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Leigh and Mike Harting opened the brewery in December 2013 with head brewer Ty Weaver ... the name comes from the question of how to put their three daughters through college. It started in a 1,600 square foot tasting room and now fills a large warehouse the brewery says serves over 250,000 guests a year. I Love the Burg calls it the biggest brewery in St. Pete, with more than 40 taps of beer, cider, hard seltzer and sangria. This is the original location; a Clearwater Beach taproom and an airport bar came in 2022.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

Allelo

Beach Drive · mediterranean, aegean, small plates

A Mediterranean and Aegean small-plates room that calls itself 'your neighborhood spot for small plates, good times and lots of wine'. Husband-and-wife owners Shawn and Jeanna Damkoehler opened it first, then opened Juno & the Peacock a block north in 2024. I Love the Burg's staff singled out its brunch in June 2026.

Bacchus Wine Bistro

Beach Drive · french bistro, charcuterie, french

A French wine bistro a block off Beach Drive with a menu that changes by season, from French onion soup and foie gras torchon to tuna carpaccio and beef tartare. It pours nearly 100 wines chosen by sommeliers and builds charcuterie boards to order.

Bandit Coffee Co.

Grand Central District · coffee, pastries

A locally owned roaster and cafe on Central Avenue since 2016. It runs a full espresso bar and a kitchen all day, bakes its bread and pastries in-house, and also sells natural wine by the bottle and beer. There is no WiFi, by design, and a dog-friendly walk-up window handles online order pickup. Coffee is roasted every Tuesday and shipped every Wednesday.

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Gulfport Brewery + Eatery

Gulfport · american

Gulfport's brewery turned six in June 2026 and threw its second annual Beerfest to mark it. Three of its beers medaled at the 2026 Best Florida Beer competition, and in August it released Sea Breeze, a beer honoring local newspaper history back to 1886. There is live music in the biergarten, a Tuesday run club and Thursday trivia. Since June 2026 it also opens at 9am as a breakfast cafe pouring Black Crow Coffee.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

Hurricane Eddie's

Gulfport · bar food

The building went up in 1925 and has been a bar for almost 100 years ... Walt's Place, the Swamp Club, Gulfport on the Rocks for 40 years, then Salty's, before Hurricane Eddie's moved in late in 2020. St. Pete Rising reports it held one of the first liquor licenses in Pinellas County. Helene flooded it in September 2024 and it stayed shut for 16 months, serving on the patio from St. Patrick's Day 2025 while the walls, floors, ceilings and restrooms were rebuilt. It reopened on March 12, 2026 with live music Friday to Sunday, poker, bingo, karaoke and a Thursday locals night.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

Neptune Grill

Gulfport · greek, seafood

A family-run Greek and seafood room on the corner by the Gulfport pier, open since 2011 and run by Dia and Gus Vartsakis. Helene put more than four feet of water through it in September 2024 and nearly everything had to be replaced. 'We saw our time, energy, passion, and livelihood destroyed,' Dia Vartsakis told St. Pete Rising. It reopened on August 29, 2025, in time for GeckoFest, and The Gabber's publisher called its return a marker for downtown Gulfport's recovery. Two shops that shared the building, Qi Crystal Energy and Paw Paw's Pet Boutique, did not come back.

O'Maddy's Bar & Grille

Gulfport · seafood, american

The bar Gulfport measures storms by ... after Hurricane Helene The Gabber's publisher wrote a note titled 'The O'Maddy's Index', and during Idalia in 2023 police closed it because the corner was under water. It faces the Gulfport Pier, has live music every day and welcomes dogs at the outside tables. In March 2026 it opened a second floor, a long-planned expansion that The Gabber says came after 20 years in business.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

Pia's Trattoria

Gulfport · italian

Pia and Tom Goff have run this trattoria since 2005, cooking to order and baking their own cakes and desserts. The private courtyard is what people come for, and in 2021 they took over the building next door as Pia's Veranda for more seats, outdoor tables and live entertainment. They fed local seniors free during the pandemic and gave away pasta dinners in 2025 when SNAP benefits were disrupted.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

Stella's

Gulfport · breakfast, southern, american

Named for Aunt Stella, born in Manhattan in 1910, who became a nun and loved to cook. The restaurant serves its full menu all day, breakfast included, and keeps a doggie menu for the patio.

Stormrunners Tavern

Gulfport · seafood, american

A hurricane-themed tavern that opened on September 25, 2024 ... one day before Hurricane Helene hit Gulfport. It is three rooms in one: a main dining room, The Crow's Nest rooftop bar over Boca Ciega Bay and BARk, a dog-friendly tiki bar. Artist Derek Donnelly later painted a 'Guardian of Gulfport' mural on the building about the town getting through Helene and Milton. Live music runs Tuesday to Sunday.

Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.

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