The Lowry Park Zoo's board has called for an independent financial audit of dealings with Safari Wild to determine whether any zoo money was used for the private exotic animal park co-owned by zoo President Lex Salisbury. ...more

August 29, 2008

The Lowry Park Zoo's board has called for an independent financial audit of dealings with Safari Wild to determine whether any zoo money was used for the private exotic animal park co-owned by zoo President Lex Salisbury. ...more

August 28, 2008

Outback Steakhouse's parent company, OSI Restaurant Partners, posted a huge loss of nearly $177 million in its second quarter, much of it related to a reduction in the company's value, but also triggered by a steep drop in restaurant sales. ...more

August 16, 2008

TAMPA Outback Steakhouse's parent company, OSI Restaurant Partners, posted a huge loss of nearly $177 million in its second quarter, much of it related to a reduction in the company's value, but also triggered by a steep drop in restaurant sales. ...more

August 15, 2008

When Outback Steakhouse's parent company went private in a $3.2 billion sale a year ago, the move was intended to help reignite the restaurant chain. ...more

August 15, 2008

There is another hotel choice for motorists driving through Hernando County. ...more

August 8, 2008

There is another hotel choice for motorists driving through Hernando County. ...more

August 8, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The more things change, the more they remain the same. In the middle of the last century, a building with large glass bay doors at the corner of what is now Main Street and S.R. 580 housed a gas station. ...more

August 2, 2008

TAMPA Bennigan's restaurants in the Tampa Bay region were locked shut Tuesday, joining hundreds of others that closed nationally as the corporate owner of the once-popular chain filed for bankruptcy court protection and plans to liquidate. ...more

July 30, 2008

Eighty-nine bucks is hardly a pittance to pay for a meal for two, but in the world of prime steakhouses and market-price seafood houses, it may qualify as a "value meal." Faced with a tough economy, some fine-dining establishments around the Bay area have begun offering discounted fare, either through summer-long specials or dining clubs with price breaks. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar has a $99 filet-and-lobster combo for two, while Brazilian steakhouse Boizao has created an E-Club offering Internet specials. ...more

July 24, 2008