Seafood & raw bar restaurant Cheeky’s to open next week in St. Petersburg
Back in 2023 (where has the time gone btw?!), I wrote about how Cheeky’s in St. Pete was coming soon. Well guess what???? Their opening date is coming very soon! The seafood and raw bar restaurant officially opens next Wednesday, May 7th on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg’s Grand Central District.
To refresh your memory, Cheeky’s is a creation from Tampa native and co-founder of award-winning restaurants Willa’s and Willa’s Provisions Nate Siegel. On the menu is fresh seafood from local waters and the Gulf, including East Coast and Florida oysters, Maine lobster rolls, po-boys with bread sourced from Leidenheimer (a bakery in New Orleans), smoked fish dip, hot bowls of chowder, burgers, salads, daily specials. FYI, the restaurant opens with dinner service only and will introduce weekday lunch, weekend brunch, a happy hour and live music in the future.
Cheeky’s oysters (available raw, grilled, and fried) are sourced from Long Island’s Blue Point, Massachusetts’ Katama Bay and local Florida oyster farms like Indian River Oyster Company in New Smyrna Beach and Lost Coast Oysters in Tampa Bay.
Executive Chef Phillips Cleary will run the kitchen. He launched his career over two decades ago and moved to Tampa in 2022, recently working at Willa’s and On Swann. Cleary’s goal is to “highlight the beauty and simplicity of the best ingredients while incorporating elevated techniques learned from his background in fine dining.”
Cheeky’s drinks include classic cocktails like martinis, local beers, and Guiness on tap, natural wines by your choice of glass or bottle, and a few spirit-free options. Guests can also sip frozen cocktails like banana daiquiris, transfusions, margaritas and espresso martinis made with coffee from local roaster Look Alive. Cocktails on draft will include mojitos, palomas and strawberry negronis.
Diners can select from a few bar stools to plenty of banquettes in an open and breezy dining room or at tables with umbrellas to shield us from the hot Florida sun in the soon-to-open outdoor patio.
“Coming to St. Pete is a dream come true, and opening a new little place like Cheeky’s along Central Avenue is so exciting,” says Nate. “This is already such a special community, and I am honored to become a small part of it alongside my friends and neighbors at Bandit, Baba, Wild Child and more.”
The restaurant will welcome walk-ins, and reservations will be available on Resy.
Find Cheeky’s at 2823 Central Ave. in St. Petersburg. Check out their website for details and follow them on Instagram @cheekys_net.
Özellikle lüks konut projelerinde, lüks su arıtma cihazı tercih edilmesi artık bir standart haline geldi. Arıtmapark, bu yeni yaşam standartlarına uygun olarak geliştirdiği ürünlerle, sağlıklı içme suyu konforunu her eve taşıyor. Zarif, kompakt ve son teknoloji ürünleriyle, hem bireysel kullanıcılara hem de büyük projelere özel çözümler sunuyor.