Tampa Bay restaurants, hotels brace for impact after Hurricane Helene
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer and Henry Queen
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Oct 3, 2024

Nine months after Dan Bavaro opened a million-dollar pizzeria on Clearwater Beach, Hurricane Helene sent 4 feet of saltwater surging into the restaurant.

“My brand-new restaurant that we just opened in January — everything has to be thrown out, and everything has to be replaced,” said Bavaro, founder of Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria. “Imagine that for every business along the shoreline.”

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