Red brick streets and big oaks south of Bay to Bay, settled through the 1920s and still one of the most sought-after addresses in the city. MacDill and Henderson carry the neighborhood kitchens: a bakery that also runs dinner service, a Michelin Bib taqueria, a long-running pit barbecue, and the wine bars people walk to.
Jimbo's has been smoking pork and ribs on West Kennedy Boulevard since 1970, and its own site claims the title without hedging: the best barbecue in southern Florida since 1970. It is a family-owned and operated business and describes itself as decades of delectable barbecue rather than anything more fashionable. That's So Tampa has written about it as a pit that has been going for over fifty years.
Sa Ri One is a Korean kitchen on West Cypress Street behind the airport industrial belt, a room its own site describes as a cozy diner-style restaurant with simple Korean decor rather than anything grand. The menu runs the full range most Tampa Korean menus skip: jok bal, or sliced steamed pig's trotter, bibim naeng myun, jajang myun, dol sot bi bim bob in the hot stone bowl, seafood pancake, galbi and a bosam section, with banchan that changes by season. There are grills in the tables, so you can order from the menu or cook marinated meat and vegetables at your seat. The Cypress Street room closed briefly during summer 2026 and was open again by late August; its current site publishes a full menu and daily hours. Creative Loafing has put it on both its list of classic Tampa restaurants and its chef-sourced guide to the city's best Asian kitchens.
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