La Teresita is a cuban restaurant in West Tampa, Tampa.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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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...
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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...
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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...
Address: 3246 W Columbus Dr, Tampa, FL 33607
Madame Fortune in Ybor City runs Caribbean food and a vinyl record bar from a back room of Roast Deli and Bakery on East Seventh Avenue. The room fills.
OrderThe jerk chicken roti plus a glass of rum punch, with the rum cake as the late finish.
TipFind the entrance through Roast Deli's back hallway; the HiFi parlour plays vinyl most nights and the back-patio seating fills first.
Bavaro's in downtown Tampa opened in 2009 as Florida's first traditional Neapolitan pizzeria, with wood-fired ovens and pastas from a Ferrara family recipe.
OrderMargherita pizza out of the wood-fired oven, the carbonara, and a Negroni at the bar before the wait clears.
TipThe corner room at Franklin and Twiggs takes walk-ins; the bar seats are first-come for solo diners.
Datz in South Tampa is the city's bacon-hoarding comfort-food gastropub, open since 2009 for big-plate brunch and gut-busting comfort dinners.
OrderBiscuits and Crazy at brunch with buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, two eggs.
TipBrunch on Saturday and Sunday from 8:30am until 3pm fills the patio; Sunday dinner runs late.
Oxford Exchange on Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa runs a bookstore, restaurant, coffee bar and TeBella tea bar, with a sunlit conservatory and Buddy Brew Coffee.
OrderButtermilk pancakes with the maple butter.
TipToast named Oxford Exchange among the top 20 brunch spots in America; arrive before 9am on weekends or expect a 90-minute wait.
Wat Mongkolratanaram on Palm River Road runs a Sunday Thai market every week from 9am until 1pm, with food cooked by temple volunteers under live-oak trees.
OrderPad thai from the noodle line, guay tiew beef noodle soup, and mango sticky rice from the dessert tables.
TipCash only; arrive before 11am to beat the noodle lines; religious services follow at 1pm in the temple proper.
Wright's Gourmet House on Dale Mabry Highway has run a Tampa sandwich and bakery counter since 1963, famous for Cuban sandwiches and the legendary rum cake.
OrderThe Cuban sandwich pressed crisp and a slice of the famous rum cake to take home.
TipThe Casper family bought Wright's from the founders in 2024 to keep the recipes in Tampa hands; cash and card both work.
