You’ve been partying and fast food, Village Inn pie or a Grand Slam at Denny’s isn’t going to satate your inner tiger. Choices for Late night dining in Tampa are still slim pickings, but here are some of our favorite places to eat after 10 p.m. grazing stations.
Ceviche: So civilized, the Spanish, with their late night hot and cold tapas washed down with white or red Sangria pitchers, everyone in their little LBD and checking out the competition. Grilled shrimp, asparagus, olives, manchego cheese, garlic potatos and so much more.
The Deck Pizza and Pub: Open till 3 a.m. Fri.-Sat., you can soak up the spirits with garlicy cheese bread, chicken Jack cheese quesadillas, Philly cheesesteak or meatball subs, calzones, stromboli and some of the best pizza in Tampa Bay by the slice or pie, especially the white pizza or barbecue chicken. The Deck is rated for some of the Best Pizza in Tampa.
Egg Platter: A dive, but open 24 hours and slinging comfort food hash, large platters and sassy remarks you can take to the bank.
Walter’s Press Box Sports Emporium: Five big screens (23 total tvs) and a great celebrity spotting local bar and “real guys don’t eat quiche” eatery, serving appetizers, burgers, hoagies, sandwiches wraps and wings after 11, and steak and pizzas until then. Just order a bunch of starters and share the love, especially the nachos supreme, homemade fried potato chips slathered in melted cheese, mozzarella cheese sticks, hearty chili, stuffed poppers, blackened shrimp, French onion soup, grouper strips, onion rings and fried mushroom. Leave the veggie burger and chicken Caesar wrap for the non-beer drinking buddies.
The Rack: Sushi or appetizers keep the munchies away. With the kitchen open late, The Rack is a great place for late night dining while racking up a game of pool. Read More…
Samurai Blue: Sup till midnight (Wednes.-Thurs.) or 1 a.m.(Fri.-Sat.) while sipping chilled sake martinis. Hot starters include blue crab Rangoon, hamachi-kama, deep fried clamari with ponzu, dim sum shumai or grilled chicken yakitori. Cool your palate with cubed tuna sashimi with spicy sesame and chiles, marinated squid salad or seafood ceviche. Or dive right into the entrees, a luscious mix of surf (steamed ginger salmon) and turf (samurai ribeye steak with a shitake demi-glaze). The sushi, sashimi and rolls are among the best in town, especially the Love or Emperor rolls. Enjoy the thirty foot sushi bar shaped like a tsunami, hip chrome décor and sexy vibe.
T.G.I. Friday’s: No other chain serves up late night munchies better than this classic chain restaurant, especially the fried green beans, Tuscan spinach dip, beer-battered onion rings, loaded potato skins, fried mozzarella sticks and Southwest chicken quesadilla. Other stand-outs include the California turkey burger, Cajun shrimp and chicken pasta, sizzling chicken and shrimp Mexican platter and Jack Daniel grill.
