Over 50 St. Pete: 4th Street North

4th Street North · burgers, american

El Cap is the 4th Street burger bar with the red neon baseball sign. St. Pete Catalyst traces it to 1958, when Louis Joseph Svabek opened it in a 1948 building as one of his 'Cap' beer joints; Steve and Rose Bonfili of Pennsylvania took it over in 1963, and their son Frank turned it into what many call the city's first sports bar. Johnny Johnson has hand-formed the patties since 1992 and once made 2,300 in a day. Mary Jean Bonfili left the place to two longtime servers when she died in 2019, and in January 2023 Seed & Feed Hospitality, run by St. Pete natives, bought half while Cindy Nally kept the other half. The order is the World Champ cheeseburger.

4th Street North · seafood, shrimp, grouper

The Shrimp Store has been on 4th Street North since 1984. Its own history page says the building went up in 1928 as a service station for Model T Fords, later became a laundry with a small seafood market in one corner, and the market's fried shrimp baskets and grouper sandwiches grew into the restaurant. It expanded in 1997.

4th Street North · american, seafood, burgers

Dan Harvey opened the grill on 1 April 1984 and the third generation of the Harvey family now works there. The room is built from pieces of old St. Pete: decor from the Vinoy, Soreno and Albermarle hotels, and doors from the Sunshine School. The house claims more than two million grouper sandwiches sold, and the Tampa Bay Times named it one of Tampa Bay's 25 most iconic restaurants, per the venue.

4th Street North · juice bar, acai bowls, salads

Josie Barber and Robert 'Bob' Roberts run Karma, a juice bar and eatery built on acai bowls, cold-pressed juice, wraps and salads, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free items on its menu. In January 2026 St. Pete Rising reported they were taking the 1918 bungalow at 2955 Central Avenue, the former Craftsman House Gallery, for a larger room called Karma Kitchen and Bakery with an edible garden and Filipino dishes at dinner.

4th Street North · italian, southern, pizza

Noble Crust on upper 4th Street North is known at brunch for lemon ricotta pancakes and the Noble Pig breakfast pizza, per I Love the Burg.

4th Street North · pizza, italian

A 4th Street pizza room where, according to Suncoast Family Fun, children are handed pizza dough to play with at the table, can make their own pizza on Saturdays and eat free on Wednesdays.

4th Street North · mexican, latin american

Red Mesa has cooked Mexican and Latin American food on 4th Street North since 1995 and is the original room of the St. Pete-born Red Mesa Group, which later added Red Mesa Cantina and Red Mesa Mercado. I Love the Burg reported in February 2025 that a second Mercado was planned for 6001 Central Avenue.

4th Street North · american, tavern

Chef Ted Dorsey opened Sunshine City Tavern on 4th Street North in late March 2025, per St. Pete Rising. The tavern added Saturday and Sunday brunch starting 7 June.

4th Street North · thai

Thai Am has been family owned since 2001. I Love the Burg says the owner and head chef are both natives of Thailand and that ingredients are imported from there. The dish people talk about is Chicken on Fire, a fried chicken filet in Thai chili sauce that arrives topped with flaming whiskey. A second Thai Am is on Drew Street in Clearwater.

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.

4th Street North · american, pub fare

A tavern in a century-old farmhouse on 4th Street North with a summer orchard and verandas, built around what it calls the spirit of Old Florida. Happy hour is half off drafts, house wines and wells. Its site also lists a Beach Drive Walk Up Cafe at 400 Beach Dr and a Gulfport drive-thru.

4th Street North · bbq

Mike Leander and Tina Vierus started Treehouse BBQ in 2021 as a mobile catering outfit after a restaurant plan stalled in the pandemic, and they toured the Carolinas, Tennessee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Texas before settling the menu. St. Pete Rising lists Texas-style brisket, Carolina-inspired pulled pork and St. Louis-style ribs. The 1,200 square foot room is mostly carry-out, first come first served until the meat sells out, and the site currently limits brisket to 2 pounds a customer. They still set up at the Kenwood Sunday Market at St. Petersburg High School.