Walk into the Swann Avenue Market & Café in Hyde Park and look to the left. You’ll think you’ve entered a typical convenience store. Now look straight ahead and you’ll see it’s also a deli. But when you look to the right, you’ll realize you’ve stepped into a craft beer wonderland. Taylor Kolligs and his wife, Ashley, took over the shop next to Woodrow Wilson Middle School nearly a year ago. “It’s always been my goal – entrepreneurship, and beer,” he said. Imported brews from such countries as Belgium, Czechoslovakia, India and Croatia sit on the store shelves, as well as a wide variety of …

After Skate Park of Tampa opened in 1993, skateboarders from around the world descended upon it to navigate the hills, half-pipes and pyramids at the indoor arena on Columbus Drive. Last year, owner Brian Schaefer took the next step – opening a bar/restaurant/coffee shop on the edge of Ybor City. Perhaps not a logical step to most folks, but Durke Schmidt said establishing The Bricks of Ybor made perfect sense. Schmidt, now a bartender there, was an early customer of the skate park. “I went there the second day it opened,” he said. He became friends with Schaefer, and eventually they started …