Tag: Scarpa’s Coastal

Disaster Fund has 232 donors for $2.4 million total

The island Disaster Fund, set up to help local businesses and institutions recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, has now raised over $2.4 million toward a $3 million goal. The fund, which is...

Maine arrest for suspect in Scarpa’s check theft case

Restaurant missing over $100,000 in funds On Sunday, Oct. 13, Teresa J. Lessa, 50, of North Port was arrested at Bangor International Airport in Maine, after the Bangor Police Department was informed...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Mike Teston

September 7, 2023
Sheila Evans
Profiles

When you see him at Scarpa’s ask him, What’s up, doc? Get ready for fancy and fun drinks coming this season. There is a new bar manager at Scarpa’s Coastal, and he is all about mixing things up. Mike...

Making masks to help the community, islanders work together

BY OLIVIA CAMERON – With increasing Coronavirus cases in the U.S., officials are recommending mask wearing when in public or at work. Essential workers have boosted safety precautions and it is...

You’ve heard of ‘Coffee with a scientist,’ but what about with a captain?

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here’s a riddle for you: What is something that local fishing captains get a whole lot of, other than fish, when they’re out on the water? The answer is, questions. They get...

Hot browns, street corn, tres leches and more … The Taste of Boca Grande, Part II

January 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Here we are with the second installment of three rounding out the menus of the Taste of Boca Grande, which will be held on Monday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. The Boca Bay Pass Club will...

Profile: Tom Tirpak

October 4, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Tom Tirpak has been in the restaurant business since he was 16 years old. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pa. and attended high school in New Jersey. After he graduated, he earned an associate...

PROFILE: Ashley Scarpa

June 21, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

BY SUE ERWIN – Ashley Scarpa has been an entrepreneur in the restaurant business since 2006. Since April, she and her husband Glenn have been leasing the space that, until last summer, was home...

Scarpa’s Coastal soft opening has come, and the reaction is positive

May 10, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The fish tank is still there. The general look is the same, and the phone number is, too. The sign came down last week for PJ’s Seagrille, Scarpa’s Coastal sign went up, and a new...

Scarpa’s Coastal coming soon! Old Theatre Building to come back to life

February 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande is abuzz with talk of the new restaurant that will tentatively be opening around May 1 in the Old Theatre Building, where PJ’s Seagrille used to be located. “We are super...