1. A Matter of Taste Cafe & Tea

   East Pasco : 14121 Seventh St., Dade City, 33525

2. Andy's On the Bay

   Oldsmar : 472 Douglas Road E, Oldsmar, 34677

3. Antojos De Mi Tierra

   Tampa : 2302 W Columbus Drive, Tampa, 33607

4. Avanzare

   Downtown Tampa : 2 Tampa City Ctr, Tampa, 33602

   Located in the Hyatt Regency in downtown Tampa, Avanzare offers a bistro type setting for breakfast and lunch, plus fine dining for dinner. It's located on the lobby level of a five-story atrium and waterfall.

5. Bella Habana

   South Pinellas beaches : 5905 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach, 33706

6. Black Palm Restaurant

   South Pinellas beaches : 109 Eighth Ave., St. Pete Beach, 33706

   Tucked on a side street on Pass-a-Grille in a spot long-ago known as the Lighted Tree gay bar, the Black Palm serves up a menu that stretches from Catille to Argentina. The kitchen makes arepas (corn cakes), soft and moist with corn kernels inside and cooked to order. Ceviche comes either in a t …

7. Brian's Place

   Spring Hill / West Hernando : 3306 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach, 34607

8. Cafe Don Jose

   Tampa : 12350 N 56th St., Tampa, 33617

9. Cafe Kolao

   Pinellas Park : 8618 49th St, Pinellas Park, 33782

10. Cafe Masaryktown

    Brooksville / East Hernando : 398 Broad St, Masaryktown, 34604

11. Cafe Perera

    Downtown Tampa : 601 N Morgan St, Tampa, 33602

    Open only for breakfast and lunch, this casual spot touts its tropical milk shakes, breakfast specials, burgers, sandwiches, salads and ice cream. It also boasts about its Spanish bean soup.

12. Cali Viejo

    Brandon : 436 E Brandon Blvd., Brandon, 33511

13. Carmine's Seventh Avenue

    Ybor City : 1802 E Seventh Ave., Tampa, 33605

    Established nearly a century before the big renaissance of its Ybor City environs, Carmine's blends Italian and Cuban favorites in a spacious and characteristic brick building. A huge front window gives a great view of passersby.

14. Casa Ruiz Cafe Y Abarrotes

    Plant City : 702 W Sam Allen Road, Plant City, 33565

15. Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant Clearwater

    Clearwater : 2930 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater, 33759

    That cocktail of marinated fish is only one item on the biggest spread of hot and cold tapas laid out on both sides of the bay. This location, formerly Tio Pepe, also offers some menu items inspired by the former restaurant. The Tampa location is dark and cozy, St. Pete's open to the embarcadero …

16. Ciccio's Lodge

    New Tampa : 16023 Tampa Palms Blvd. , Tampa, 33647

    This New Tampa bar/restaurant is part of the Ciccio's collection and was formerly a Lime incarnation. Not to fear, the menu still offers an eclectic selection of every American casual dining ever invented: bowls, wraps, sushi, appetizers, sliders pizza and --- for that extra kitsch effect -- TV  …

17. Coco Loco Cafe

    Tampa : 3909 W Broad St, Tampa, 33614

18. Columbia Cafe

    Downtown Tampa : 801 Old Water St., Tampa, 33602

    The Tampa Bay History Center has hired the right restaurateur. Richard Gonzmart, great-grandson of Casimiro Hernandez Sr., founder of Columbia Restaurant in Tampa's Historic Ybor City, is passionate about Ybor City, about local food history and about Cuban sandwiches (not necessarily in that ord …

19. Columbia Restaurant

    Editor's pick

    Sarasota beaches : 411 St. Armands Circle , Sarasota, 34236

    This is one of six branches (plus a cafe) of the original Ybor City location, considered the oldest restaurant in Florida (1905). You'll enjoy old-world service and traditional Spanish dishes such as paella, arroz con pollo and ropa vieja, to name just a few. Going to the Columbia is an experien …

20. Columbia Restaurant

    Editor's pick

    Ybor City : 2117 E Seventh Ave., Tampa, 33605

    The granddaddy of them all, Columbia Restaurant bears the distinction of being the oldest restaurant in Florida as well as the nation's largest Spanish/Cuban restaurant, with 13 rooms extending one full city block. Some of these waiters have been here a lifetime, there are stirring flamenco show …

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