Ch-ch-changes

Mariposa Mexican Grille (17623 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Van Dyke Commons shopping plaza, Lutz, (813) 264-1212) is changing its name. Owned by Rand Packer, formerly chef at Roy's in Tampa, the restaurant hit a snag because a restaurant of the same name in Colorado started grousing. The new name is Mekenita Mexican Grille. Same menu, same vibe, just new name (a riff on Rand and wife Tiffani's daughter's name, up there in lights).

Jasmine Thai, which somehow consistently wins top Thai honors with Zagat despite an increasingly crowded local field of worthy Thai contenders, closed its Kennedy Blvd. location a few months back. The Dale Mabry location is going strong, and at the end of October a new S. Westshore location will open. Stay tuned.

In other Tampa news, a little bird told me Charlie's Wine Cellar, the wine bar next to Whaley's (which itself closed in August after 75 years in business), at 533 S. Howard Ave., will close its doors this Saturday.