Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North, which older signs and some menus still call 9th Street. It is a neighborhood strip of small owner-run rooms: a diner named for triplets, a pizzeria that started as a truck and a clam bar open since 1991.
The Casual Clam has served New England seafood on MLK Street North since 1991: whole belly Ipswich clams, a New England style lobster roll and a clam chowder the house says is made fresh daily. There is all-you-can-eat shrimp, grilled, blackened or fried, and picnic benches outside.
A neighborhood brewery that opened in October 2023 on MLK Street North. Outside is family and pet friendly; inside is the 21 and up Golden Easy bar. The tap list leans to IPAs with wine, low-alcohol and non-alcoholic pours, and the yard hosts food trucks and a monthly Lunar Market with vendors and live music.
First-time restaurateur Amita Mukherjee opened this 540 square foot room in January 2025 in the former Chi-town Beefs and Dogs space. Her parents came from India more than 50 years ago and she was raised in St. Pete; she built the menu around the Kolkata street food she missed, kati rolls first. The name pairs Mowgli from The Jungle Book with 'tiffin', the Indian word for a lunchbox or light meal.
Rollin' Oats is a locally owned natural grocery with a grab-and-go cafe. The store says its produce has been 100 percent organic since it opened and that the cafe's prepared foods are made and packed daily, with smoothies and organic juices made to order. A second store is on North MacDill Avenue in Tampa.
Dan and Brit, a husband and wife, started The Violet Stone as a food truck in 2022 and now run a pizzeria on MLK Street North. The dough is hand tossed after a long ferment and made from scratch each day. Their own line about the business is 'We have absolutely no idea what we are doing'. I Love the Burg reported in February 2025 that the shop was moving to a larger space at 2609 MLK, and a Tampa room on West Kennedy is listed as coming soon.
Trip's opened on 12 March 2012 and is named for the owners' triplets, Libby, Will and John. The owners call it a 'Not-too-Fancy neighborhood restaurant' and serve breakfast all day beside meatloaf, pasta and sandwiches. The St. Pete diner is the original; the Tampa room on North Florida Avenue came later.
