Mastry's Bar & Grill

233 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701

727-822-3070

Categories: Bar

Features: Beloved dive, Darts, Dog-friendly, Jukebox

Payment options: Credit cards accepted

Alcohol: Full bar

More in this neighborhood: Downtown St. Petersburg

They call it St. Pete's truest dive bar. It's dank, smoky and cavelike, all right, but that isn't why we love it. We love it because Babe Ruth used to drink there, and Billy Martin, and (legend has it) Jack Kerouac. We love it because Minnesota Fats played piano there years ago. True, those were the old days, when the pub was still in its original location, just down the street. But the place still smells of whiskey and cigarettes, and it's still run by the Mastry family, just like it was in 1935. You won't find that on the menu anywhere else