{"id":371540,"date":"2026-08-14T18:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371540\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:16:09","slug":"pinellas-gets-a-buddy-brew-a-michelin-bib-earning-chef-heads-to-ybor-city-and-more-tampa-bay-food-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/371540\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas gets a Buddy Brew, a Michelin-Bib earning chef heads to Ybor City, and more Tampa Bay food news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OPENINGS\/CLOSINGS<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay is getting the country\u2019s first combination Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

We all know the struggle. You pick up an order of bone-in Mango Habanero wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. You get back in your car. You haul ass to Jimmy John\u2019s \u2013\u00a0shove the wings into a spread open, fully dressed Vito, and enjoy a \u201cBone\u2019d MangoVito\u201d within the sanctuary of your Jeep Gladiator. Luckily, the private equity overlords at Inspire Brands have decided Tampa Bay residents have suffered enough, which is why we will soon be home to the nation\u2019s first combination Buffalo Wild Wings Go and Jimmy John\u2019s.\u00a0Located at 5241 69th St. E in Palmetto, the new fast-food alliance will debut at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, and according to a press release, the first 100 guests in line who are 18 or older will receive free wings for a year (equivalent to six free wings per week for 52 weeks), free Jimmy John\u2019s sandwiches, prizes and more.\u2014Colin Wolf<\/p>\n

Blind Tiger opens ninth location at downtown Tampa\u2019s Rivergate Tower<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0beer can building\u00a0<\/a>now comes with a little bit of bite.\u00a0 Homegrown coffee chain Blind Tiger cut the ribbon on its\u00a0ninth location<\/a>\u00a0during a grand opening celebration inside the cube at the base of Rivergate Tower, located at 400 N Ashley Dr. The new 1,000 square-foot-location is just a six-minute walk from another Blind Tiger inside Tampa City Center. 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\u00a0Tampa Bay Business Journal\u00a0<\/a>that he\u2019s \u201cbullish\u201d on downtown. \u2014Ray Roa<\/p>\n

Buddy Brew opens first Pinellas County coffee shop this week<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular Tampa-based coffee chain Buddy Brew is headed over the bridge.\u00a0\u00a0 Buddy Brew celebrated the grand-opening of its first Pinellas County outpost this Friday, Aug. 14 at 9:45 a.m. Unlike Buddy Brew\u2019s more standard brick-and-mortar locations, this one\u2019s inside the Sprouts Farmers Market at 7263 Seminole Blvd. \u2014Colin Wolf<\/p>\n

FOOD EVENTS<\/p>\n

Chef Yariel Berrios, from Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant Coro, brings six-course dinner to Ybor City this weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

Skip a meal on Sunday, and bring that appetite to\u00a0Lara in Ybor City<\/a>.\u00a0 This weekend, Chef Suzanne Lara welcomes Chef Yariel Berrios to the historic district. Berrios, a chef at Tim Lovero\u2019s Michelin-Bib earning Coro, recently went on TV and admitted that he loves talking story with guests. \u201cSometimes I spend more time talking to the guests than I do making the food,\u201d he told WOFL. \u201cI get lost in conversation.\u201d Expect the Puerto Rican culinarian\u2014a graduate of Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts who spent time at the Four Seasons and the Lake Nona Wave Hotel\u2019s Bac\u00e1n\u2014to yap it up and cook up a storm for the collaborative six-course dinner that starts off easy enough (halo-halo oyster) before quickly pushing diners into new territory (chicken heart yakitori) and Caribbean comfort food (oxtail agnolotti). Wines, and cocktails are paired with nearly every course.\u2014Ray Roa<\/p>\n

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This article appears in August 13 \u2013 19, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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