Sunshine City Paint will open its doors in early June at 909 Central Ave. in the EDGE District. The paint-and-sip lounge takes up 1,154 square feet where Expedia Cruises used to be.
Owner Julie Gioscio wants a soft opening during the first week. Her shop sits squeezed between the shuttered Buya ramen bar and Fusillo pasta spot.
Gioscio spent five years as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Marine Corps. Born in California, she lived in Hawaii and worked at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa before planting roots in St. Pete…