Michelle Faedo's On the Go ★ 4.5
Michelle Faedo's On the Go runs the Faedo daughter's deviled crab food truck plus an Ybor counter, with three branches running the spicy Cuban recipe.
Try: Deviled crab
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Brocato's Devil Crabs ★ 4.6
Brocato's on East Columbus has fried deviled crabs since 1948, the Italian-Cuban version with peppers, onions and tomato inside the Cuban-bread crumb torpedo.
Try: Cuban deviled crab
Wright's Cuban Sandwich Counter ★ 4.4
Wright's Gourmet House on Dale Mabry has pressed Cuban sandwiches since 1963, with the Genoa salami included and a steady Tampa lunch counter line.
Try: Tampa-style Cuban sandwich
Jodog Craft Hot Dogs ★ 4.3
Jodog at Sparkman Wharf is Michelin-starred Chef Joe Isidori's craft hot dog shipping container, with the Spicy Mexico City Dog and the Kimchee Dog.
Try: Specialty hot dogs
Dang Dude ★ 4.3
Dang Dude at Sparkman Wharf is Chef Ferrell Alvarez's Asian street food shipping container with dumplings, pot stickers and double-fried wings.
Try: Asian street food
Half Moon Seafood Company ★ 4.3
Half Moon Seafood at Sparkman Wharf fries award-winning Nashville Hot Fish sandwiches, with made-to-order seafood from the shipping container row.
Try: Nashville Hot Fish sandwich
Gallito Taqueria ★ 4.2
Gallito Taqueria at Sparkman Wharf serves Mexican street tacos from a shipping container, with carne asada, al pastor and chicken tacos. Open year-round.
Try: Mexican street tacos
Mauricio Faedo's Bakery Counter ★ 4.5
Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread daily and fries deviled crabs at the counter, a fourth-generation family operation.
Try: Cuban bread and deviled crab
La Segunda Counter ★ 4.6
La Segunda's Ybor counter sells fresh Cuban sandwiches, guava pastelitos and quesitos all day, with the same 1915 Cuban bread base baked across the street.
Try: Cuban sandwich and pastelitos
Streetlight Taco Counter ★ 4.4
Streetlight Taco's South Tampa counter serves Michelin Bib Gourmand tacos on house-nixtamalized heirloom-corn tortillas, with rotating salsas.
Try: Heirloom-corn tacos
Empamamas Empanada Counter ★ 4.3
Empamamas at Heights Public Market bakes and fries empanadas from Argentine beef to Cuban chicken, with daily seasonal specials and a chimichurri counter.
Try: Latin American empanadas
The Fold Pizza Counter ★ 4.2
The Fold at Heights Public Market folds Neapolitan-style pies fast for the Armature Works crowd, with margherita and weekly specials by the slice.
Try: Neapolitan pizza slices
Ling's Dumplings Counter ★ 4.3
Ling's Dumplings at Heights Public Market hand-folds pork soup dumplings and scallion pancakes to order, with the dumplings selling out by 2pm.
Try: Soup dumplings
Han Hand Roll and Ramen Counter ★ 4.2
Han Hand Roll inside Heights Public Market rolls fresh temaki and bowls tonkotsu ramen to order, with a counter open through the food hall day.
Try: Hand rolls and tonkotsu ramen
Butcher n' Barbeque ★ 4.2
Butcher n' Barbeque at Heights Public Market smokes brisket, pulled pork and ribs daily, with classic BBQ plates and sandwiches from the food hall.
Try: Smoked BBQ plates
Zukku Sushi ★ 4.2
Zukku Sushi at Heights Public Market rolls hand temaki and bowls poke from a converted shipping container counter inside Armature Works. The room fills.
Try: Hand-rolled sushi
Taco Holic Food Truck ★ 4.1
Taco Holic is a family-run Mexican food truck in downtown Tampa, plating al pastor and carne asada street tacos, burritos and bowls to the lunch crowd.
Try: Al pastor street tacos
West Tampa Sandwich Shop ★ 4.5
West Tampa Sandwich Shop on North Armenia Avenue serves what Obama once called Tampa's best Cuban sandwich, in a hole-in-the-wall Cuban diner.
Try: Cuban sandwich
Alessi Bakery Deli Counter ★ 4.5
Alessi Bakery on Cypress has hand-carved Cuban sandwiches and fried deviled crabs since 1912, with a 100-year-old yeast culture and the Italian-Cuban shape.
Try: Cuban sandwich and deviled crab
La Teresita Cuban Counter ★ 4.5
La Teresita's counter side runs around the clock on weekends, serving Cuban breakfast plates, palomilla steak and yellow rice with black beans.
Try: Palomilla steak with rice
Wat Tampa Thai Noodle Line ★ 4.7
Wat Mongkolratanaram's Sunday market runs Thai noodle counters under the live oaks, with pad thai, guay tiew and mango sticky rice cooked by volunteers.
Try: Pad thai and noodle soup