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The Saint’s construction began ahead of Cocktail’s, allowing Fischer to familiarize himself with operating a more intimate space before opening the larger LGBTQ bar. “He said, ‘Well, why don’t you just run all three of these?’” “He wanted to put some bars in the building and I said I’d always wanted to own one,” Fischer recalls. It will eventually house The Wet Spot, a third bar near a pool which Fischer will also run. The building is the current home of The Saint and Cocktail, which has nearly completed construction. The two continued their working relationship after Andoniades also purchased the historic Mari-Jean Hotel. Petersburg projects was for Michael Andoniades, owner of sister hotels The Avalon and The Hollander. It wasn’t his years in the service industry that led to his operating two of them, however, but rather his eye for design. Petersburg staple.įischer, who also worked as an executive for Darden Restaurants for 25 years until his retirement at 46, says he always wanted to own a bar.
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He opened The Saint last year as well, a speakeasy which quickly became another St. The space is the latest concept from entrepreneur David Fischer, the interior designer behind ZaZoo’d, which offers an eclectic variety of goods and services.
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PETERSBURG | Cocktail will open in the Grand Central District May 7, promising “stiff drinks, hard liquor and raging good times” as Tampa Bay’s newest LGBTQ bar. ABOVE: Owner David Fischer discusses Cocktail ahead of its grand opening April 21.