The 5 best spots to score coffee in Tampa

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The 5 best spots to score coffee in Tampa

Yolk White & Associates | The Dessert Spot At Toffee To Go | Ginger Beard Coffee | Spaddy's Coffee | The Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City

Looking to sample the best coffee around town?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top coffee sources in Tampa, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to meet your needs.

1. Yolk White & Associates

Topping the list is Yolk White & Associates. Located at 100 N. Ashley Drive downtown, the food truck and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers coffee and tea and more, is the highest-rated coffee spot in Tampa, boasting five stars out of 198 reviews on Yelp.

2. The Dessert Spot At Toffee To Go

Next up is Palma Ceia's The Dessert Spot at Toffee to Go, situated at 3251 W. Bay To Bay Blvd. With five stars out of 143 reviews on Yelp, the spot to score desserts, coffee and tea and ice cream and frozen yogurt has proven to be a local favorite.

3. Ginger Beard Coffee

Channel District's Ginger Beard Coffee, located at 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 112, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the spot to score coffee and tea and doughnuts five stars out of 126 reviews.

4. Spaddy's Coffee

Spaddy's Coffee, a food truck and breakfast and brunch spot that offers coffee and tea and more in South Seminole Heights, is another much-loved go-to, with five stars out of 93 Yelp reviews. Head over to 5206 N. Florida Ave. to see for yourself.

5. The Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City

Over in Historic Ybor, check out The Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 257 reviews on Yelp. You can find the spot to score coffee and tea, bagels and sandwiches at 1901 E. Seventh Ave.

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FLORIDA BUILDINGS I LOVE: No. 67: Columbia Restaurant, 1903-05, Tampa

2025 E. Seventh Ave., Ybor City. Ivo DeMinicis, and perhaps others, architect

Editor’s note: While Harold Bubil takes some time off, we’ll reprise some of his popular columns. This article originally ran on March 28, 2018.

The venerable Columbia Restaurant has locations in Sarasota, St. Augustine, Celebration and Clearwater Beach, and two smaller cafes in Tampa, and I’ve eaten at all but two of them.

But when it comes to enjoying chicken or fish with an enormous mound of yellow rice, black-bean soup, warm Cuban bread with the crumbly crust, and, of course, the olive-laden “1905 Salad,” there’s nothing like the mothership — the 1,700-seat, block-long “Gem of Spanish Restaurants” in Tampa.

Each location has delightful spaces, but none of them do more than echo the Ybor City location’s authentic, Spanish-inspired architecture. Each dining room is different, and the nightly (except Sunday) Flamenco music performances only add to the atmosphere.

Casimiro Hernandez Sr. started the restaurant on Seventh Avenue in 1905, and the Columbia has been in operation ever since. He expanded the restaurant in 1919.

“The original building was much smaller. We began as a small, 60-seat café in 1905,” said Angie Geml, Columbia Restaurant Group’s marketing and public relations manager. “But we actually started in our original part of the building in 1903, when (Hernandez) opened the Saloon Columbia on Dec. 17, 1903, the same day that the Wright Brothers took flight. In 1905, the Saloon Columbia became the Columbia Café. So the building was there in 1903.”

My most recent meal was in the Patio Dining Room, a grand space with a balcony that wraps around a double-height space, putting diners on two levels. That part of the building was constructed in 1937 under the direction of Casimiro Hernandez Jr., who became the owner when his father died in 1930. He worked with architect Ivo de Minicis of Rimini, Italy.

“Resembling a courtyard like the ones found in Andalucia, the south of Spain, it is surrounded by a balcony, with a colorful mosaic-tiled fountain with the ‘Love and the Dolphin’ statue in the middle,” Geml wrote in an email. “The statue is a replica of a sculpture found in the ruins of Pompeii. A glass skylight was installed, giving the room a wonderful bright and sunny look during the day, and an enchanted glow at night.”

Ivo de Minicis had a broad knowledge of Italian and Spanish architecture, according to a cookbook published by the Columbia. The younger Hernandez had never been in Spain, but “he soaked up photographs and descriptions of Sevilla and its architecture. Of all Spanish cities, it most resembled Ybor City. Casimiro Jr. wanted to create a dining room that resembled an open Sevillano patio, surrounded by a balcony, with a big fountain in the middle.”

Hernandez Jr. added music and Flamenco dancing as he made the restaurant more elegant. He also built the Don Quixote Room, the first air-conditioned dining room in Tampa.

More recently, the Gonzmart family has owned and operated the restaurant. Adela Hernandez, daughter of Carmen and Casimiro Jr. and co-author of the cookbook, married Cesar Gonzmart in 1946, and they took over the restaurant in 1953 from her father, whose health was failing, according to the history on the restaurant’s website. Adela, a concert pianist, and Cesar were professional musicians before becoming restaurateurs.

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The 5 best spots to score coffee in Tampa

Looking to sample the best coffee around town?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top coffee sources in Tampa, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to meet your needs.

1. Yolk White & Associates

Topping the list is Yolk White & Associates. Located at 100 N. Ashley Drive downtown, the food truck and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers coffee and tea and more, is the highest-rated coffee spot in Tampa, boasting five stars out of 198 reviews on Yelp.

2. The Dessert Spot At Toffee To Go

Next up is Palma Ceia's The Dessert Spot at Toffee to Go, situated at 3251 W. Bay To Bay Blvd. With five stars out of 143 reviews on Yelp, the spot to score desserts, coffee and tea and ice cream and frozen yogurt has proven to be a local favorite.

3. Ginger Beard Coffee

Channel District's Ginger Beard Coffee, located at 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 112, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the spot to score coffee and tea and doughnuts five stars out of 126 reviews.

4. Spaddy's Coffee

Spaddy's Coffee, a food truck and breakfast and brunch spot that offers coffee and tea and more in South Seminole Heights, is another much-loved go-to, with five stars out of 93 Yelp reviews. Head over to 5206 N. Florida Ave. to see for yourself.

5. The Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City

Over in Historic Ybor, check out The Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 257 reviews on Yelp. You can find the spot to score coffee and tea, bagels and sandwiches at 1901 E. Seventh Ave.

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The Florida Aquarium Celebrates 11th Year of Brews by the Bay

TAMPA, Fla., - Who knew conservation could taste so good? Mark your calendar for the 11th annual Brews by the Bay at The Florida Aquarium on Friday, October 11, 2019. Enjoy over 100 beer tastings and various food samplings from 30 local Tampa Bay restaurants. This event is sponsored through the generosity of Pepin Distributing Company and Aramark.

Take in the beautiful BLUE landscape of the Aquarium, surrounded by 14,000 of your closest aquatic friends, during this exclusive after-hours event. Come Drink Beer for a Blue Planet with us!

“One of The Florida Aquarium’s goals is to be a leader for aquatic animal conservation and research, and as one of our annual fundraising events, Brews by the Bay supports this important mission,” said Kari Goetz, Vice President of External Relations. “It’s an exciting time to bring people together in support of our Blue Planet conservation efforts. Brews is going to be a great celebration of our ocean and our community of ocean supporters.”

One hundred percent of Brews proceeds supports the Aquarium’s conservation programs. With our recent scientific breakthrough of spawning Atlantic corals in a laboratory setting, there’s even more reason to celebrate!

This event is overflowing with entertainment from #NoFilter, Orquesta Infinidad, Frankie Raye, and a Silent Disco on our rooftop! Dance the night away to #NoFilter, with chart-topping hits and awesome throwbacks. Sip and Salsa with Orquesta Infinidad, the best authentic Latin band, based in Tampa’s historic Ybor City.

Brews will feature 100+ beers from Pepin Distribution Company, including some from your local favorites: Coppertail Brewing Company, Tampa Bay Brewing Company, Angry Chair Brewing, 3 Daughters Brewing and more! NEW THIS YEAR: For non-beer drinkers, our rooftop will be overflowing with Beyond Beer products like Fling Canned Cocktails and Babe Wine.
Explore the Aquarium at night for this adults-only event. Parents grab your babysitters and enjoy this unforgettable night. Most Aquarium habitats with the exception of Moon Bay, will be open for guests to wonder and wander through, all with food and drink in hand!

We invite all 21+ to join us in raising their brew or drink to research and conservation for Brews by the Bay 2019, details for the event are as follows:

When: Friday, October 11, 2019, VIP 7-11 p.m. GA 8-11 p.m.
Where: The Florida Aquarium, 701 Channelside Drive Tampa Fl. 33602

VIP guests will receive exclusive access to Brews by the Bay that includes early event admission from 7-8 p.m., and an 8 oz. tasting stein. General admission guests will get a 5 oz. tasting stein.

General admission tickets are $69, and VIP tickets are $85. Event attendees must be 21 years of age with a valid ID. To purchase tickets and learn more about The Florida Aquarium's Brews by the bay event, sponsored by Pepin Distributing Company and Aramark, visit: www.flaquarium.org/brewsbythebay or call (813) 309-9721.

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Blood Incantation announce new album, Hidden History of the Human Race

Blood Incantation have announced a new album. The Colorado cosmic death metal outfit are planning to release Hidden History of the Human Race on November 22 via Dark Descent (Century Media in Europe). The album features four tracks, which means it’s probably going to be epic, and its track titles are also pretty long for that matter. And there’s some definite alien sci-fi stuff happening on the cover, which you can see above. Check out the tracklist below, as well as their upcoming fall tour dates.

Blood Incantation tour dates:

9/26 – Ybor City, Fla. – Crowbar

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Students are lining up for the fall concert experience

Gus Dapperton
Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
The Orpheum
The New York native Indie singer/songwriter, Gus Dapperton, is coming to Ybor City this Halloween. After gaining fame from writing a song for the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, Dapperton released his first album, Where Polly People Go to Read, and is only going uphill from there. Concert attendee and sophomore advertising and public relations major, Jess McNeill, said, “I enjoy his music and feel like it’ll be such a vibe on Halloween to see him live.” Tickets start at $18.

The Neighbourhood
Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
The Ritz Ybor
Indie pop band, The Neighbourhood, will be stopping at The Ritz Ybor this Nov. Expect to hear their most popular song, “Sweater Weather,” which hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013. Playing in the line up with them is Los Angeles based band, Slow Hollows. For an Indie pop fueled night, check out this concert on Nov. 2. For more information on The Neighbourhood, check out https://thenbhd.com.

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Blood Incantation announce new album, touring with Immolation

Denver death metallers Blood Incanation‘s debut album Starspawn was one of the most-loved metal albums of 2016, so it’s exciting that they’ll be following it with Hidden History of the Human Race on November 22 via Dark Descent Records in North America and Century Media in Europe. That’s the album cover above, featuring artwork by famed sci-fi painter Bruce Pennington, and you can check out the tracklist below. Stay tuned for music from the album.

Blood Incantation are also opening the previously announced Immolation tour, which begins in Massachusetts tonight (9/19) and includes NYC-area shows at Elmhurst’s Blackthorn 51 on Friday (9/20) (tickets), Brooklyn’s Kingsland on Saturday (9/20) (tickets), and Clifton, NJ’s Dingbatz on Sunday (9/22) (tickets). All dates are listed below.

Immolation / Blood Incantation — 2019 Tour Dates

Sept. 26 – Ybor City, Fla. @ Crowbar

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Photos of the Growlers rocking a two-hour set in Tampa

Crowbar got a two-hour set from iconic, Californian beach-goth band the Growlers, which was in Ybor City on Thursday night.

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Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Saturday, Sept. 21

The Bucs Beach Bash goes down in St. Pete Beach, Disturbed plays Amalie Arena and the Dance Hall Festival continues at the Studio@620.

Disturbed: The Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum rock band tour in support of their new album Evolution. In This Moment open. $45.75 and up. 7:30 p.m. Amalie Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. (813)...

7:30 p.m. Amalie Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. (813) 301-6500. ... 7 p.m. The Orpheum, 1915 E Seventh Ave, Ybor City. (813) 248-9500.

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BLOOD INCANTATION Announces New Album Hidden History Of The Human Race

Sept. 26 – Ybor City, Fla. @ Crowbar

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Orlando Gudes secures $500,000 for Al Barnes Park cultural center

The facility will provide programming for young and old alike.

The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners is committing $500,000 to the construction of a new cultural enrichment center in East Tampa, City Council member Orlando Gudes announced Friday.

The new center will be located at Al Barnes Park in Ybor City. The facility will serve both youth and senior residents through its programing.

“We are thankful for our Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and their commitment to the residents of East Tampa. This Center will serve as a place of cultural enrichment for all of East Tampa,” Gudes wrote in a statement.

The center will include activities ranging from dance and gymnastics to martial arts and music.

“Those are all things that help develop the minds of our youth and can lead to college scholarships,” Gudes wrote. “It will be the first of its kind here in East Tampa and I hope it is the beginning of more development to this part of town.”

Gudes is in his first year as a City Council member representing District 5.

He ran last year on a platform pledging to bring better services and resources to the district, particularly East Tampa. Neighborhoods in that area have long been neglected and suffer from some of the city’s most intense pockets of poverty.

Gudes recently spearheaded efforts to increase emergency service resources in his district, successfully negotiating new ambulances into the city’s 2020 fiscal year budget, which takes effect October 1.

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Tampa and St Petersburg business visitors' guide

Financial Times

Chef Jeannie Pierola swears that Tampa is the best food city in Florida right now. Ms Pierola may be biased, of course. Her restaurant, Edison: ...

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Tampa Bay Brewing Company’s Zongo IPA is clear on flavor

The hazy New England-style IPA is on tap at the brewery’s tasting rooms in Ybor City and Westchase. | Craft beer of the week

You’ve seen quite a few Tampa Bay Brewing Company beers on local shelves over the past couple of years, from perennial favorites like Reef Donkey American pale ale and Old Elephant Foot IPA, to...

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman honored by Florida museum association

The organization recognizes those who contribute to the museum profession.

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St. Pete looks for new ideas for Tangerine Plaza

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KRISEMAN HONORED BY MUSEUM GROUP

The Florida Association of Museums is the non-profit professional organization for Florida’s museums and museum professionals.

ST. PETERSBURG – The Florida Association of Museums has named St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman its outstanding public official for 2019.

The award was announced Tuesday (Sept. 17) during the group’s 2019 Annual Conference and Exposition in Orlando.

Each year, FAM recognizes outstanding contributions to the museum profession in Florida.  Awards  recognize  museum  staff,  volunteers,  or  trustees, as well as people outside  the  museum profession who make significant contributions to the advancement of Florida’s museums, either locally or statewide.

FAM is the not-for-profit professional organization for Florida’s museums and museum professionals. The mission of the association is to represent and address the needs of the museum community, enhancing the ability of museums to serve the public interest. The association encourages excellence in its members by promoting communication through which its members share information and resources, effect legislation and promote support of museums.

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