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Shuffle in Tampa, Florida on July 15, 2025. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\nShuffle in Tampa, Florida on July 15, 2025. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n
Shuffle<\/a> is more than a bar and sports venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s everything all the time, all at once,\u201d Jennifer Evanchyk told WMNF public affairs program \u201cThe Skinny,\u201d last Friday.<\/p>\n She lauded the neighborhood bar\u2019s full kitchen, live music stages and function as a gathering place for groups political and otherwise. Once an award-winning \u201cvagina-forward\u201d watering hole<\/a>, Shuffle, at 2612 N Tampa St., is also home to a Tampa Period Pantry<\/a> and a very-coded Equality Florida mural<\/a> on the front facade.<\/p>\n Ownership used to post a special promising to add 20% to the bill of anyone who wears a MAGA hat on President\u2019s Day\u2014although no one\u2019s taken them up on the offer, according to Danielle O\u2019Connor who opened the bar with Evanchyk eight years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all of these really unique combinations of things, but we play shuffleboard all of the time,\u201d Evanchyk added.<\/p>\n The run, especially as doom and gloom surrounds so much of the narrative around small business ownership, was made possible because Shuffle was founded to be more than a bar.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just like to be part of the community more than just a business,\u201d O\u2019Connor said, adding how the outdoor area has been a welcoming space for families looking for a place for their kids to just be free. \u201cBecause of all that, I think people stay and they come back.\u201d<\/p>\n This weekend, Shuffle celebrates another turn around the sun with three days of events, kicking off Friday with pre-St. Patrick\u2019s Day concert with Paddy O\u2019 Furniture <\/a>playing traditional Irish music. A Saturday concert includes sets from five homegrown artists, and Sunday festivities go all day with Wally Rios\u2019 Wu-Tang and Biscuits brunch<\/a> happening ahead of the evening Women in Music Concert.<\/p>\n All events are no-cover, but Shuffleboard is just $8 a game all weekend.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no cover for Shuffle Turns 8 happening Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 in Tampa.<\/a><\/p>\n