Streetlight Taco Trio ★ 4.4
Streetlight Taco's Bib Gourmand three-taco plate on house-nixtamalized corn tortillas runs around $14 in South Tampa. Open year-round with a steady local.
Try: Three taco plate
Gorkhali Kitchen Thali is a budget eat in Tampa.
Gorkhali Kitchen's Bib Gourmand thali platter runs $14, a full dal-bhat-tarkari meal in New Tampa's strip-mall room. A Tampa table worth booking ahead.
Address: 10044 Cross Creek Blvd, Tampa, FL 33647
Streetlight Taco's Bib Gourmand three-taco plate on house-nixtamalized corn tortillas runs around $14 in South Tampa. Open year-round with a steady local.
Try: Three taco plate
Hole In One Donuts on North Florida Avenue serves Yelp's top-50 oversized apple fritter for under $5 each morning. Open year-round with a steady local.
Try: Oversized apple fritter
Ichicoro Ramen's tonkotsu ramen with chashu in Seminole Heights runs $16 for a full bowl, a benchmark Tampa ramen. A favorite spot for weeknight dinners.
Try: Tonkotsu ramen bowl
Wright's Gourmet pressed Tampa Cuban runs $12, plus the rum cake slice for $5 to take home in South Tampa. Open year-round with a steady local following.
Try: Pressed Cuban sandwich
Alessi Bakery's hand-carved Cuban sandwich runs $12 since 1912, plus deviled crabs at $4 each from the same West Tampa bakery counter on Cypress.
Try: Hand-carved Cuban
Petra's halal-certified chicken shawarma wrap runs $10, plus the lunch special until 3pm with rice and salad. The room fills early on weekends.
Try: Chicken shawarma wrap