{"id":5628,"date":"2025-10-15T22:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5628\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:52:14","slug":"haunted-tampa-bar-serves-spirited-menu-throughout-halloween-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5628\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Haunted\u2019 Tampa bar serves spirited menu throughout Halloween season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nueva Cantina, a Mexican restaurant chain in the Bay Area, has created haunted bars for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bars feature Halloween cocktails, themed dishes, and full spooky decor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With locations in St. Petersburg, Downtown Tampa, and Brandon, the haunted bars will run through November 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA &#8211; Nueva Cantina, a Mexican restaurant chain, has transformed its three locations into haunted bars for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Known for its modern Mexican food and lively atmosphere, Nueva Cantina&#8217;s haunted bars offer an exciting, new dining experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From margaritas to monsters, Nueva Cantina\u2019s haunted bar will be serving up food and frights all Halloween season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/pemberton-haunted-acres-returns-plant-city-new-frights-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pemberton Haunted Acres returns to Plant City with new frights for 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pemberton Haunted Acres returns to Plant City with new frights for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Some people like to go to Halloween Horror Nights, or Howl-o-Scream. We wanted to bring that to our restaurants,&#8221; said Raul Medina, owner of Nueva Cantina. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1a2a6782570a678c81909ab27a7fa255.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guests can sip on spooky cocktails like the Witch Pitcher, Dracula\u2019s Sangria, Poisoned Apple Margarita and more. There\u2019s also an evil mocktail for non-alcoholic customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/chocolate-prices-scary-halloween-whats-driving-it\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chocolate prices are scary this Halloween; here&#039;s what&#039;s driving it;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chocolate prices are scary this Halloween; here&#8217;s what&#8217;s driving it<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the menu, favorites like the Taco Tour Platter and Nueva Sampler return with a Halloween twist. \u00a0There are also new specials like the Haunted Birria, and a bright green consomm\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even in Halloween mode, Nueva Cantina&#8217;s menu still reflects its roots. All its meals are authentic Mexican recipes made with fresh ingredients and a touch of Tampa Bay flair.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/529301ac76c0e05c41faf79472a44b0a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each location is fully decorated for Halloween, complete with cobwebs, lights, and plenty of themed photo opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You&#8217;re going to experience something different. You will create memories with your friends and family, and talk about it for years to come,&#8221; Medina explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The haunted bar experience is open now through November 2 at Nueva Cantina\u2019s three Bay Area locations in St. Petersburg, Downtown Tampa and Brandon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For reservations and more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/nuevacantina.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was written with information gathered by FOX 13 photojournalist Jason Wright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Nueva Cantina, a Mexican restaurant chain in the Bay Area, has created haunted bars for Halloween.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6184,503,6183,6185,6186,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-5628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-downtown-tampa","9":"tag-halloween","10":"tag-mexican-restaurant","11":"tag-nueva-cantina","12":"tag-raul-medina","13":"tag-tampa","14":"tag-tampa-headlines","15":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628","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=5628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}