Red Star Rock Bar Secures Parking for Seminole Heights Opening

Red Star Rock Bar is planning to open in Seminole Heights after its owners secured a lease on an adjoining vacant lot that will be used for parking.

The Florida Department of Transportation leased the property beginning this month, according to a lease agreement from FDOT for the bar, which is located off Hillsborough Avenue, a state road. After the five-year lease is completed, the property could be sold, Kris Carson, spokeswoman for FDOT, told tbo.com.

The next step? Securing permits to pave the lot, according to a story in tbo.com, followed by owner Paul Medrano showing the Tampa City Council the parking plan before a final vote on the issue on May 16.

In addition, City Council placed a ban on outdoor amplified music at the bar, located at 5210 N. Florida Avenue, after 10:30 p.m., the story said.

The business, adorned with a black and red mural on one wall, would open on a well-known strip of Seminole Heights, already populated by The Independent and Cappy's Pizza.

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