{"id":280529,"date":"2026-05-22T07:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280529\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:51:44","slug":"st-pete-beer-staple-green-bench-opens-new-location-in-downtown-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280529\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete beer staple Green Bench opens new location in downtown Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"360735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/st-pete-beer-staple-green-bench-opens-new-location-in-downtown-tampa\/attachment\/img_1448-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1448-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 17&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1779381258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2200000286119&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0080645161290323&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1448\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1448-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1448.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360735\"  \/>Credit: Colin Wolf<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 13-years of serving craft brews in St. Pete, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/green-bench-brewing-co-12483308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bench Brewing Co.<\/a>  has crossed the Bay into Tampa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of its trademark green benches popped up outside its new location at 200 N. Tampa St. a few weeks ago, and now it\u2019s open for business in the former Pint and Brew spot next to Hotel Bar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the second location for Green Bench since its expansion into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/sour-batch-kids-green-bench-announces-massive-expansion-12304715\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Webb City Cellar<\/a> nearly 10-years-ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expansions are rare for the craft brewing world these days, since the industry has been scaling down due to lack of local demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bay-brewing-co-will-close-ybor-city-location-this-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Brewing Company<\/a> is closing its doors in Ybor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampas-angry-chair-brewing-is-on-the-market-for-3-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angry Chair Brewing<\/a> is selling for $3 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" 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to help celebrate Pride.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women_from_the_tampa_roller_derby_skate_down_7th_ave_to_help.png?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tNewbies can learn what it takes to roll with the homies.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/st-pete-beer-staple-green-bench-opens-new-location-in-downtown-tampa\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779436304_273_IMG_1448-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"St. Pete beer staple Green Bench opens new location in downtown Tampa\" 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