Guppy’s Longboat Key originally had plans to open the first week of October 2024. Hurricanes Helene and Milton threw a wrench in the original timeline.
“I was pretty blindsided by it,” owner Robin Gupta said. “I was busy running around, getting the place ready to open, and the next thing you know, I was filling up sandbags.”
However, the team behind the restaurant weathered the back-to-back storms and still managed to open later that month. On Oct. 17 of this year, they will be throwing the island’s best Philly-themed shindig to celebrate one year since the opening…