One of St. Pete’s most historic buildings is getting new life, as the sprawling basement at Snell Arcade (405 Central Avenue) is being transformed into a high-end, multi-concept social club called Medina 405. The news was first reported by St. Pete Catalyst.
Medina 405 will be a sleek, modern, membership-only social club that fully embraces its past while confidently strutting into St. Pete’s future. The Art Deco cultural hub will feature several areas, including a cocktail bar, cigar lounge, private dining spaces, and wine cellar.
The news is sure to pique the interest of those who have walked by the building and peered into the spaces below the sidewalk grates. Under that ornate, century-old structure sits a sprawling basement that local legend claims once served as a secret passage for bootleggers during Prohibition, which is the most Florida twist imaginable…