People had been asking about that Wendy’s for years. The one at 19430 Bruce B. Downs, sitting empty, generating the same question in every New Tampa Facebook group — what’s going in there? The answer is House of Biryanis & Kebabs, and it’s open. What it actually is HBK is a halal Indian and South … Read more
The old house at 5808 North Florida Avenue used to sit quiet in Seminole Heights — now a light pink bungalow with a shaded patio spills people out onto the sidewalk before noon, carrying paper cups and boxes of brioche donuts that turn deep purple with ube or streak green with matcha. The Salty Donut … Read more
A former strip mall on North Florida Avenue is turning into nine restaurants under one roof, and the guy behind it already runs a well-known pizza spot in New York. Hikari — the name’s still tentative, ownership says it could change before opening — is the work of Chong Yo and Hakki Akdeniz, the same … Read more
Chef Pablo has more than 40 years in restaurants — this one, he opened with his daughter and son-in-law, the same team behind Central Coffee & Sandwiches downtown. La Central runs everything over open flame: carne asada from New York steak seared over charcoal, pollo al pastor arriving with charred pineapple still clinging to the … Read more
The tortillas are the whole point at Con Amor — made fresh from nixtamalized masa, warm and nutty enough that reviewers keep mentioning them before anything else on the menu. Chef Taylor Dillon and Kayla Chang opened the restaurant in February on the ground floor of Avenue Lofts, and the menu splits between comfort-food familiars … Read more
The North Carolina-born chain known for cheap trays and a 40-flavor milkshake menu opened its first Tampa Bay restaurant in Temple Terrace, with two more locations on the way.
The team behind Michelin-starred Rocca just opened a Spanish tapas concept on Rome Avenue, with wood-fired grilling, traditional paella, and a gin-and-sherry bar.
Richard Gonzmart turned Tampa Heights’ abandoned 1903 water works building into Ulele — a native-inspired restaurant and brewery on the Riverwalk, next to the natural spring it’s named for.
From Ybor’s $3 martinis to South Tampa’s dollar-off drafts, here’s where to actually get a deal after work — organized by where you already are.
At 1208 S. Howard Ave., on a block that once held a grocery store, a barber shop, and a dime store, Bern’s Steak House has spent seven decades building one of the most singular dining experiences in the country. Bern and Gert Laxer moved to Tampa from Manhattan in the early 1950s and opened a … Read more