Local pour · checked 2026-09-03

Tampa drinks like a Spanish colony that grew up on 7th Avenue. The local pour is sangria and tapas, then a Cuban-accented cocktail. Both halves have a street: tapas lean South Howard and Bay to Bay, the Cuban pour leans 7th Avenue in Ybor — and the Channelside rooms watch the water while you drink.

SoHo pours Spanish

Bulla Gastrobar Tampa at 930 S. Howard Ave posts daily happy hour from 3:00 pm–7:00 pm, with a Tapas Happy Hour menu available only at the bar Monday–Sunday. The operator drink PDF (T_HappyHour.pdf, dated 07/26) lists Mon–Sun 3–7pm: $3 off bottled beers and pinta drafts, house specialty cocktails 10., house liquors 9., house martinis 10., sangrías 8. / 32., plus glass wine prices. The operator food PDF (T_HappyHourFood.pdf, dated 08/26) lists every day 3–7 pm bar-only tapas such as patatas bravas 6.5, ham croquettes 7.5, pintxo moruno or pollo 4.5, and sautéed garlic shrimp 9.5. Those PDFs carry July and August dates, so re-check the linked menus before you go — the bar window is the standing fact, the PDFs are the current print.

Bay to Bay's wine bar

Barcelona Wine Bar Bayshore at 2907 W Bay to Bay Boulevard posts Happy Hour Monday–Thursday 4pm–6pm and Friday–Saturday 10pm–12am, plus Monday Half-Off Bottles 4pm–12am. The Happy Hour Menu PDF repeats Monday–Thursday 4pm–6pm with 50% off all sherries and bottles of sparkling wine, La Nevera chilled red or white glass 6 / porrón 24, mini cocktails 7, and charcuterie & cheese pick-1 5.5 / pick-2 10 / pick-3 14.5 with patatas bravas and jamón & manchego croquetas. Porrón at 24 is the most Tampa pour on this list.

7th Avenue does it Cuban

Ybor City is where this city's food was born: the Cuban sandwich was born in Ybor City in the early 1900s, created by the immigrants who made Ybor home, per Visit Tampa Bay — and the avenue still pours to match. Acropolis Greek Taverna Ybor City at 1833 E 7th Ave posts Happy Hour Monday through Friday 3pm–7pm: $5 single calls, 50% off select appetizers, $3.50 domestics, $4.50 imports, with 2-for-1 sangrias all day, every day. Down the avenue, Bernini of Ybor at 1702 E. 7th Ave posts $4 SKYY martinis everyday from 11:30am until 7pm, and 50% off pasta and entrées from 4:00–7:00pm daily.

How to drink it like a local

  • Afternoon: bar-only tapas on South Howard (Bulla), daily 3–7 PM; re-check the 07/26 and 08/26 PDFs for the current print.
  • Golden hour: La Nevera glass 6 and mini cocktails 7 on Bay to Bay (Barcelona), Monday–Thursday 4–6 PM.
  • 7th Avenue: $5 calls and 2-for-1 sangrias (Acropolis, Monday–Friday 3–7 PM) or $4 martinis to 7 PM (Bernini, daily from 11:30 AM).

Windows and prices move — confirm on the venue's own page via Deals or On now before you go. Home-bar versions of the sangria and the martini are measured out in six cocktail recipes.

Sources

Poured here: Bulla Gastrobar Tampa · Barcelona Wine Bar Bayshore · Acropolis Greek Taverna Ybor City · Bernini of Ybor