Pete for St. Pete

Pete where he grew up working the register and stocking the shelves alongside his brothers at his mom & dad’s neighborhood store. Pete co-founded and opened The Galley: A St. Pete Tavern in 2016 on a “cursed” block in Downtown St. Pete. The Galley was an immediate success creating dozens of jobs while also becoming a community gathering place. The Galley’s success spawned an expansion with The Ship’s Hold cocktail bar in 2019, and a sister restaurant named for his grandma, Mary Margaret’s Olde Irish Tavern, in 2020. Battling thru challenging events like Hurricane Irma & Covid 19, The Galley & Mary Margaret’s have become staples in the downtown business community & helped to lead the way in the fight against the virus while feeding thousands in the community. Neither The Galley or Mary Margaret’s laid off a single employee during the Covid Lockdowns. As a passionate advocate for the city and outspoken business leader, Pete is proud to call St. Pete his forever home and resides again in Shore Acres with his loving girlfriend Jessica and her 3 children— just one block from where he attended pre-school at LCC and stocked shelves at his parent’s store. Pete & Jessica are also members of the St. Raphael’s Parish in Snell Isle, the same church Pete was baptized at as a child. Now, Pete is writing a new chapter of his comeback story and is running for Mayor of St. Pete to end the cycle of career politicians with a small business approach to problem solving and to move the city forward with a “St. Pete First” mindset.