Tampa - going to Lightening hockey game pre cruise - dinner suggestions

[DKNE]

Going to the Tampa Bay Lightening game pre cruise. Any suggestions on dining near the Arena? Prefer patio or water view?

Thanks! 🙂

[Clearwater]

The Columbia Restaurant has a great outdoor patio and is directly behind the arena.  It's a Tampa staple.  

[Capt_BJ]

I'm assuming you mean you have dinner the night before your cruise ... if I'm wrong read no further

 

best food in Tampa comes down to TWO places IMO

 

BERN'S  https://bernssteakhouse.com/ ..... regularly on the top 10 steak houses in the US and arguably the largest wine list in the world. AND don't forget to make an adjacent reservation to the dessert room.

 

Or Columbia .... very good Spanish/Mediterranean ..... the Sangria is noteworthy ..... spanish dancers ONLY in main dining room and some days. BUT there is a Columbia grill in the 'Tampa Bay History Center (on the water front)' with a partial menu .....  https://www.columbiarestaurant.com/columbia-cafe-at-the-tbhc

[DKNE]

3 hours ago, Capt_BJ said:

I'm assuming you mean you have dinner the night before your cruise ... if I'm wrong read no further

 

best food in Tampa comes down to TWO places IMO

 

BERN'S  https://bernssteakhouse.com/ ..... regularly on the top 10 steak houses in the US and arguably the largest wine list in the world. AND don't forget to make an adjacent reservation to the dessert room.

 

Or Columbia .... very good Spanish/Mediterranean ..... the Sangria is noteworthy ..... spanish dancers ONLY in main dining room and some days. BUT there is a Columbia grill in the 'Tampa Bay History Center (on the water front)' with a partial menu .....  https://www.columbiarestaurant.com/columbia-cafe-at-the-tbhc

 

Thank you, yes we sail on the 14th. So we will be in Tampa on the Saturday for the hockey game 🙂

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Bern's Steak House would be the easy call for me.

[DKNE]

Thanks, I think Berns is a little fancy, as we're going to the hockey game, so we will definitely be in very casual wear, hockey jersey kind of thing.