{"id":14600,"date":"2022-08-04T03:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T03:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/st-petersburgs-punkys-bar-and-grill-is-closing-after-nearly-7-years-in-business\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T03:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T03:18:33","slug":"st-petersburgs-punkys-bar-and-grill-is-closing-after-nearly-7-years-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=14600","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg&#8217;s Punky&#8217;s Bar and Grill is closing after nearly 7 years in business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">St. Petersburg&#8217;s Punky&#8217;s Bar and Grill closed its doors for good Wednesday, the LGBTQ-owned business announced on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bar and restaurant, located at 3063 Central Ave N in the Grand Central District, opened in December 2015 and quickly became a popular destination in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d14121.001178795228!2d-82.674667!3d27.771261!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x7d2713ab40c21052!2sPunky's%20Bar%20and%20Grill!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1659573967032!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In its release, the company said it had accomplished a lot in nearly seven years, including hosting fundraisers that raised more than $150,000, including Charity Drag Bingo events that benefited more than 100 organizations without profit spirit of the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve made friends, loyal customers, we&#8217;ve gained an incredible team of employees who have become family.  We worked hard, laughed hard, and made a difference every chance we got,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;We&#8217;ve become a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community, a melting pot for people from ALL walks of life &#8230; and their pets!  We&#8217;ve celebrated victories, survived struggles, mourned losses, and come together to help each other and the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Petersburg's Punky's Bar and Grill closed its doors for good Wednesday, the LGBTQ-owned business announced on social media.  The bar and restaurant, located at 3063 Central Ave N in the Grand Central District, opened in December 2015 and quickly became a popular destination in the neighborhood.\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 4032 3024\"\/%3E\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%;transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0\" title=\"St. Petersburg's Punky's Bar and Grill closed its doors for good Wednesday, the LGBTQ-owned business announced on social media.  The bar and restaurant, located at 3063 Central Ave N in the Grand Central District, opened in December 2015 and quickly became a popular destination in the neighborhood.\" itemprop=\"image\" width=\"4032\" height=\"auto\"\/>St. Petersburg&#8217;s Punky&#8217;s Bar and Grill closed its doors for good Wednesday, the LGBTQ-owned business announced on social media.  The bar and restaurant, located at 3063 Central Ave N in the Grand Central District, opened in December 2015 and quickly became a popular destination in the neighborhood. <span class=\"caption__credit\">[ Michaela Mulligan \/ Tampa Bay Times ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The post went on to say that &#8220;Lynn and John would like to thank EVERYONE who has supported Punky&#8217;s since we opened on December 15th, 2015. It has truly been an amazing journey. We are honored that you have chosen to support Punky&#8217;s and we will cherish our friendships and all the memories we&#8217;ve made together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPunkysStPete%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0yJhdz4vSNPnd4GpoVnSz3AUPqEyCLPMbEKJo8dLEcKfkWLHfE2sXakwwJXGz253xl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"470\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">No reason was given for the closing, other than &#8220;Punky&#8217;s has been a joy to so many people, but is ready to retire&#8230;gracefully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is a developing story.  Stay with tampabay.com for updates.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/breaking-news\/2022\/08\/03\/punkys-bar-and-grill-in-st-petersburg-closes-after-nearly-7-years-in-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg&#8217;s Punky&#8217;s Bar and Grill closed its doors for good Wednesday, the LGBTQ-owned business announced on social media. The bar and restaurant, located at 3063 Central Ave N in the Grand Central District, opened in December 2015 and quickly became a popular destination in the neighborhood. In its release, the company said it had accomplished a lot in nearly seven years, including hosting fundraisers that raised more than $150,000, including Charity Drag Bingo events that benefited more than 100 organizations without profit spirit of the area. \u201cWe&#8217;ve made friends, loyal customers, we&#8217;ve gained an incredible team of employees who&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}