Things To Do In SW Florida

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers

NEW YORK (AP) — The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S., and some drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel, as war engulfed the Middle East and shipments of oil and gas were stranded in the Persian Gulf.

A gallon of regular was selling for $3.11 on average in the U.S., according to motor club AAA, surprising some drivers at the pump. Gasoline prices were already rising before the U.S. launched strikes on Iran as refiners switch over to summer blends of fuel. But crude prices rose sharply in recent days because of the war.

Anne Dulske paid $15 more than usual to fill up her tank at a Jackson, Mississippi gas station on Tuesday.

“It’s going to affect everything in our lives,” she said. “It’s very scary, and it does hit closer to home than people think.”

Dulske, who said she had previously noticed gas prices slowly going down, called the increase surprising and said she was caught off guard when she learned the United States and Israel had attacked Iran over the weekend. read more

After 1,889 restaurant inspections across Central Florida in February, only 170 had no issues for the entire month, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Brevard had the highest percentage of restaurants with zero violations during routine food inspections at 13.4%. Orange came in second with 10.2%, Seminole came third at 9.5% and Volusia was in fourth place with 6%.

Lake and Osceola ranked at the bottom with 5% and 4.1%, respectively.

Orange County had the most restaurants with no violations at 87. Brevard followed with 39, then Seminole and Volusia tied with 14, Osceola with nine and Lake with seven.

BREVARD

Al Baik Kabob House #2, 1288 Sarno Road , Melbourne
Azteca Two Mexican Restaurant, 1600 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Bigg Squeeze Fresh Lemonade LLC, 3300 Grissom Parkway, Cocoa
Botta Pizzeria & Bakery, 7500 Lake Andrew Dr., Unit 106, Melbourne
Boy Hero, 6050 Babcock St. SE, Suite 4, Palm Bay
Cape Grill & Bar, 1000 Shorewood Dr., Cape Canaveral
Cedar’s Cafe, 4100 N. Wickham Road, Suite 137, Melbourne
Comer Fuego, 3085 Jupiter Blvd. SE #19, Palm Bay
Dairy Queen of Cocoa Beach, 3690 N. Atlantic Ave., Suite 2, Cocoa Beach
Discovery Beach Cafe, 300 Barlow Ave., Cocoa Beach
Flying Burro , 2348 Citadel Way, Suite 105, Melbourne
Ford’s Garage, 5480 Lake Andrew Dr., Melbourne
Homewood, Suites Cape Canaveral Cocoa Beach, 9000 Astronaut Blvd.,
Cape Canaveral
Inn At Cocoa Beach The, 4300 Ocean Beach Blvd., Cocoa Beach
Johnathan’s Pub, 140 N. Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach
La Cita Golf & Country Club, 777 Country Club Dr., Titusville
Lanis Ono Grindz LLC, 1101 Friday Road, Cocoa
Ocean Breeze Street Foods LLC, 3085 Jupiter Blvd. SE, Palm Bay
Ossorio, 316 Brevard Ave., Cocoa
Paddy Cassidy’s Irish Pub, 2009 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Pebbles Kitchen, 3995 US 1 S, Cocoa
Pizzavola CB, 5240 N. Atlantic Ave. #150, Cocoa Beach
Promise In Brevard, 4105 Norfolk Parkway, West Melbourne
Rising Tide Tap & Table, 523 Glen Cheek Dr., Port Canaveral
Salty Bagel, 1400 N. Hwy A1A, Suite 106, Indialantic
Shoyu Hibachi Express and Poke Bowl, 2005 N. Atlantic Ave. #A, Cocoa Beach
Soul Sushi 9, 160 Malabar Road, Suite 119, Palm Bay
Southern Charm Cafe, 8501 Astronaut Blvd., Units 6 – 8, Cape Canaveral
Strong Island Ice Cream and Smoothies, 3280 Suntree Blvd., Melbourne
Subway #800, 1321 S. Washington Ave., Titusville
Summit Diner, LLC, 8530 US Hwy 1 No 7, Micco
Thai Bayside, 1850 Eldron Blvd. SE, Suite 8, Palm Bay
The Fat Donkey, 247 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach
The Garden of Eden Juicery and Cafe LLC, 4865 N. Wickham Road, Suite
109, Melbourne
The Twisted Chef, 315 Paint St., Rockledge
Twisty Cone, 1615 Georgia St. NE, Palm Bay
Waffle Mac, 660 Tucker Lane, Cocoa
Wild Ocean Seafood Market, 688 S. Park Ave., Titusville
Wingstop, 160 Malabar Road, Suite 114, Palm Bay read more

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street Tuesday, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran. But the big moves that rocked markets in the morning eased substantially as the day progressed.

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By the end of trading, the S&P 500 had sunk 0.9%. That would be a solid loss on a typical day, but the index had been down as much as 2.5% in the morning because of worries that the war may do more sustained damage to the economy than feared. read more

By PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out.

In a court filing Friday, Trump’s Justice Department had urged the Federal Circuit to proceed cautiously and hold off for 90 days. But the judges refused. read more

United Launch Alliance was hoping to ramp up its new Vulcan rocket launches this year, but won’t be launching any national security missions until it solves a recurring issue of booster nozzles burning off the rocket on launch.

While the Vulcan’s main first stage was able to course correct and get its Space Force payload to space on the Feb. 12 launch, one of the solid rocket boosters provided by Northrop Grumman saw an anomaly similar to what is suffered on the rocket’s second ever launch. On both flights, the nozzles on one of the boosters became engulfed in flames and broke off during liftoff.

Space Force Col. Eric Zarybnisky said last week that it will be months before they would consider using Vulcan again.

“The investigation is a meticulous, data-driven process, that enables us to identify the cause of the anomaly and necessary corrective actions,” he said. “Until the anomaly is resolved, the U.S. Space Force will not launch national security space missions aboard the Vulcan launch vehicle.” read more