{"id":153532,"date":"2026-02-12T21:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153532\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:31:12","slug":"berns-to-replace-haven-with-seafood-concept-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153532\/","title":{"rendered":"Bern\u2019s to replace Haven with seafood concept in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/02\/11\/berns-70-years-la-segunda-collaboration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s Steak House<\/a> Company will open a new seafood-focused restaurant at the current Haven location at 2208 W. Morrison Ave. in fall 2027, the company announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2024\/06\/03\/haven-a-cheese-lovers-heaven-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haven<\/a> will remain open through the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The new restaurant does not yet have a name. Leadership plans to release additional details in phases as planning continues.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Chef Chad Johnson developed the concept over several years. The restaurant will center on seafood and reflect his focus on discipline, technique and respect for product.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TAMPA BAY BUSINESS NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next few months, we invite guests to continue enjoying Haven,\u201d said David Laxer, president of Bern\u2019s Steak House Company. \u201cThis restaurant has played an important role in our community and, true to its namesake, has served as a haven for culinary stewardship. As a company, we dig deep to learn, source and execute the best techniques and offerings the industry has to offer our guests. That commitment will carry forward into a new concept building on the foundation, lessons and culinary stewardship that have shaped this chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Morrison Avenue address sits a few blocks from <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2025\/11\/20\/opentable-top-100-tampa-restaurant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s<\/a> flagship restaurant and anchors the group\u2019s presence in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Company leaders said they will support Haven team members through the transition and provide updates as plans advance.<\/p>\n<p>The shift gives one of Tampa\u2019s most established restaurant groups a defined timeline to introduce a new seafood concept to South Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>What we don\u2019t know yet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2022\/03\/10\/rare-and-well-done-berns-steak-house-is-a-tampa-legend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bern\u2019s Steak House<\/a> Company has not shared the name of the new restaurant, its menu direction beyond a seafood focus or whether the space will undergo a full redesign. <\/p>\n<p>The company has also not announced an opening date, pricing, hours or the date of Haven\u2019s final service.<\/p>\n<p>  Stay Informed<\/p>\n<p>\n    Stay up to date on Tampa Bay business news, executive profiles and the companies shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bern\u2019s Steak House Company will open a new seafood-focused restaurant at the current Haven location at 2208 W.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[33978,3090,28793,575,687,585,135,1526,8770,7682,137,136,7683],"class_list":{"0":"post-153532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-berns","9":"tag-dining","10":"tag-fine-dining","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-restaurants","13":"tag-south-tampa","14":"tag-tampa","15":"tag-tampa-bay","16":"tag-tampa-bay-dining","17":"tag-tampa-bay-hospitality","18":"tag-tampa-headlines","19":"tag-tampa-news","20":"tag-tampa-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}