Welcome to Eating Tampa’s 2008 search for the best food in Tampa! Polls will be open for the month of September and winners will be posted throughout the month of October.

Votes can be cast either in the comments section or you can email them to me at eatingtampa A T gmail.com or dave AT recreatingtampa.com.

You don’t have to vote all at once AND you can make up your own categories if you don’t see them here.

There have been a lot of changes over the last year. Some winners have moved on to that great restaurant in the sky, and Tampa’s been lucky to have a lot of great new places open.

ORIGIN STORY

A year ago I was eagerly anticipating Creative Loafing’s best of issue. As I was browsing the winners of the food categories I was struck by how many were in St. Petersburg. Now, St. Pete can be pretty awesome, but I wanted a best of Tampa, and so this search was born.

While some places outside the city of Tampa won last year, I maintain editorial privilege to disqualify anything outside the city limits. That said, some places get so many votes that I will include them if they fall within the larger metropolitan area of the Tampa bay area.

Doing this list in 2007 was a blast and I look forward to your suggestions.

NOW VOTE!

Best 24-hour Restaurant

Best Bagel

Best Bakery

Best Bar

Best Barbecue

Best Bay-area Food Writer

Best Beach Bar

Best Locally Brewed Beer

Best Beer Garden

Best Breakfast

Best Buffet

Best Burgers (chain)

Best Burgers (non-chain)

Best Chinese

Best Crepes

Best Coffee (non-chain)

Best Colombian

Best Cuban Food

Best Cuban Sandwich

Best Deli

Best Desserts

Best Diner

Best Falafel

Best Fish Market

Best Fish Sandwich

Best Food Blog

Best French Fries

Best Fried Chicken

Best Fried Potato

Best Gelato

Best German Food

Best Greek

Best Grocery Store

Best Gyro

Best Hot Dogs

Best Ice Cream

Best Indian Restaurant

Best Italian

Best Jamaican

Best Mall Food

Best Middle Eastern

Best Nachos

Best Pho

Best Pizza

Best Place that Allows Dogs

Best Place to Take a First Date

Best Place to Take Out-of-towners for Dinner

Best Place to Watch the Sun Set

Best Sandwich (local)

Best Sandwich Shop (chain)

Best Sandwich Shop (non-chain)

Best Southern Cooking

Best Steak

Best Sushi

Best Sweet Tea

Best Tex-Mex/Mexican

Best Thai

Best Vegan

Best Veggie

Best Vietnamese

Best Wine Bar

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