A poster taped up on Central Avenue is the only clue so far, but it’s a tantalizing one for Downtown St. Pete diners who miss flaming cheese and ouzo pours: Acropolis Greek Taverna is coming back. The Greek restaurant is taking over the two-story space at 475 Central Avenue, directly across the street from the 400 Central tower, marking its return to a stretch of downtown it left behind three years ago.<\/p>\n
The news first surfaced via I Love The Burg<\/a>, which reported that the poster hanging on Central Avenue seems to be the only announcement Acropolis has made about the new location \u2014 it isn’t yet listed on the company’s website, and there’s no public timeline yet for when it might open. Acropolis previously operated at 515 Central Avenue, less than one block from the new spot, before closing that location in July 2023.<\/p>\n The address has seen plenty of turnover since. Concrete Jungle occupied the space and was the most recent tenant before Acropolis’s planned return. According to Creative Loafing Tampa<\/a>, Concrete Jungle closed after two years in downtown St. Petersburg, following an eviction lawsuit in which the building owner alleged the business owed more than $100,000 in rent.<\/p>\n A Central Avenue Address With a Revolving Door<\/p>\n Acropolis’s old 515 Central Avenue space didn’t sit empty for long either. Thirsty First, a sports bar, moved in there in 2025, before shuttering earlier this year. That sports bar’s arrival on Central Avenue was itself a notable move: it relocated from 119 1st Avenue North, where it had debuted back in 2016, in a shift that St. Pete Rising<\/a> reported was expected to triple the bar’s size, with 70 TVs and two floors of seating on Central Avenue.<\/p>\n So the corridor around these two addresses has churned through a Greek taverna, a sports bar, and a nightlife venue in the span of a few years \u2014 a pattern that fits into what Creative Loafing Tampa has described as a brutal stretch for Tampa Bay bars and restaurants over the first half of 2026. Acropolis’s return, whenever it materializes, would be a rare instance of a familiar name coming back rather than another storefront going dark.<\/p>\n What’s on the Menu \u2014 and Why the Napkins Matter<\/p>\n