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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Food Truck 'Revolution' Hits Winthrop

Generation Food Truck was on hand at the Winthrop Pole Barn in Riverview, where Candy Gomez talked about her family's business to promote food trucks and food-truck festivals and events.

  Her husband a former member of a rock band, Candy Gomez now spends her time with him on the road, in a truck, promoting food trucks at events and festivals throughout the Tampa Bay area, including at the Winthrop Pole Barn in Riveriview last night, April 26. There, as part of a Yelp festival, Gomez talked about her family's Not Your Ordinary Food Truck and their subsequent launch seven months ago of Generation Food Truck, a promotion, booking, festival coordinating and consulting business for food-truck operators. The aim is to impress upon the masses that "The Food Revolution Is Here" while working with area businesses, charities and non-profit organizations to stage marketing and fundraising events, festivals and promotions. Generation…

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Winthrop to Host Weekly Farmer's Market

The farmer's market kicked off Saturday, June 2 at the Winthrop Pole Barn where vendors sold everything from fresh produce to crafts.

Fresh fruits and vegetables along with herbs, arts and crafts and other homegrown products were in store for visitors to the first Brandon's Saturday Market at the Pole Barn at Winthrop, 11349 Bloomingdale Ave., Riverview, June 2. Organized by Wilson Almonte, president of Fat Cow Markets, the market will be open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be open year round. And Almonte said he already has interest from more than 50 vendors. "We have a huge variety of vendors that have new merchandise and farm fresh products every week," said Almonte. Vendors will sell a variety of products including fresh produce, seafood, specialty food items, jams, plants, orchids, organic products, honey, gourmet coffee, cheese, fresh-baked bread and…

Bud Dietrich AIA

7:09 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Anne and I are really excited about having this market nearby and plan on being there Saturday mornings.   more ›

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