Over 50 St. Pete

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.

Grand Central District · coffee

Black Crow was the first coffee shop in Florida, and the first business in St. Petersburg, to be certified zero waste, which means keeping at least 90 percent of its waste out of the landfill. Owner Deana Hawk told a local station the journey 'started with us wanting to make changes'. The Grand Central shop is also where the company roasts its single-origin beans. The original shop is in Old Northeast.

Grand Central District · pizza

Twenty taps of beer, wine and kombucha and a stage that the brewery says has full bands most nights of the week. Sister kitchen Kraken Joe's Pizza cooks in an oak-fired brick oven on site. I Love the Burg notes the covered and uncovered seating and the arcade games.

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

Grand Central District · mexican, tacos

Don and Gwen opened Casita after bonding over travel and planning vacations around what each city had to eat, which is how they landed on Mexican food. Corn tortillas are made in-house and the meats are slow-braised. Nearly fifteen years on there are three St. Pete locations ... Central Ave, 4th Street and 66th Street.

Grand Central District · european cafe, french pastries, burgers

Co-owners Dragan and Martina Pelevic soft-opened this 12-seat European-style cafe in January 2026. Dragan Pelevic is a trained chef from Montenegro who has cooked across Europe and in Austin and Massachusetts. He makes every sauce, pastry and baked good from scratch in an old trolley converted into a kitchen behind the shop. The case holds eclairs, napoleons and croissants, and the menu runs from a lamb and Angus 'hybrid' burger to mushroom lattes.

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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.

Grand Central District · plant-forward, sandwiches, salads, pescatarian

This is the room that was Love Food Central, a vegan and gluten-free kitchen in Grand Central for nearly a decade. It reopened in December 2025 as FireWater with chef Sal Corteo and a menu that added vegetarian and pescatarian dishes. St. Pete Rising lists the vegan plates that stayed, among them the Portobello Burger, the Thai Peanut Cucumber Wrap and a Maple Dijon Chickpea salad. The stated goal: a table where a vegan and a vegetarian can both order comfortably.

Grand Central District · mediterranean

A two-story brewery, taproom and beer garden on Central that concentrates on lagers and pilsners, poured from European-style serving tanks. The second-floor terrace looks down over the beer garden. Food comes from LALA St. Pete, and the Brew Good program sends proceeds to local causes such as CASA Pinellas.

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

Grand Central District · vegan sushi, ramen, asian fusion

Thalia Tatham was diagnosed with lupus at 23 and went vegan in 2020 to take control of it; she told FOX 13 she was in remission within six months. She would not give up sushi, so she started making plant-based rolls for her family, then sold them at pop-ups and a weekly drop at Black Radish Vegan Grocer. Her first brick-and-mortar opened on 21 March 2022 inside Body Electric at 655 31st St S, and the restaurant has since moved to 1990 Central.

Grand Central District · izakaya, sake, french-japanese small plates, oysters, sake bar, ramen, small plates

In Between Days opened in August 2021 in a 1925 Craftsman bungalow, the idea of Pinellas native Zach Ashton, a recording artist turned restaurateur. It is modeled on Tokyo's underground listening bars ... a pair of 1972 Klipsch Cornwall speakers behind the bar, two turntables, and records played a full side at a time under oil lanterns. The room is small on purpose: its own profile counts 7 tables and 6 bar stools. Beverage director Noah Sain leads a team of sake sommeliers over what local press calls Florida's largest sake collection, and chef Justin Shwetzer cooks a short rotating menu of gyoza, hamachi, oysters and a noodle dish. It joined the MICHELIN Guide Florida in 2026.

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

Grand Central District · charcuterie, small plates, wine

A wine market and small-plates room built around create-your-own charcuterie, boutique wines and local beers, established in 2017 by the venue's own account. Its site greets visitors with 'Back to where it all began!' at the 18th Street address. I Love the Burg lists it under the Warehouse Arts District, though the address sits just south of Central at the east end of Grand Central.

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A Grand Central cocktail bar from Stephen Schrutt's Hunger Thirst Group, the same group behind Dirty Laundry. The site carries a cocktail menu dated February 2026.

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

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A no-frills neighborhood dive tucked behind a liquor store in Grand Central. I Love the Burg lists it among the city's gay bars and describes strong pours, cheap drinks, regulars and an easygoing room.

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One of two bars in the city that double as a dog park ... this one has a water park for dogs. It ran the 2026 World Cup with the sound on.

Grand Central District · greek

Chef Konstantinos 'Dinos' Chilias, a native of Greece, opened Mythos with partner Daniel Marina in the 3,000 square foot corner room that was last The Salty Nun. He previously ran La Creperia Cafe in Ybor City and Crepeway Caffe in the EDGE District. Dinner covers lamb chops, pastitsio and house-made baklava, and the weekend late menu turns to gyros and bifteki.

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

Grand Central District · vegan hot dogs

Jenny and Jeff Howe started Nah Dogs in 2019 as a roaming vegan hot dog cart at markets and festivals around Tampa Bay. In 2026 they moved into a small storefront that shares a courtyard with Black Crow Coffee and Tombolo Books. St. Pete Rising lists the Yo Soy Dog (nacho cheese, street corn salsa, pickled jalapenos, garlic mayo, tortilla chips) and The Captain (chili, cheese, fried onions, spicy mustard). The Tampa Bay Times reviewed the new room on 14 August 2026.

Grand Central District · new american, small plates

Opened in October 2025 on the ground floor beside the Tru by Hilton, from the team behind Noble Crust in north St. Pete and Fat Beet Farm Kitchen and Bakery in Tampa ... partners Jeff Strouse, TJ Thielbar and Chris Sweeney. The menu is all small plates and is built to change with the season; much of the produce comes from the group's own Fat Beet Farm. Chef Fernando Sanchez leads the kitchen.

Grand Central District · bagels, breakfast sandwiches

Steven Peterman started Pete's Bagels in 2019 in Historic Uptown. On 6 October 2026 the Grand Central shop moved four blocks from 2361 1st Ave S into the 4,200 square foot Quonset hut at 1900 1st Ave S, the former Good Intentions space, growing from 42 seats to about 100. Bagels are boiled and baked fresh, with house-made cream cheeses and breakfast sandwiches. Weekend brunch, evening beer, wine and cocktails and more vegan options are planned for the new room.

Grand Central District · thai, asian fusion, pho, ramen

An independently owned Asian fusion room from the owner of Pin Wok and Bowl downtown. The site says she learned to cook young in her family's restaurant. The menu covers Thai classics, pho, ramen, udon and sushi burritos. It traded earlier as Pin On Cafe, and it sits in the stretch of storefronts that used to hold Nitally's.

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PAW is the dog-themed brewery ... milk bones on the tables, charity nights for animal rescues and a Milk Bone Stout on tap. Brewers Matthew Brown and Dennis Decker started it, its Sweet Stout took silver at the Great American Beer Festival, and it turned 10 in May 2026. The site has a barrel aging room, a tap room and a beer garden with a food truck. On October 1, 2026 it soft-opened a second room, PAW Taps & Tails, in the former Dissent Craft Brewing building at 5518 Haines Rd N, welcoming dogs and cats.

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

Grand Central District · latin, peruvian, small plates

Opened in December 2024 by Jason Ruhe and Hope Montgomery, who also own Brick and Mortar Kitchen and Wine Bar downtown and Sea Worthy Fish + Bar in Tierra Verde. Ruhe shares the kitchen with Jason Cline, formerly head chef at Birch and Vine. The menu runs to 20-plus small plates, charred octopus, Peruvian-style ceviche and two paellas, around a circular bar with a small stage for live Latin music. David Fischer of Zazoo'd designed the room.

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

Grand Central District · moroccan coffee, mint tea, wine

Owner Sarah Aitcadi, whose family is Moroccan, opened Ruya on 11 October 2025 after years of travel through Europe and the Middle East. The name plays on the Arabic word for vision or dream. It is a day-into-night cafe ... Moroccan spiced coffee from a French press, mint tea served to share, sangria and wine ... using beans from St. Pete roaster Look Alive Coffee. The 1,650 square foot room was the If I Brewed the World microbrewery, and there is a pergola-shaded courtyard out back.

Grand Central District · vietnamese coffee, matcha, pastries

Haley Huynh moved from Vietnam to Tampa Bay more than 15 years ago and also owns Sip Tea Boba in Pinellas Park. 'Say' means obsessed in Vietnamese ... 'you drink it so much that you're obsessed with it'. The coffee is slow-dripped through a phin using robusta beans she imports from Vietnam, and the house specialty is egg coffee. It took the former Crisp Waffle Company space in 2026.

Grand Central District · coffee

Owner Kenny Beers ran a coffee counter inside Sans Market in the EDGE District before opening this standalone cafe and roastery on 26 July 2026. It took the former Adieu Glu bakery space and seats 20 to 30. The roaster describes its coffee as light-roast single origin only, no blends.

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A neighborhood piano bar in Grand Central with live music, a relaxed feel and bar seats out on the sidewalk. I Love the Burg lists it among the city's gay bars.

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.

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.

Grand Central District

A down-to-earth gay dive bar in Grand Central with a come-as-you-are feel. There is a free pool table, drag bingo, drag shows and dance music nights, and karaoke on Thursday and Saturday.

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

Grand Central District · seafood, oysters, steak

The Oyster Bar spent 24 years at 249 Central Avenue downtown, from 1999 until it closed there in 2023. Owner Josh Cameron of Craft Hospitality Group brought it back on 14 October 2025 in a new 3,200 square foot Grand Central room with 120 seats, 22 of them outside. The old signatures came with it ... buffalo shrimp, bacon parmesan-crusted grouper and raw oysters, with a dollar-oyster 'Aphrodisiac Hour' from 4 to 5pm. The site now names Daniel Walter as executive chef.

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

Grand Central District · seafood

A 'bait shop chic' fish house whose menu changes with the catch of the day ... snapper, grouper, tuna from local waters, simply prepared. It takes no reservations and tells guests to come early because the fish can run out. The bar invented its own category, 'boat drinks', and the site says the Tampa Bay Times named it Best Cocktail List in 2019. A second Trophy Fish later opened in Tampa's Seminole Heights.

Grand Central District · indian

Lokesh Vale launched Twisted Indian as a food truck in St. Petersburg in 2016 and built a following at the Saturday Morning Market. The brick-and-mortar on Central opened in May 2022, more than a year later than first planned. The venue describes itself as modern quick-service Indian, and says its aim is to make Indian food less intimidating.

Grand Central District · bakery, doughnuts

Celine Beltgens owns Valhalla, an Orlando-born vegan bakery, and this is its St. Petersburg shop. The own site says every dessert is egg-free and dairy-free, made with unrefined sugar and unbleached flour, and that the kitchen cannot do gluten-free or nut-free orders. Valkyrie's square doughnuts are sold from the same counter. Its sister room next door, Freya's Diner, closed on 6 August 2023.

Grand Central District · new american, bistro

A neighborhood bistro and cocktail bar opened by Matt Kaye, owner of The Bends, with chef Rob Reinsmith in the former NuMex space. The same pair later opened Slim Charmer, a 26-seat martini lounge in a 1940s building next to Wild Child's patio at 2706 Central. Sunday is brunch only.