{"id":368360,"date":"2026-08-11T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368360\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:02:10","slug":"blind-tiger-opens-ninth-location-at-downtown-tampas-rivergate-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368360\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Tiger opens ninth location at downtown Tampa\u2019s Rivergate Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"366305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/blind-tiger-rivergate-tower-downtown-tampa-ray-roa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Blind-Tiger-Rivergate-Tower-downtown-Tampa-Ray-Roa-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C1466&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1466\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blind Tiger Rivergate Tower downtown Tampa Ray Roa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blind Tiger\u2019s Rivergate Tower location on Aug. 11, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Blind-Tiger-Rivergate-Tower-downtown-Tampa-Ray-Roa-scaled.png?fit=780%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Blind-Tiger-Rivergate-Tower-downtown-Tampa-Ray-Roa.png\" alt=\"A photograph by Ray Roa showing the ordering counter and interior coffee shop setup of Blind Tiger Coffee Roasters inside the Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, on August 11, 2026. Captured in a wide angle shot, the foreground prominently features a white ordering counter displaying a large tiger head logo alongside black lettering reading &quot;BLIND TIGER COFFEE ROASTERS.&quot; Behind the counter, digital menu boards hang beneath recessed drop-ceiling lights, flanking a glass pastry display case and retail merchandise on display under bright interior lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-366305\"  \/>Blind Tiger\u2019s Rivergate Tower location on Aug. 11, 2026. Credit: Ray Roa \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/beer-can-building-beer-gives-tampas-most-iconic-building-the-respect-it-deserves-18192531\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beer can building <\/a>now comes with a little bit of bite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homegrown coffee chain Blind Tiger cut the ribbon on its <a href=\"https:\/\/blindtigercoffeeroasters.com\/pages\/locations?srsltid=AfmBOortkpOyeUfUw4vFrHcVOZIqInfgjCQ3pNAD5e-zk5Q2TMmL45oF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ninth location<\/a> during a grand opening celebration inside the cube at the base of Rivergate Tower, located at 400 N Ashley Dr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new 1,000 square-foot-location is just a six-minute walk from another Blind Tiger inside Tampa City Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new shop was staffed with four employees on Tuesday morning, and Roberto Torres\u2014who opened the first Blind Tiger 12 years ago on the corner of 19th Street and 7th Avenue in Ybor City\u2014told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/tampabay\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/blind-tiger-opens-in-rivergate-tower.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/tampabay\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/blind-tiger-opens-in-rivergate-tower.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Business Journal <\/a>that he\u2019s \u201cbullish\u201d on downtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blind Tiger\u2019s Rivergate Tower location is open from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on weekdays and closed on the weekends. The enu features all of the chain\u2019s signature drinks like the Dirty Thaiger and Bombon drinks along with pastries, breakfast sandwiches, bagels, and lunch.<\/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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-06-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 06-12, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blind Tiger\u2019s Rivergate Tower location on Aug. 11, 2026. 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