes over the span of about six hours this weekend, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

October 21, 2007

An early morning blaze tore through a double-wide mobile home Wednesday, leaving a family homeless. ...more

October 18, 2007

Capt. Russel P. Harris/Rudy J. Santacruz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4321 will be rebuilt. ...more

October 17, 2007

LAKELAND - The 20-year reunion of 1987 Lakeland High School grads kicked off at 4 p.m. today with a barbecue tailgate party before a football game and the man who police say threatened violence at the event still in jail. ...more

October 5, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Timberlane Civic Association wants its residents to connect and is using a neighborhood flea market to make it happen. ...more

September 29, 2007