{"id":334583,"date":"2026-07-09T17:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334583\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:09:30","slug":"tastes-pretty-good-to-open-japanese-restaurant-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334583\/","title":{"rendered":"Tastes Pretty Good to open Japanese restaurant in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Tastes Pretty Good, the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/restaurants\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"Restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurant<\/a> group behind Michelin-starred Rocca, plans to open Kingfish, a Japanese restaurant at Rome Collective in North Hyde Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nick Reader, CEO of Tastes Pretty Good, described Kingfish as \u201ca full-service sushi bar that takes a minimalist approach to Japanese cuisine, complemented by a curated selection of cocktails and sake.\u201d He said the restaurant is expected to open in the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rome Collective is a 38,000-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/retail-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Retail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retail<\/a> development along North Rome Avenue in North Hyde Park. Kingfish will join Lumbre at the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The restaurant will occupy about 3,390 square feet at 1706 W. North B St. The interior buildout is valued at about $600,000, according to building documents filed with the City of Tampa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7977-993x563.jpeg\" alt=\"Rendering of Kingfish, a planned Japanese restaurant at Rome Collective in Tampa, featuring a central sushi bar, natural wood finishes and vaulted ceilings.\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_7976-1000x559.jpeg\" alt=\"Evening rendering of Kingfish at Rome Collective, showing the illuminated sushi bar, warm lighting and contemporary Japanese-inspired interior.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n<p>\n    Explore the latest Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> news, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Real Estate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tastes Pretty Good, the restaurant group behind Michelin-starred Rocca, plans to open Kingfish, a Japanese restaurant at Rome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-334583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334583","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=334583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}