4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1112+ words) The weeklong wait for Bread Bandits’ sourdough is over. While Lakewood Ranch residents can still attend the farmers’ market at Waterside Place on Sundays to buy bread and pastries from Bread Bandits, there’s now a storefront option, open seven days…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (588+ words) A coffee cart unwittingly operating illegally in the parking lot of a downtown business sparked a movement to craft a zoning text amendment to permit mobile food and beverage vendors to peddle their wares in the Downtown Bayfront zone district....

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (407+ words) So, I’ve started silencing things. Not everything, just enough to breathe again. Sometimes peace looks like not knowing everything the second it happens. And in that newly reclaimed notification-free time, I’ve found myself daydreaming about a slower kind of life....

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (680+ words) Sips has been a hit. “It’s definitely exceeded what our expectations were from when we first opened up the shop,” co-owner Chris Carter said. “We didn’t think we would grow to where we are today.” “I’ll come in just to…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (846+ words) An only child, Blair Sellers always has been independent and driven. When it came to a career, he didn’t want to climb a corporate ladder. Instead, he dreamed of becoming a business owner. The idea of a coffee shop always…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (939+ words) On the morning of Aug. 30, Katelyn Diaz’s hands shook as she made her first espresso of the day. Parked in her neighborhood of Polo Run, she took a glance out the window of her new coffee trailer, which is the…...