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Seasoned Tampa chef Suzanne Lara, who was widely known as Suzanne Crouch before getting married, recently announced the opening of her upcoming, bar, from-scratch kitchen and artisan marketplace. The multifaceted concept deemed “Lara” (an ode to her newly-acquired last name), is set to open sometime in 2024. Although a building for this exciting culinary and hospitality concept has yet to be secured, Suzanne tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that Tampa Heights is the ideal neighborhood due to its centralized location. Lara will offer three unique experiences—a bar, a bazaar full of locally-grown produce, artisan goods and hard-to-find ingredients and supplies for chefs, and an intimate kitchen which Suzanne describes as Lara’s “supporting member.” Suzanne stresses that Lara’s bar won’t draw the typical late night, rowdy crowd one might expect. She tells CL that it will be more of a well-rounded beverage bar inspired by the Greek word “pharmakeia,” which was once used to describe a wide range of elixirs, remedies and apothecaries.
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