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Ten Rooms opens in Ybor City, Ciro’s permanently closes, and more Tampa Bay food news

And St. Pete's Norwegian-Asian restaurant Lingr serves its last customers this weekend.

By CL Staff

Apr 26, 2024

Openings Ten Rooms Two learned restaurateurs are reviving one of the most storied buildings in historic Ybor City—and its highly-anticipated grand opening is right around the corner...

Ten Rooms opens in Ybor City, Ciro’s permanently closes, and more Tampa Bay food news

20 under-the-radar Tampa Bay taco spots everyone needs to try

By CL Staff

Ranchero Tacos
4901 N Florida Ave., Tampa
This joint was CL's Best of the Bay's 2021 "Best Seminole Heights Restaurant," and for good reason – tortillas are fresh and pressed to order and carnitas are juicy and crispy. Also, don’t sleep on the weekend-only tamales.
Photo via Ranchero Tacos/website

University of Florida threatens student pro-Palestinian protesters with suspension, banishment from campus for 3 years

The university said employees or professors caught breaking its rules would be fired.

By Amanda Friedman, Vivienne Serret and Fresh Take Florida

An unidentified University of Florida campus police officer watches over about 50 pro-Palestinian protesters who demonstrated on campus Thursday, April 25, 2024, for a second consecutive day. There was no violence or police response – a contrast to what was happening at some other college campuses around the U.S.

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The Bucs draft center Graham Barton in the first round

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Andrew Warren says Hillsborough County is not safer since DeSantis suspension

By Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix

Andrew Warren says Hillsborough County is not safer since DeSantis suspension

'I think it's all gonna work out': DeSantis won't say if he would suspend a re-elected Andrew Warren

By Jim Turner and News Service of Florida

'I think it's all gonna work out': DeSantis won't say if he would suspend a re-elected Andrew Warren

Tampa Bay's best live music happening April 25-May 2

By Ray Roa, Josh Bradley and Kyla Fields

Seth Adam Lynn (L) and Natalie DePergola of Katara, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on April 26, 2024.

Expat Tampa rapper Gat$ signs to RocNation platform EQ, and plans two homecoming shows for May

By Ray Roa

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Andy Frasco, who's writing the best songs of his life, heads to Tampa in May

By Ray Roa

Andy Frasco, who plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 2, 2024.

New York City indie-rock band Bodega brings rebooted 2015 album to Tampa

By Josh Bradley

Bodega, which plays Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on May 1, 2024.

It's finally time to see Alvvays play The Ritz in Ybor City

By Kyla Fields

Alvvays, which play The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on May 1, 2024.

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Ranchero Tacos
4901 N Florida Ave., Tampa
This joint was CL's Best of the Bay's 2021 "Best Seminole Heights Restaurant," and for good reason – tortillas are fresh and pressed to order and carnitas are juicy and crispy. Also, don’t sleep on the weekend-only tamales.
Photo via Ranchero Tacos/website

20 under-the-radar Tampa Bay taco spots everyone needs to try

Kamenar play outside Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 25, 2024.

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Photos: Biden bashes Florida's abortion ban, while Tampa protestors hammer him on Palestine

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