A tour of Tampa's best happy hours - That's So Tampa (2024)

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7th + Grove American Social Tampa Ava Tampa Barterhouse Ybor Bella’s Italian Cafe Bernini of Ybor Big Easy The Blind Goat Bocelli The Bricks Bulla Gastrobar Byblos Cafe Dufrain Counter Culture C House Seminole Heights Forbici Front Porch and Bart’s Tavern GenX Tavern Green Lemon Hattrick’s Tavern Haven Hooch and Hive Hotel Bar Tampa Hula Bay Club Irish 31 LuvChild SoHo Melting Pot Social Retreat The Rusty Pelican Taco Dirty Water + Flour Watervue Grille Whiskey Joe’s Willa’s Don't miss a story 👉 👇 Don't Miss a Story 👇 Recent Stories Morgan Wallen reschedules huge Raymond James Stadium concert for October Tampa celebrates its 137th birthday at Old City Hall with the iconic Hortense Clock Luv Child announces closure, Jay Luigi Italian Restaurant to open in its place Related Stories Tampa celebrates its 137th birthday at Old City Hall with the iconic Hortense Clock Luv Child announces closure, Jay Luigi Italian Restaurant to open in its place New rooftop Japanese-Peruvian restaurant planned near Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa A huge rum and seafood festival is coming to Tampa Bay this weekend More Recent Stories Huge 16,000-square-foot indoor market opens this weekend in Tampa Bay Family-owned TNT Burger makes the wildest food in Tampa, and it opened a new location Tampa makes progress on future 3.4-mile urban bike trail Chevy Chase is headed to Tampa this winter for a “Christmas Vacation” film screening La Segunda celebrates 109 years of serving Tampa Bay Gateway Subs announces new Tampa deli at Duckweed’s Channelside market Dreamy Tampa Bay Coffee and Art Festival returns this fall Kahwa giving out free coffee during grand opening of new Tampa drive-thru FAQs References

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July 1, 2024
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A tour of Tampa's best happy hours - That's So Tampa (3)

July 1, 2024
• ByJaclyn Shultz

Note: This guide was last updated in May, 2024. All specials are subject to change. If one of these is no longer valid, or if a good happy hour is missing, please email info@thatssotampa.com. Be sure to bookmark this for happy hour adventures.

Whether you’re craving a frosty craft beer under the palm trees or a margarita by the bay, Tampa’s bars and lounges serve up a perfect mix of fun, flavors, and fantastic deals. These are some of our favorite happy hour specials in Tampa, with an emphasis on deals that are available most of the week.

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This list is always growing, so if you know of a good happy hour – or if you work at a bar that has a great one we missed – please let us know so we can add it to the list. Just email info@thatssotampa.com. In the meantime, enjoy all that Tampa’s bars have to offer!

7th + Grove

1930 E 7th Ave
Tuesday-Friday, 4-7pm: $7 co*cktail specials, $7 small plate specials.

American Social Tampa

601 S Harbour Island Blvd #107
Monday-Friday, 4pm-7pm: $6 house margarita, house wines and liquors, and select draft beers, $7 call liquors, $8 premium liquors, $10 hand-crafted co*cktails.

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Ava Tampa

718 S Howard Ave
Monday-Friday, 5pm-7pm (only available at the bar and lounge): $5-$6 beers, $6 wines by the glass, $7 house liquors, $9 co*cktails, pizza specials, discounted apps.

Barterhouse Ybor

1822 N 15th St
Monday-Friday 4:30pm-6:30pm: $5 glasses of wine and well liquors, $7 co*cktails, 25% discount on bar food menu.

Bella’s Italian Cafe

1413 S Howard Ave
Monday-Friday, 11:30am-6pm: 2 for 1 drink specials, $10 Old Fashioned or Italian Lemonade, food specials from 3pm-6pm starting at $3 and pizza at $7.

Bernini of Ybor

1702 E 7th Ave
Daily, 11:30am-7pm: $3 SKYY martinis, 50% off pasta and select entrees from 4pm-7pm daily.

Big Easy

1704 E 7th Ave
Monday-Thursday, 4-7pm: $2 off classic co*cktails and wines, $3 house beers.

The Blind Goat

4106 Henderson Blvd
Monday-Friday, 3-7pm: $4 wells, $5 select drafts, house wines, and select liquors.

Bocelli

5427 Bayshore Blvd
Monday-Tuesday, 4-7pm: $2 off all glasses of wine, co*cktails, and select liquors, $1 off draft and bottled beer.

The Bricks

1327 E 7th Ave
Monday-Friday, 4-7pm: $3.50 drafts, wells, house wine, and sangria, $2 off shareable plates.

Bulla Gastrobar

930 S Howard Ave
Daily, 3pm-7pm: $3 off bottled beers and pinta drafts, $7 house sangria, $8 house liquors, $9 house martinis and house specialty co*cktails. Discounted bar tapas at the bar only.

Byblos

2832 South MacDill Ave
Tuesday-Thursday, 4-7pm: $5 domestic and import beers, $7 red sangria, $9 select wines on tap, $10 select co*cktails.

Cafe Dufrain

707 Harbour Post Dr
Monday-Saturday, 5-7pm: half-off wines, $2 off draft beers

Counter Culture

2902 W Bay to Bay #100
Monday-Friday, 4-6pm: $6 draft beers, $7 select wines, $9 classic co*cktails, $10 featured co*cktail, $5 select bites.

C House Seminole Heights

6005 N Florida Ave
Monday-Friday, 3pm-5:30pm: $5-$6 beers, $8 wines and bubbles, $9 co*cktails, happy hour apps starting at $5.

Forbici

1633 W Snow Ave
Daily, 3pm-6pm: $6 house wines and discounted beer, $9 co*cktails, happy hour snacks starting at $5.

Front Porch and Bart’s Tavern

5924 N. Florida Ave
Monday-Saturday, 4-7pm: $4 house wines, $4 house wells, $1 off beers.

GenX Tavern

103 E Jackson St
Monday-Friday, 3pm-7pm: $2 off draft beer, $6 house liquors and Jameson green tea shots, $7 house wines, $8 rotating signature co*cktail, $6 corn dog nuggets, $7 pickle chips, $8 gen x smashburger, $10 pizza.

Green Lemon

915 S Howard Ave
Fiesta Hour drink deals daily, 3pm-7pm: $5 sangria, $6 tequila shots and margaritas, 3 tacos for $10, $7 nachos.

Hattrick’s Tavern

107 S Franklin St
Daily, 4pm-8pm, 10pm-close / Happy Hour wings, 4pm-8pm (dine-in only): $1 off all pints, $3 12oz. Bud Lite Drafts, $19 beer bucket, $22 bucket of Corona, $24 bucket of seltzer, half-price house wines, premium well doubles.

Haven

2208 W Morrison Ave
Daily, 5pm-7pm: rotating bar bites, wines by the glass, co*cktails, and beers, plus a $12 Bern’s Dry-Aged Beef Burger and a $10 Chef’s Cheese Plate.

Hooch and Hive

1001 West Cass St
Wednesday-Friday, 4-7pm: $3.50 pints, wines, and wells.

Hotel Bar Tampa

200 N Tampa St
Monday-Friday, 4pm-6pm: $5 local drafts, $6 spirits, $9 co*cktails, $3 off any glass of wine.

Hula Bay Club

5210 W Tyson Ave
Monday-Friday, 3-7pm: $1 off all drafts, $4 house co*cktails and house wines, $8 sushi.

Irish 31

1611 W Swann Avenue
Monday-Friday, 3-7pm: $3.10 select domestic drafts, 2 for one 1 well drinks, $5 house wines, $1 off drafts and all call drinks.

LuvChild SoHo

516 S Howard Ave
Havana Happy Hour every day except Tuesday, 3pm-6:30pm: $8 co*cktails, $4 sangria, discounted beers, $5 sharable apps.
Taco Tuesday, 3pm-close: $3 tacos, $8 select co*cktails, $10 Mai Tai.

Melting Pot Social

105 W Tyler St
Monday, all-day; Tuesday-Friday, 4-7pm : $4 select beers, $5 wine and craft beer, $10 hand-crafted co*cktails, discounted happy hour bites.

Retreat

123 S Hyde Park Ave
Daily, 3-9pm: $3.25 wells, domestic drafts, and house wines, $3.75 select liquors, $1 off craft and import drafts.

The Rusty Pelican

2425 N Rocky Point Dr
Monday-Thursday, 4-6pm (bar and lounge only): $5 wells, house wines, and select import and craft beers, $7 select specialty co*cktails, $9 select premium wines by the glass, half-off select food items.

Taco Dirty

2221 W Platt St
Daily, 2-6pm: $3 canned beers and seltzers, $6 margaritas, $8 for 3 tacos.

Water + Flour

1015 South Howard Ave
Daily, 3-6pm: $5 vodka shots, mules, frosé, seltzers, and beers, $6 margaritas, discounted sushi rolls and bites.

Watervue Grille

700 Harbour Post Dr
Monday-Saturday, 5-7pm: half-off wines, $2 off draft beers

Whiskey Joe’s

7720 W. Courtney Campbell Causeway
Monday-Friday, 3pm-6pm: $4 domestic draft beers, $5 well drinks and house wines, $7 select co*cktails, discounted appetizers.

Willa’s

1700 West Fig St
Wednesday-Sunday, 3-6pm: $4 beers, $7 beer and a shot, $8 wells and house wines, $10 house co*cktails.

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Jaclyn Shultz

Jaclyn Shultz is a writer and editor. Throughout the years, she's lived in Miami, New York City, and Philadelphia. She enjoys anything that's dog-friendly so her pup Romeo can tag along.

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