Tampa: Ybor City Stories and Flavors Experience
Discover the history of Ybor City on a guided walking tour in Tampa. Learn about the cigar industry, explore the lives of the workers, and enjoy food tastings that ref...
Why locals love it: Ybor coffee roastery that supplies four Tampa cafes, with rotating single-origin coffees and a quiet morning room behind the brick wall.
Tip: Order the espresso flight; the bean-retail section in the back has fresh-roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe.
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Tampa: Ybor City Food Tour with 5 Local Delicacies Tastings
Discover Ybor City on our Secret Food Tour! Taste 6+ dishes including Cuban sandwiches, deviled crab, and Greek specialties while exploring Tampa’s vibrant history, cu...
Iconic Ybor: Cuban Sandwich and History Tour
Sip cafe con leche and enjoy a 90 minute walking tour with historic landmarks, architecture, and the stories of Cigar City. End with a famous Cuban sandwich at Florida...
Tampa: Gyoza and Bento Box Cooking Class at a Trendy Hotel
Discover the art of building a Japanese bento box in this hands-on cooking class hosted at a trendy local hotel in Tampa.
Location
Address: 1901 N 13th St, Tampa, FL 33605
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Centro Asturiano de Tampa ★ 4.2
Centro Asturiano de Tampa on N Nebraska Ave is the 1888 Spanish mutual-aid club building in Ybor that opens to public on club nights for sangria, tapas.
Why locals love it: Historic 1888 Spanish mutual-aid club building in Ybor that opens to the public on club nights for sangria, tapas and Spanish dance.
Tip: Check the club calendar for open-public nights; sangria de Centro is the order.
Psomi Greek Bakery ★ 4.5
Psomi Greek Bakery is daytime-only greek bakery and cafe on howard avenue with michelin bib gourmand status, closed monday and tuesday and quiet midweek.
Why locals love it: Daytime-only Greek bakery and cafe on Howard Avenue with Michelin Bib Gourmand status, closed Monday and Tuesday and quiet midweek.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday; the octopus ceviche and house dolmades are the orders.
Wat Mongkolratanaram Sunday Market ★ 4.7
Wat Mongkolratanaram on Palm River Rd is the Buddhist temple's Sunday Thai market under live oaks, with food cooked by temple volunteers cash-only.
Why locals love it: Buddhist temple Sunday Thai market under live oaks on Palm River, with food cooked by temple volunteers and cash-only counters.
Tip: Cash only; arrive before 11am for the pad thai line. Religious services follow at 1pm in the temple proper.
Gorkhali Kitchen ★ 4.4
Gorkhali Kitchen is strip-mall nepalese kitchen in new tampa with a michelin bib gourmand and a thali platter that the soho restaurant lists overlook.
Why locals love it: Strip-mall Nepalese kitchen in New Tampa with a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a thali platter that the SoHo restaurant lists overlook.
Tip: Bring a group and order across the thali, momo and biryani sections to taste range. Strip-mall room with no frills.
West Tampa Sandwich Shop ★ 4.5
West Tampa Sandwich Shop on N Armenia Ave is the cash-only Cuban counter with a presidential visit on the wall and Tampa's best Cuban sandwich daily.
Why locals love it: Hole-in-the-wall West Tampa Cuban counter, cash-only, presidential visit on the wall and Tampa's best Cuban sandwich on a daily Cuban-bread press.
Tip: Cash only. Open early; line forms at 7am for the Cuban breakfast plates.
Madame Fortune Dessert and HiFi Parlour ★ 4.3
Madame Fortune Dessert and HiFi Parlour (Caribbean) in Tampa: Find the entrance through Roast Deli's back hallway; the HiFi parlour plays vinyl most nights.
Why locals love it: Secret Ybor passage hidden behind Roast Deli and Bakery, with Caribbean food, rum cake and a vinyl-record HiFi parlour in back.
Tip: Find the entrance through Roast Deli's back hallway; the HiFi parlour plays vinyl most nights.