Over 50 St. Pete

Downtown · cuban

A Cuban-inspired rooftop bar on top of the AC Hotel downtown, built around rum cocktails. There is an indoor lounge and an open-air terrace, and a boozy brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30am to 3pm.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

Grand Central District

A Havana-inspired speakeasy hidden behind a laundromat-style cafe front, from Stephen Schrutt's Hunger Thirst Group. The cafe and the bar keep separate menus, and there is a dress code.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

EDGE District

A vinyl listening bar that opened on April 17, 2026. Owner Matt Kaye built the 1,600 square foot room around a Klipsch Heritage speaker system and McIntosh amplifiers, tuned so people can still talk. Local DJ Casper curates the records with guest DJs, and beverage director Chris Trull wrote a list of 15 to 18 cocktails plus zero-proof drinks.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

EDGE District

Open since 1992 across the street from Tropicana Field, Ferg's has grown to nearly two city blocks and eleven separate bars and rooms, including Ferg's Dog Park & Grill, a clubhouse with a DJ booth and the St. Pete Axe & Ale axe-throwing room. USA Today readers named it the best sports bar in America in 2025, and it won Best Sports Bar at the 2026 Visit St. Pete-Clearwater Besties. Food trucks such as Vinnie's Pies and Maxi Empanadas park inside, and you can order from your phone.

Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.

St. Pete Beach · bar food

The beach bar of the Beachcomber resort, with a wooden deck, paved walks down to the sand and two stages ... an open-air one by day and an indoor one late. Southern Living put it on its list of the 12 best Florida beach bars in 2024. I Love the Burg's May 2026 beach bar guide notes it had recently reopened. Thursday is Boots & Bikinis night from 8pm.

This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.

Treasure Island · bar food

A locals' beach bar across the street from Caddy's, open since 1982, with live bands seven days a week across rock, blues, reggae and R&B. The kitchen turns out pub food ... sandwiches, wings and a $3 cheeseburger. It is 21 and over, and it was back in business well ahead of its neighbor after the 2024 storms.

This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.

Downtown · irish

Founded by Pete, Kat, Aaron and Ian and named for Pete's grandmother, whose beauty salon once filled this same storefront. Fish and chips and shepherd's pie come with vegan versions, and bands play Irish rebel music. I Love the Burg calls it downtown's number one spot for Premier League and big soccer matches ... it showed all 104 World Cup games with the sound on in 2026 and opens early for Celtic F.C.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

Downtown

A cocktail and cigar lounge with live music seven nights a week, sets usually starting at 6:30pm, and a Thursday night jazz session hosted by Le Jazz. It is paired with Central Cigars and keeps a temperature-controlled humidor ... smoking is allowed inside. The bar says it has more than 25 years behind it.

This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.

Downtown · asian fusion, gyoza, bao

A food truck that grew into restaurants. The site says its hand-folded gyoza, dirty rice bowls and bao have been made from scratch 'since the food truck days', and I Love the Burg counted the downtown room, with a full kitchen and cocktail bar, among the best openings of 2025. It also has a Central Avenue shop at 1431 Central and one in Tampa. The downtown room stays open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.

EDGE District

The self-described classy dive bar opened in 2012 and has been putting on free shows by local and touring bands ever since. I Love the Burg describes the room as tight in the best way, with the crowd spilling onto the sidewalk and into the parking lot on show nights.

This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.

Grand Central District · burgers, sandwiches

A neighborhood burger-and-draft-beer bar that describes itself as 'Cheers-like'. The name is the whole idea: a great BURGer and a cold beer in St. PetersBURG. A different special runs each day, including a Cuban sandwich on Wednesdays and mahi tacos on Fridays.

Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.

Downtown

A locally owned cocktail bar and kitchen downtown with more than 700 spirit labels on the back bar, about 200 of them whiskies, and 14 beer taps. The kitchen sends out shareable plates late.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

Grand Central District

An off-leash dog park with a full bar ... more than 4,500 square feet of fenced Astroturf with staff watching the play yard at peak times. Dogs need a membership, proof of vaccinations, to be over a year old and spayed or neutered. Humans must be 21 or older. Tuesday is bingo night and food trucks rotate through.

Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.

4th Street North · gastropub, cuban sandwich

A Florida-themed gastropub owned by St. Pete natives Pete Boland and Ian Taylor. The full menu runs until 2am and a late-night kitchen menu carries on to the 3am close ... steaks, seafood, tacos and a Cuban sandwich. I Love the Burg calls it St. Pete's legit local pub, the place locals watch game after game.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.

Downtown

A downtown cocktail bar on the 200 block of Central that stays open until 3am six nights a week.

Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.