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Next door, Datz Dough takes on the overflow, serving breakfast, lunch, baked goods and
gelato.
Refinery
FUSION$$$
(
www.thetamparefinery.com
; 5137 N Florida Ave; mains $12-18; 5-10pm Sun-Thu, to 11pm Fri &
Sat, brunch 11am-3pm Sun; )
This blue-collar gourmet joint promises chipped plates
and no pretensions, just playful, delicious hyperlocal cuisine that cleverly mixes a sus-
tainability ethic with a punk attitude.
Columbia Restaurant
SPANISH$$$
$$$
( 813-248-4961;
www.columbiarestaurant.com
;
2117 E 7th Ave; mains lunch $9-15, dinner $18-29;
11am-10pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri & Sat, noon-9pm Sun)
Definitely reserve ahead for the ex-
uberant, twice-nightly flamenco shows, and enjoy robust, classic Spanish cuisine and
heady
mojitos
and sangria. It's an Old World Iberian time warp.
Bern's Steak House
STEAKHOUSE$$$
$$$
( 813-251-2421;
www.bernssteakhouse.com
;
1208 S Howard Ave; mains $25-60; from 5pm)
This legendary, nationally renowned steakhouse is an event as much as a meal. Dress up,
order caviar and on-premises dry-aged beef, ask to tour the wine cellar and kitchens, and
don't
skip dessert.
Drinking & Entertainment
For nightlife, Ybor City is party central, though SoHo and Seminole Heights are also hip
lists events and bars. Ybor City is also the center of Tampa's GLBT life; check out the
(
www.tampabaygay.com
).
Skipper's Smokehouse
LIVE MUSIC
( 813-971-0666;
www.skipperssmokehouse.com
;
910 Skipper Rd; cover $5-25; 11am-midnight
Tue-Fri, from noon Sat, from 1pm Sun)
Feeling like it blew in from the Keys, Skipper's is a
beloved, unpretentious open-air venue for blues, folk, reggae and gator-swamp rockabilly
about ten miles north of downtown. Get directions online.
Straz Center for the Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS
