A Florida east coast restaurant is opening its first Gulf-side ... officially open Jan. 16 at 9110 Strada Place, Suite 6130, in Mercato. It will be in the same site as The Counter, a custom ...

Owned and operated by chef Lisa "Aloha-Lani" Mercado, this funky, bohemian restaurant officially opened its doors on Lake Avenue in August. If the name sounds familiar, it should, as it references ...

Mercato is also decidedly more high-end than ... which happened to be Ellms' and Taranto’s favorite restaurant, though she was leaving for culinary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. On the right-hand ...