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By: Audrey Grounds 2020 has been a year of uncertainties and upset expectations, which has forced everyone to evaluate every aspect of their life, work and play, but the wedding and events industry is one sector that I have seen [...]

Chris Kent’s passion for cooking began at a young age while helping his grandmother in the kitchen. The Florida native considers his first kitchen job to be peeling garlic for their family salad every night and making his grandmother’s favorite [...]

Written by: Dave Madera, Director of Operations Last month, Rococo's General Manager Kevin and myself spent a few days traveling the Napa Valley meeting with winemakers and tasting their wines. This was my seventh trip out to Napa and Kevin's [...]

Live your brunch life on Sundays at Rococo Steak! Executive Chef Jordan Buendia has created a brunch menu that goes beyond just benedicts. With so many tempting options, we understand it can be hard to choose what you want to [...]

Chef Donald "Donny" Burnett began cooking as a little boy at the apron strings of his grandmother. His impressive resume spans from heralded restaurants in the Tampa Bay Area to serving as a personal chef to working as a restaurant [...]

Jordan Buendia, Rococo Steak’s Executive Chef, has been with Rococo since the very beginning. In 2013, Chef Jordan moved from the Florida Panhandle to Saint Petersburg. Starting as line cook, he worked his way up to sous chef and then [...]

We are getting ready for some very exciting changes to our menus at Rococo Steak. All our menus will be changing to reflect the new spring season and we couldn’t be more excited to share them with you. Here are […]

Recently, Rococo Steak hosted an exclusive wine dinner to unveil some of its beautifully aged wines, including a 1977 Mouton Rothschild. The intimate atmosphere coupled with a personal talk with Jean-Sebastien Calvet, the renowned owner of Aquatine Imports which specializes [...]

One of my true passions in life is getting to try amazing food and wine. Chef Matthew Rainey is getting ready to unveil our fall menu.  Our sommelier, Will Howard and I have been working on the wine list and [...]

Why do we have rehearsal dinners? With all of the planning involved in a wedding, a rehearsal dinner may seem like an extra task. The rehearsal will provide you with a seamless wedding day, and the rehearsal dinner will provide […]