Manny Leto at Shuffle in Tampa, Florida on July 15, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
History is supposed to be fun, and no one may understand that more than Manny Leto.
In its third year, Drunk Tampa History once again sold-out at Shuffle where natives and newbies packed the bar and shuffleboard area for a kind-of-unhinged, and totally transparent look back at the city’s 139-year history.
There was beer, bourbon, Jagermeister, and a knockout 90-minute talk framed around how the Hillsborough River runs through (poo?) Tampa’s story. Last Wednesday’s party also featured an homage to Tampa Tribune columnist Daniel Ruth, special unplanned guest appearances from two of the smartest guys in the city (Tampa Bay History Center curator Rodney Kite-Powell and Ronald Weaver), a Tampa flag cake, raffle winners, silent auctions, and special presentations from Tampa artist Michelle Sawyer along with the city’s foremost Fortune Taylor historian Gloria Jean Royster.
Can we please do a halfway to Tampa’s birthday celebration this winter?
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This article appears in July 16 – 22, 2026.
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