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The Violet Stone is opening a second location next month. Here’s where

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The Violet Stone is opening a Tampa location next month, owner and operator Daniel Fekete said by phone Thursday. The Philadelphia native will bring cheesesteaks, well-done pizza and lots of Philly love to South Tampa in about four weeks. The restaurant is taking over the old Renzo’s spot at 3664 W. Kennedy Blvd. Expect a special guest (a “Tampa favorite”) to perform the ribbon cutting honors, Fekete said. And they’ll be giving out a ton of cheesesteaks that day. This will be The Violet Stone’s first brick-and-mortar location in Tampa. Fekete started the concept as a food truck in 2022 then pivoted to a small space in the Kenwood neighborhood of St. Petersburg a year later. In the summer of 2025 he moved The Violet Stone to a larger location in the Crescent Heights neighborhood. The Tampa location will have the same menu as the St. Petersburg restaurant. The Violet Stone caught some viral attention in March 2024 when David Portnoy gave the restaurant a Barstool Pizza Review. Portnoy al

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