Tampa restaurants are distributing free, fresh meals for anyone displaced by Hurricane Helene

The meals will be doled out at various locations Monday-Friday, Sept. 30-Oct. 4.

click to enlarge Food will be distributed at Willa's in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2004. - Photo via willalovestampa / Facebook
Photo via willalovestampa / Facebook
Food will be distributed at Willa's in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2004.
Helene is easily the worst storm to hit the Bay area in the last century. But locally, the work to dig out is well underway.

Some of that work involves just feeding people, and the food scene is pitching in, too.

In St. Petersburg last Saturday, the city deployed local food trucks to feed folks in 10 different locations until supplies ran out.

Meanwhile, in Tampa, six local restaurants—Oak and Ola, Willa’s Graze 1910, Chill Bros., Supernatural Food & Wine, and Buddy Brew Coffee—have teamed up to offer free, fresh meals daily through Friday, Oct. 4.

The first round will be distributed today, Monday, Sept. 30 from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at 340 E Davis Blvd. Here are the times and locations for the rest of the week:
  • Tuesday, Oct. 1 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Graze @ 2219 S Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa
  • Wednesday, Oct. 2 4 p.m.-6 p.m. @ 3644 S West Shore Blvd., Tampa
  • Thursday, Oct. 3 Willa’s @ 17000 W Fig St., Tampa
  • Friday, Oct. 4 4 p.m.-6 p.m. @ 340 E Davis Blvd.
More information on locations is available via @graze_1910 on Instagram.

Feeding Tampa Bay has also opened up post-disaster volunteer shifts at four locations on both sides of the Bay, and more information is available via volunteer.feedingtampabay.org.
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