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ST. PETERSBURG — Dayna Bennett and Ian Florence bonded over the same plate of food before they even met. Bennett moved to San Luis Obispo, California, in the early 2000s, attempting to transition out of working in restaurants and into advertising. She quickly found herself back in the hospitality industry, helping her friend open a new restaurant. She hit it off with the chef de cuisine there, .
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The past 12 months have been notable for the Tampa Bay restaurant scene, which shook off any lingering effects of the pandemic and hit a high note with a slew of new openings and its first-ever Michelin stars. The first quarter of 2023 alone saw more than a dozen new restaurants open. Flashy developments like Midtown Tampa and Tampa’s Water Street filled out their rosters with rooftop bars, .