Food & Drink
The Tampa Bay area offers a cornucopia of dining delights, from fine cuisine and opulent bistros to cozy pubs and neighborhood diners. Find out where to wet your whistle or fill your belly.
Costas Restaurant - A Guide Review of Costas Restaurant, located in Tarpon Springs and serving authentic Greek cuisine since 1977.
Gulf Drive Café - A Guide Review of Gulf Drive Cafe, a restaurant found in Bradenton Beach overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.
One of four Frenchy's locations on Clearwater Beach, the Rockaway Grill & Beach Club overlooks North Beach and the Gulf of Mexico and offers a wide selection of seafood, salads and sandwiches.
Pickle Barrel Restaurant and Delicatessen, located on Seminole Boulevard in Pinellas County, serves deli-style sandwiches that would impress the most finicky New York critic.
Overlooking Sarasota Bay, Moores Stone Crab Restaurant offers exceptional views and excellent seafood.
Gigi's Italian Restaurants Review
Tum Nuk Thai, one of the best Thai restaurants in the Tampa Bay area, offers lunch, dinner, take-out and catering.
With its "cracker" decor and a menu featuring the best in Florida cuisine combined with Caribbean and Cajun influences, Skipper's Smokehouse Restaurant and Oyster Bar also is one of the Tampa Bay area's top-rated music venues.
There's always some amount of Guinness-guzzling, corned-beef-eating and jig-dancing going on somewhere in the Tampa Bay area. If you're in the mood to party like it's St. Patrick's Day, memorize the lyrics to “Whiskey in the Jar” and check out one of these Irish-themed pubs.
Founded in 1905 in Tampa's Ybor City, Columbia Restaurant is Florida's oldest restaurant and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world.
The Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Restaurant Association offers menus, maps and coupons on its web site.
The county initiated the Pinellas Healthy Choices Restaurant Program to help consumers identify area restaurants offering healthy dining options.