{"id":31689,"date":"2023-04-17T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31689"},"modified":"2023-04-17T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:20:11","slug":"lakeland-approves-new-tiki-bar-in-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/04\/17\/lakeland-approves-new-tiki-bar-in-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland approves new Tiki bar in downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland commissioners voted Monday to unanimously approve a conditional use permit to allow Lakeland Loft owner Soloman Wassef to open a casual beach-themed bar dubbed Lakeland Island Breeze on the ground floor of the same building at 201 E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"533\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341407497_757624289403417_7050603205158229711_n.jpg?resize=960%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341407497_757624289403417_7050603205158229711_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341407497_757624289403417_7050603205158229711_n.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/341407497_757624289403417_7050603205158229711_n.jpg?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Just want to share the great news it is official now the Island Breeze is coming soon,&#8221; he wrote in a Facebook post following the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wassef presented plans to remodel the area that last served as Dart World Gaming Arena into a bar serving up Caribbean-themed cocktails and music. 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