ST. PETERSBURG — After starting as a food truck in 2022 and moving into a tiny brick-and-mortar location in Kenwood a year later, The Violet Stone has opened its biggest space yet.
The spot known for its “well-done” pizza with charred crispy crusts and sandwiches like a lauded Philly cheesesteak has moved a few miles away to a 100-seat restaurant at 2607 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N. in St. Petersburg’s Crescent Heights neighborhood.
Now it’s an Italian restaurant, not just a pizza and sandwich joint, said owner Daniel Fekete…