The Brief
- A block on Cleveland Street is now fully occupied with businesses after more than a decade of effort.
- Local leaders say it’s another step towards revitalizing downtown Clearwater.
- There are a few other projects underway downtown as well.
CLEARWATER, Fla – As Christmas music played in the background Wednesday morning, employees at The District Bistro prepped for customers.
“The main idea was to actually have something that we are comfortable eating with American cuisine and also add the no-seed, oil-free option,” Kevin Tatlici, co-owner of The District Bistro, said.
The Tatlicis, a husband-and-wife duo, are the newest neighbors on the 400 block of Cleveland Street in downtown Clearwater. The restaurant is the last piece to fill the 20,000 square feet of space on the street’s north side that Valor Real Estate Development has been trying to fill since 2013.
“We’re happy to complete that last piece of the puzzle and hopefully to see as the new projects continue to grow and all this construction’s getting ready to boom around us that the next few years are only going to keep increasing,” Summer Tatlicis, co-owner of The District Bistro, said.…