Ooze and Schmooze is a new restaurant planned for 400 Beach in downtown St Petersburg. Combining the instant success of Parkshore Grille, a block away, and the renown of Ooze's owner Sir Robert Irvine of the Food Network, this seemed destined for success. I first posted about this last August.
One of my clients, a few weeks ago, told me that Irvine may have been ONE of the queen's chefs, but he was never THE chef (from the UK and traveling there frequently, they speak with some authority). The last week an article about "Sir" Robert Irvine and his alleged resume was written in the St Petersburg Times. I blogged about it, and since then, the story has taken on a life of its own.
What a cool name for a restaurant. I'm off "to learn more"
Edit: What, I can't learn more without registering? "The server blog.ssimms.com at MyST Blogsite | myst-msc06-fnt requires a username and password."
Margaret - sorry. I keep forgetting that I can't copy the link from where I posted it - I have to go outside and get the public link.
It's actually two restaurants, Ooze the casual one, and Schmooze the more elegant one, probably connected by a common bar area. The followups have been interesting.
Frank - many of us not from LA also enjoy talking about and eating food.
Barbara Jo - it's premature to check out. The latest is that the photos of Irving have been taken out of the windows.