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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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Allelo

Beach Drive · mediterranean, aegean, small plates

Bacchus Wine Bistro

Beach Drive · french bistro, charcuterie, french

BellaBrava

Beach Drive · italian, pizza

A St. Pete-born trattoria and the original of a small group that now has rooms in Tampa and Land O' Lakes. Its own site says it was inspired by a 2003 trip through Tuscany and opened in 2005. The same owners run Stillwaters Tavern on the same stretch of Beach Drive.

Birch & Vine

Beach Drive · new american

The ground-floor restaurant of The Birchwood, a hotel in a 1924 Spanish Mission-style building that began as the Lantern Lane Apartments and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Owner Chuck Prather named the hotel for a neighborhood his father developed in Hillsborough County, and a 12-by-24-foot mural of a birch forest covers the south wall. The Canopy rooftop bar is upstairs and a ballroom fills the fourth floor. Prather also runs Teak, Pier Teaki and Driftwood Cafe on the St. Pete Pier.

Cassis

Beach Drive · french brasserie, mediterranean, american

A Beach Drive brasserie with a separate market next door at 162 Beach Dr NE selling pastries, breads and chocolates. The restaurant describes its cooking as classic dishes with subtle Mediterranean influences, in the style of a European brasserie. It serves brunch, lunch and dinner and books private events and banquets.

Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant

Beach Drive · spanish, tapas

A Spanish tapas house modeled on Barcelona, built around shared plates and sangria. The company says it has been at it for nearly thirty years and now runs two rooms, this one on Beach Drive and one on Westshore in Tampa. It does not take reservations.

Juno & the Peacock

Beach Drive · new american, coastal, steak, seafood

Opened in August 2024 in the space that was 400 Beach Seafood & Tap House. Shawn and Jeanna Damkoehler bought that restaurant in 2021, ran it under the old name until 2023, then rebuilt it with the design firm AvroKO around Aesop's fable of Juno and the peacock. St. Pete Catalyst reported it as the only Florida restaurant serving Dean & Peeler steaks, dry-aged 45, 65 or 90 days. The Pluma lounge next door keeps more than 1,400 wines, and the patio faces North Straub Park and the yacht basins.

Paradeco Coffee Roasters

Beach Drive · coffee, breakfast

A downtown specialty roaster and cafe that won Best Coffee Shop at the 2026 Visit St. Pete-Clearwater Besties awards. The shop says it roasts on a zero emission roaster and aims to buy from women owned coffee farms. A second counter operates at the SkyBeach Resort near the Skyway.

Parkshore Grill

Beach Drive · modern american, seafood, steak

Open since 1996 and, in its own words, the first major restaurant on this stretch of Beach Drive. Executive chef and partner Tyson Grant runs the kitchen; the site says he was voted Best Chef of Tampa Bay in 2025. It also runs full catering for weddings and corporate events.

Stillwaters Tavern

Beach Drive · american

The Beach Drive original of a scratch-kitchen tavern from the same owners as BellaBrava a few doors down; a second Stillwaters has since opened in Land O' Lakes. It pours 20 regional beers, wines and cocktails on tap and makes its own sausages in house. Its Cuban sandwich is built on La Segunda Cuban bread with smoked ham, mojo pork and a pickled apple slaw.

The Canopy Rooftop Lounge

Beach Drive

The rooftop bar of The Birchwood, a 1924 building first known as the Lantern Lane Apartments and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two floors were added in the renovation, and the top one looks out over Tampa Bay and the St. Pete Pier, with cabanas and fire pits. Wednesday is $8 martini night.

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

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