"I woke up that first week, and the sun was shining through the window, and I thought, ‘I’m going to like it here.’ "
Anne Kearney is scrolling through photos on her phone, looking for one she took on the beach the other night.
The James Beard award-winning chef is sitting in Heights Public Market, the popular food hall at Armature Works in Tampa. She sips coffees and looks out at Armature’s outdoor space, which at 10 a.m. on a weekday is already packed with people.
Places like this and nearby Hall on Franklin and Sparkman Wharf are helping turn the Tampa Bay area into a culinary destination by drawing renowned chefs. Kearney, who was approached by local restaurateurs John and Trudy Cooper to be the executive chef at Armature’s new restaurant Oak & Ola, is no exception.
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