Tampa is experiencing an incredible renaissance, thanks in large part to Water Street, a new city within a city that’s changing the landscape of downtown Tampa. Another major player is the culinary ...

For this year’s Top Restaurants list, I went big. Big, as in 50 restaurants compared to last year’s 30. This would be easier to do, I told myself. Thirty is such a small number when considering Tampa ...

TAMPA, Fla. — As the year comes to a close, OpenTable is sharing which restaurants across the country made the biggest impact in 2025. That includes one spot in the Tampa Bay area. Bern's Steak House ...

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Related video: In January, a study found that 96% of restaurants tested in Tampa Bay don’t serve locally caught shrimp. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Just like cuisine from any country, Mexican food is not ...

Our 2025 ranking of the Top 50 Restaurants marks my biggest list yet for the Tampa Bay Times. Last year’s list included 30 contenders. I, perhaps naively, imagined that broadening my scope to include ...

To compile our annual collection of the best places to dine in Tampa Bay, our food and dining critic ate hundreds of meals. Helen Freund is the food and dining critic, reporting on and reviewing ...