Bacon Street Diner, a popular scratch kitchen in Clearwater's Countryside Mall, is leading a trend at area shopping centers.
Local businesses are moving in as national brands leave, keeping malls alive and relevant in the community.
Bacon Street Diner — with its signature Chicken Bacon Waffle Tower, an architectural marvel to be shared — also happens to be delicious.
Open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Bacon Street Diner is the dream mom-and-pop shop of Danielle and Adam Imburgia, who live in nearby Palm Harbor.
"We always shock people because they are expecting a chain," says Danielle. "We are not a chain."
"What we'd want to see ourselves with our hard-earned dollars is what we want to bring to the community," says Adam.
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