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Aug 20, 2024 8:45:52 GMT -5
Post by ferris1248 on Aug 20, 2024 8:45:52 GMT -5
Haven't been to Berns since the mid 80s. It was excellent then and it looks like it still is.
Ybor City was largely deserted except for The Columbia House. I bet it didn't seat a couple hundred people in the main rooms back then. It was excellent also.
Malios was on Dale Mabry back then (I think). Another good place with a good bar.
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Aug 20, 2024 10:03:00 GMT -5
Post by tampaspicer on Aug 20, 2024 10:03:00 GMT -5
I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy [/quote][/div]
I'm town and compton
[/quote] LMAO that's where all the Puerto Ricans live.
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Post by tampaspicer on Aug 20, 2024 10:05:45 GMT -5
Haven't been to Berns since the mid 80s. It was excellent then and it looks like it still is. Ybor City was largely deserted except for The Columbia House. I bet it didn't seat a couple hundred people in the main rooms back then. It was excellent also. Malios was on Dale Mabry back then (I think). Another good place with a good bar. Columbia is excellent. Me and the wife just went to the one on Sand Key a few weeks ago. Malios has since moved to downtown Tampa. One of my best friends growing up dated the owners (Mafioso) daughter in high school.
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Post by cracker4112 on Aug 20, 2024 10:17:11 GMT -5
Spicer’s right, The Columbia is still good, and Malios downtown is also. I still miss the old place but the food and happy hour are still worth the trip downtown. Many of the old school Tampa restaurants are still around and still great, Donatello, Oystercatchers, Iavarone’s etc. It’s got to be good to survive so long.
Also a bunch of new restaurants that are great, Council Oaks, The Edison, on Swann, Oak and Ola, are just a few. The Armature Works and Channelside as well a Seminole Heights have all kinds of new food worth checking out.
All that said, it’s getting too fucking crowded around here lol.
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Tampa
Aug 20, 2024 10:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by stc1993 on Aug 20, 2024 10:23:39 GMT -5
Tampa was crowded 20 yrs ago. I can't imagine how it is now.
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Aug 20, 2024 10:36:05 GMT -5
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Post by olmucky on Aug 20, 2024 10:36:05 GMT -5
We must be neighbors. [/quote] I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy[/quote] Between PCC and Berns
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Aug 20, 2024 10:46:52 GMT -5
Post by tampaspicer on Aug 20, 2024 10:46:52 GMT -5
Yeah I hate driving across the bridges to Tampa. It's like an instant kick in the nutts once you get there. Traffic out the ass 7 days a week. Summertime isn't as bad as the nice weather months. Everyone in the world seems to be here then.
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Post by ferris1248 on Aug 20, 2024 10:49:41 GMT -5
Haven't been to Berns since the mid 80s. It was excellent then and it looks like it still is. Ybor City was largely deserted except for The Columbia House. I bet it didn't seat a couple hundred people in the main rooms back then. It was excellent also. Malios was on Dale Mabry back then (I think). Another good place with a good bar. Columbia is excellent. Me and the wife just went to the one on Sand Key a few weeks ago. Malios has since moved to downtown Tampa. One of my best friends growing up dated the owners (Mafioso) daughter in high school. An older gentleman I used to do business with down there hung out in Malios for Happy Hour. He introduced me around. It was a little intimidating. I kept my mouth shut. Just nodded my head unless I was spoken to directly.
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Aug 20, 2024 10:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by cracker4112 on Aug 20, 2024 10:58:52 GMT -5
I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy[/quote] Between PCC and Berns[/quote] Gotcha. I know it well, grew up at PCCC my grandparents were members. I used to have a house on Aquilla many years ago and my brother in law lived on San Isidro until a year or two ago. Both my wife and I have almost our whole family still here in town. Makes it hard to leave (we all get along pretty well)
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Post by olmucky on Aug 20, 2024 11:29:49 GMT -5
I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy Between PCC and Berns[/quote] Gotcha. I know it well, grew up at PCCC my grandparents were members. I used to have a house on Aquilla many years ago and my brother in law lived on San Isidro until a year or two ago. Both my wife and I have almost our whole family still here in town. Makes it hard to leave (we all get along pretty well)[/quote] Yup. That’s the hood. 👍👍 It’s not too horrible south of Kennedy(yet) but no doubt the last 20 years it’s changed(the last 5 greatly). Homes and people. But it’s close to the ramp, and all the shopping stuff we need. The boy is a senior at PHS. We haven’t decided if we’ll leave or not. I wouldn’t mind selling and getting a small place 7 hours south for the summers and a place 22 hours up north for the winter. Wife wants to travel and my oldest wants to keep the house forever Lol
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Aug 20, 2024 14:57:24 GMT -5
Post by OhMy on Aug 20, 2024 14:57:24 GMT -5
I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy [/div] I'm town and compton
[/quote] LMAO that's where all the Puerto Ricans live. [/quote] Where is town and compton? I grew up in town and country, did it change?
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Aug 20, 2024 14:58:49 GMT -5
Post by tampaspicer on Aug 20, 2024 14:58:49 GMT -5
I bet. I’m near Bayshore/Gandy [/div] I'm town and compton
[/quote] LMAO that's where all the Puerto Ricans live. [/quote] Where is town and compton? I grew up in town and country, did it change?[/quote] It's changed a lot over the last 10-15 years. Pretty big Hispanic community now.
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Aug 20, 2024 15:01:21 GMT -5
Post by OhMy on Aug 20, 2024 15:01:21 GMT -5
[/div] I'm town and compton
[/quote] LMAO that's where all the Puerto Ricans live. [/quote] Where is town and compton? I grew up in town and country, did it change?[/quote] It's changed a lot over the last 10-15 years. Pretty big Hispanic community now. [/quote] It was hispanic 30 years ago too. I lived off Memorial Blvd.
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Aug 20, 2024 15:16:40 GMT -5
Post by tampaspicer on Aug 20, 2024 15:16:40 GMT -5
More now LOL
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Post by restlessnative on Aug 20, 2024 15:31:22 GMT -5
Town & Country is known as Town & Compton for sure. Have some friends that live in Bay Crest though and it's not so bad and about the only affordable waterfront around.
For high end steakhouses, I think you get the most bang for your buck at Bern's, and it is definitely a unique experience. You get soup, salad, potato, onion rings and veggie with your steak. All the other ones are a la carte and don't come with anything, so again bar none the best deal out there. If you haven't been before, definitely do a tour of the kitchen and wine storage, and then go upstairs to the dessert room afterwards (famous for their macadamia nut ice cream and baked Alaska). I also like Charley's, but your steak comes with a sprig of parsley and that is it so gets more expensive real quick. They are about to move in the next year so hopefully they build something with character again. Last time I went to Council Oak I did not think it was all that great, almost like the quality of their beef went down.
Malio's downtown is ok, end up there quite a bit for power lunches and happy hour since I work downtown, but nothing like the old place on Dale Mabry. Completely different atmosphere. The old was one for the ages, I bussed tables, valeted and bar backed there in high school. Was real interesting to say the least and I learned a lot about um, NOTHING (as I was told). Great times for a young guy.
As Cracker mentioned there are a lot of other great homegrown restaurants, and plenty of ethnic places out there too that do a great job.
Traffic does suck, and I have to drive around for work a lot. I think Pinellas traffic is worse though. Hell, it is bad pretty much everywhere in Florida except for the sticks.
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