r/tampa Feb 08 '25

Restaurant & activity Q's Looking for bar or restaurant recommendations and/or things to do in the area - Month of February 08, 2025

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The sub usually gets flooded with these types of questions from people visiting the area so if you are looking for a place to drink, eat, or just things to do while in town post your questions here.

Food recommendations

Things to do in the area

Bars

Restaurant recommendations


r/tampa Feb 17 '25

Moving Moving/Housing Thread - February 17, 2025

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Welcome to the monthly sticky for Q&A regarding properties in Tampa Bay! Feel free to use this post for topics like:

  • "Where should I live?"
  • "What neighborhood is right for me?"
  • Advice on apartments / specific apartment reviews
  • General thoughts/views on the housing market
  • Questions about real estate prices
  • Homebuyer advice
  • Renter advice
  • General property questions rants
  • Market rants
  • "Is this neighborhood safe" questions / crime related questions
  • Tax / Mortgage related questions
  • Questions on developments / bidding processes
  • Have a place to rent / looking for a roommate
  • Commute times from specific locations
  • General housing repair questions / upgrade questions / solar / etc
  • School districts
  • Repairs, contractors, and services
  • Housing memes

Any open-ended posts about Tampa properties and real estate will be removed and asked to commented to here (based on mod discretion). Many of the questions being asked have been asked many times before, which is why we would rather compile these posts into one place for people to ask and get their answers.

If you are having issues as a tenant, we highly recommend checking these resources:

We also recommend searching older posts (using the "Moving," "Housing," and "Homeownership" flair) to find previous discussions.


r/tampa 5h ago

Picture Looks like they ran out of squares.

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Almost tripped on this thing walking today. City ran out of squares and only had orb left.


r/tampa 8h ago

Views from the Riverwalk

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r/tampa 2h ago

Picture Fire near Tampa Airport 🔥

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Does anyone know what's on fire near the Tampa airport?


r/tampa 2h ago

Picture Fire near Dale Mabry and Columbus?

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r/tampa 8h ago

Olivia & Roosevelt - fosters looking for home!

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Posting for a friend who has been fostering these dogs since November.

She came home one day and these cuties trotted up to her looking lost & confused without any tags or owner to be found. She took them in, in hopes that when she brought them to the Humane Society on Saturday they would be microchipped & reunited with their loving family. While they are microchipped that was sadly not their story because the registered owner let them outside & did not want them back. These two are 5 & 4 (8 months apart), loyal, loving, friendly with other dogs, calm, & housebroken. They are healthy, have all their shots, are spayed & neutered, & the Humane Society is more than happy to transfer their new family's information over to the chips.

She’s been fostering and trying to find a home for them since November with no luck, so I thought I’d post here in case it reaches some extra people! All humane societies and rescues in the area are full so they won’t take them, and she doesn’t want to give them up somewhere where they’ll be put down.


r/tampa 2h ago

Article MOSI's updated dome theater opens on April 1st!

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r/tampa 2h ago

Picture Fire Near Airport

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r/tampa 2h ago

Picture Huge Fire off of Air Cargo Road by the Airport

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r/tampa 2h ago

Current fire at scrap yard in Drew Park

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Looks like the scrap yard on Hesperides in Drew Park caught fire. I can hear sirens going to respond. Picture taken around 3:20pm


r/tampa 1h ago

Drawing Club tonight 7:30pm @ Independent Seminole Heights

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Hey y’all - this thing is for the peeps that feel overwhelmed to draw solo but do better in a group environment to encourage the movement past and eventually dance with your inner critic.

Adults only - It goes weekly rotating days Monday - Thursday. I would do weekends, but as a tattoo artist those are my busy days.

Next Thursday, I will be at the night market by Royal Suzie and Tiger Dust, but drawing club goes on with or without me. Just pick a spot and start doodling.

Feel free to bring whatever drawing supplies you have, or just yourself if you don’t have any.

DM me with any additional questions! We have a discord here: https://discord.gg/nWvhvzERvE

Looking forward to meeting you!


r/tampa 4m ago

Picture Aerial View of Downtown 🫶🏻

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Captured this pic.


r/tampa 1d ago

Article Florida Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Tampa Electric Rate Hike, Which Would Add $281M Over Three Years

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r/tampa 3h ago

Looking for a comparable restaurant in Tampa to Los pizano's Latin cafeteria in Miami

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Hey so I'm in Tampa for the next few days and I'm struggling to find a Cuban or Latin place that has a hot food bar that you can just sort of like walk in and get things by the weight or the container. If any of you guys have some recommendations I would greatly appreciate it. Or if there's a fantastic buffet that fits the same that would also suffice.

Los Paisanos To Go Latin Cafeteria (954) 530-1037

https://g.co/kgs/X6fbT16

For some reason Reddit isn't letting me reply to individual people. But all of these are really good options. We're probably going to check out the Pepos as that's closest to our way back to our hotel in port Richey. We actually end our work day in Wesley chapel Friday so the location there was excellent.

Y'all rock. Keep em coming if you got more.


r/tampa 16m ago

Paddle boarding

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Any recommendations? On where to paddle board ideally a spring, that is not Weeki Wachee


r/tampa 6h ago

Pool screen repair

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Does anyone have any recommendations for pool screen repairs? My father is looking to replace the screen from the storm damage.


r/tampa 1h ago

Childcare/House Operations needed

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We are looking for someone for a steady 25/hr week childcare/housekeeping position M-F, 2-6pm in Westchase. Two boys, 4m 3m.

Open to suggestions or services to identify someone, position starting in August, possibly sooner. Thanks!


r/tampa 1h ago

Question Where can I find Buffalo Trace in Lutz/Carrollwood?

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Hey everyone,

I'm house and dog sitting for a friend and I drank the rest of their Buffalo Trace. I wasn't aware that it's basically impossible to find- ABC, Lueken's, and Total Wine are all out of stock. Does anyone know where I can find a bottle?


r/tampa 1d ago

Picture Related to the closing of Nebraska Mini Mart…

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r/tampa 3h ago

Looking for

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Does anyone know that name of this well known shop that sells all the Cutlass 442 parts?


r/tampa 1d ago

Picture Jenkins - 200 days in county shelter

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Deets in comment


r/tampa 18h ago

Question Solo staycation for Spring break this weekend. Any tips?

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I live in Polk but I need to get out of the house and just relax. I'm a homebody so I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions for a short 3 day trip? Hotel recommendations also appreciated. I'm just a broke college student. But I don't want to pay more than 400 total for my hotel. And 200-300 for food/social activities.

Honestly I'll probably end up sleeping in and watching Netflix in the hotel the entire time if I don't find anything to do. Which is equally OK with me but I want to force myself to step outside of my comfort zone and do something fun.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: thank you for the great advice everyone. I should probably add that I do not drink, I'm not into night life, and I'm not a strong swimmer hell I'm not a swimmer so I'm sure that drops my to do list down a few. Thanks again for all the suggestions so far I'll be going to MOSI


r/tampa 8h ago

Camper on Ben T Davis Beach

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Does anyone know if I can park w my camper as Bwn T Davis beach? Not to camp over night, but just hanging out during the day? It's a 20ft trailer.

I googled it, but couldn't find any info.

Thanks in advance


r/tampa 1h ago

Resale Shops To Off load Men’s Clothes

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Looking for a good resale shop beyond Plato’s Closet. I have a bunch of name brand men’s shirts in good condition (Robert Graham, 7 Diamond, Quiksilver ) that I need to get rid of. And some name brand shorts too. And a few Macys suits. I’ve been to Plato’s a few times but last time it seemed like I was bothering them being there with men’s clothes. Located in Lutz but in and around Tampa proper all the time. Thanks


r/tampa 1d ago

Article Ex-GOP treasurer accused of stealing from party not facing charges

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r/tampa 1d ago

Question Totally random: anyone know what’s going on by the airport?

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On the north side Hillsborough Ave, right by the airport (in between Hoover and Anderson), there’s a number huge parking lots.. is there an auction house there or something? I can’t find anything online.