{"id":152450,"date":"2025-08-11T22:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/?page_id=152450"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:37:54","slug":"best-of-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/best-of-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Bay Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4572b2e79083bb6e8237e33c50a0240\" id=\"h-best-of-the-bay-photos\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Best of the Bay Photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-85335ea81ff262afb07292f84ebeab5e\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/\">All<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/tampa-bay-guides\/\">Tampa Bay Guides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/news\/\">News &amp; Views<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/arts-entertainment\/\">Arts &amp; Entertainment<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/music\/\">Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/food-drink\/\">Food &amp; Drink<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/best-of-the-bay\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/slideshows\/sponsored\/\">Sponsored<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-landscape show-category \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"152450\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"344253\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-hard-rock-event-center tag-seminole-hard-rock-hotel-casino tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of newspack_collection_taxonomy-sept-25-oct-1-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/best-of-the-bay-2025-photo-booth-creative-loafing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos: Every beautiful person who stepped into the Best of the Bay 2025 photo booth\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"344354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/bestofthebay2025-hardrockeventcenter-caesarcarbajal-colorfield-101\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Caesar Carbajal&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1758738012&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield&amp;#8211;101\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-CaesarCarbajal-Colorfield-101.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/best-of-the-bay-2025-photo-booth-creative-loafing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: Every beautiful person who stepped into the Best of the Bay 2025 photo booth<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\">Ray Roa<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/caesar-carbajal\/\">Caesar Carbajal<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-25T18:39:21-04:00\">September 25, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-25T18:40:00-04:00\">September 25, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"343945\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay tag-hard-rock-event-center tag-seminole-hard-rock-hotel-casino tag-slideshow-gallery category-arts category-best-of newspack_collection_taxonomy-sept-25-oct-1-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/photos-everyone-we-saw-partying-at-the-hard-rock-for-best-of-the-bay-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos: Everyone we saw partying at the Hard Rock for Best of the Bay 2025\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"344128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/bestofthebay2025-hardrockeventcenter-nickcardello-0726\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Nick Cardello&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1758759833&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Nick Cardello Photography&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Partygoers at Best of the Bay 2025 at Hard Rock Event Center in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 24, 2025.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BestOfTheBay2025-HardRockEventCenter-NickCardello-0726.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/arts\/\">Arts &amp; Entertainment<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/photos-everyone-we-saw-partying-at-the-hard-rock-for-best-of-the-bay-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: Everyone we saw partying at the Hard Rock for Best of the Bay 2025<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\">Ray Roa<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/nick-cardello\/\">Nick Cardello<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-25T09:23:03-04:00\">September 25, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-25T18:49:34-04:00\">September 25, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"343560\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-best tag-creative-loafing-best-of-the-bay tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa-bay-best-restaurants-and-bars category-best-of category-food-drink category-food-and-drink newspack_collection_taxonomy-sept-25-oct-1-2025 type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-bars-food-and-drink-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2025, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"343614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-bars-food-and-drink-2025\/attachment\/best-cakes-the-cake-girl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1757714944&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Best Cakes The Cake Girl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Best-Cakes-The-Cake-Girl-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/food-drink\/\">Food &amp; Drink<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-bars-food-and-drink-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2025, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T07:24:25-04:00\">September 24, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T12:51:20-04:00\">September 24, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"11504\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-photos tag-creative-loafing-best-of-the-bay-2024 tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2024-photo-booth-18668482\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2024 photo booth\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"11716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2024-photo-booth-18668482\/attachment\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?fit=2560%2C2068&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2068\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?fit=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/botb_2024_stepnrepeat_caesar-213-scaled.webp?fit=1024%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2024-photo-booth-18668482\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2024 photo booth<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2024-09-27T09:02:40-04:00\">September 27, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"11159\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2024 tag-cl-best-of-the-bay-party tag-creative-loafing tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-party-2024-18662527\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos from Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of The Bay Party 2024\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"11323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-party-2024-18662527\/attachment\/20240925-0500\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"20240925-0500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-0500.webp?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-party-2024-18662527\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of The Bay Party 2024<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/jim-turner\/\">Jim Turner<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2024-09-26T09:19:17-04:00\">September 26, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"10932\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-clearwater-restaurants tag-best-of-the-bay-2024 tag-best-st-pete-restaurants tag-best-tampa-restaurants tag-creative-loafing-tampa-bay tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of category-food-drink type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2024-according-to-our-readers-18606116\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2024, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"22407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2024-according-to-our-readers-18606116\/attachment\/mel_fb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?fit=1102%2C753&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1102,753\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"mel_fb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best Hot Dogs&lt;br \/&gt;\nMel&amp;#8217;s Hot Dogs&lt;br \/&gt;\nFinalists:Gigglewaters, Coney Island Hot Dogs&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?fit=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mel_fb.png?fit=1024%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2024-according-to-our-readers-18606116\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2024, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-09-25T06:00:00-04:00\">September 25, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-23T09:12:24-04:00\">September 23, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"123573\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2023-photos tag-creative-loafing-botb-2023 tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2023-photo-booth-16430288\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2023 photo booth\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"28465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/voting-is-now-open-for-creative-loafings-2024-best-of-the-bay-18312218\/attachment\/e0a3444\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"e0a3444\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/e0a3444.webp?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2023-photo-booth-16430288\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2023 photo booth<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-28T14:07:50-04:00\">September 28, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"123403\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2023 tag-seminole-hard-rock tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2023-best-of-the-bay-party-16429279\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2023 Best of the Bay party\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"123559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2023-best-of-the-bay-party-16429279\/attachment\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/botb_2023_event_photos_caesar_carbajal-97.webp?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2023-best-of-the-bay-party-16429279\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2023 Best of the Bay party<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-28T10:31:35-04:00\">September 28, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"123254\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-winners tag-botb-2023 tag-creative-loafing-best-of-the-bay-2023 tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa-bay-best-restaurants-of-2023 category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2023-according-to-our-readers-16408091\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2023, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"22290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2024-according-to-our-readers-18606116\/attachment\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5-20-34-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?fit=1596%2C1010&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1596,1010\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;St. Petersburg Distillery is located at 800 31st St. S in the Warehouse Arts District.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?fit=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/screen-shot-2023-08-21-at-5.20.34-pm.png?fit=1024%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2023-according-to-our-readers-16408091\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2023, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-27T06:00:00-04:00\">September 27, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"82769\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay tag-hard-rock-event-center tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa tag-tampa-bay category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2022-photo-booth-14321163\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"82961\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2022-photo-booth-14321163\/attachment\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?fit=1200%2C1208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?fit=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/botb_step_n_repeat_2022_caesar_carbajal-113.webp?fit=1017%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2022-photo-booth-14321163\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\">Ray Roa<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2022-10-07T12:42:28-04:00\">October 7, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"82137\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay tag-hard-rock-event-center tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa tag-tampa-bay category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2022-best-of-the-bay-party-14321003\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2022 Best of the Bay party\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"82460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2022-best-of-the-bay-party-14321003\/attachment\/20221006-1171\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"20221006-1171\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221006-1171.webp?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2022-best-of-the-bay-party-14321003\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2022 Best of the Bay party<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\">Ray Roa<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2022-10-07T12:30:16-04:00\">October 7, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"81555\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2022 tag-bars tag-best-of-the-bay tag-best-restaurants tag-creative-loafing tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa-bay-restaurants category-best-of category-food-drink type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2022-according-to-our-readers-14268611\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2022, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"81681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2022-according-to-our-readers-14268611\/attachment\/willa_s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?fit=724%2C595&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"724,595\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"willa_s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best Non-Alcoholic Cocktails&lt;br \/&gt;\nWinner: Willa&amp;#8217;s Tampa&lt;br \/&gt;\nRunners-up: Ciro\u2019s Speakeasy, The Saint&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto via Willa\u2019s Tampa\/Instagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?fit=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/willa_s.png?fit=724%2C595&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-food-and-drink-of-2022-according-to-our-readers-14268611\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants, food and drink of 2022, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2022-09-30T06:57:28-04:00\">September 30, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"79979\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay tag-slideshow-gallery tag-tampa-bay category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/all-of-the-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-brands-sampling-at-the-best-of-the-bay-party-9-29-14216303\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"All of the Tampa Bay restaurants and brands sampling at the Best of the Bay Party (9\/29)\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"80037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/all-of-the-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-brands-sampling-at-the-best-of-the-bay-party-9-29-14216303\/attachment\/wicked_oak_photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?fit=1000%2C803&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,803\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"wicked_oak_photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wicked Oak Barbeque&lt;br \/&gt;\nwickedoakbbq.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?fit=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wicked_oak_photo.webp?fit=1000%2C803&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/all-of-the-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-brands-sampling-at-the-best-of-the-bay-party-9-29-14216303\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">All of the Tampa Bay restaurants and brands sampling at the Best of the Bay Party (9\/29)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2022-09-21T10:28:15-04:00\">September 21, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"161393\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2021 tag-creative-loafing-best-of-the-bay-party tag-photos tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2021-photo-booth-12454830\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2021 photo booth\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"161660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2021-photo-booth-12454830\/attachment\/2n7a0583\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"2n7a0583\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2n7a0583.webp?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/everyone-who-stepped-into-creative-loafings-best-of-the-bay-2021-photo-booth-12454830\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing&#8217;s Best of the Bay 2021 photo booth<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2021-10-04T11:27:23-04:00\">October 4, 2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"161275\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay tag-best-of-the-bay-2021 tag-botb tag-caesar-carbajal tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2021-best-of-the-bay-party-12454844\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2021 Best of the Bay party\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"161290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2021-best-of-the-bay-party-12454844\/attachment\/cl_bob_2021-78\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"cl_bob_2021-78\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cl_bob_2021-78.webp?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-creative-loafing-tampa-bays-2021-best-of-the-bay-party-12454844\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay&#8217;s 2021 Best of the Bay party<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2021-10-01T17:58:21-04:00\">October 1, 2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"161090\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-2021-best-restaurants tag-best-of-the-bay tag-best-of-the-bay-2021 tag-best-places-to-eat-in-tampa-bay tag-clearwaters-best-restaurants tag-slideshow-gallery tag-st-petes-best-restaurants tag-tampas-best-restaurants category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/the-best-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-bars-of-2021-according-to-our-readers-12454838\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"The best Tampa Bay restaurants and bars of 2021, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"161098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/the-best-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-bars-of-2021-according-to-our-readers-12454838\/attachment\/social-roost\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?fit=728%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,527\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"social-roost\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best New Restaurant&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Winner: Social Roost&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Runners-Up: Urban Stillhouse, Casa Santo Stefano&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/social-roost.webp?fit=728%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/the-best-tampa-bay-restaurants-and-bars-of-2021-according-to-our-readers-12454838\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The best Tampa Bay restaurants and bars of 2021, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2021-09-30T08:26:26-04:00\">September 30, 2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"51344\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2020 tag-botb tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-music-and-nightlife-of-2020-as-chosen-by-our-readers-12386623\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best music and nightlife of 2020, as chosen by our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"51363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-music-and-nightlife-of-2020-as-chosen-by-our-readers-12386623\/attachment\/gasparilla-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"gasparilla-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best Best Music Festival&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Winner: Gasparilla Music Festival, gasparillamusic.com&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Second Place: 97x Next Best Thing, 97xonline.com&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Runner Up: Reggae Rise Up, reggaeriseupflorida.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;    Photo by Tyler Downey&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gasparilla-2.png?fit=728%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-music-and-nightlife-of-2020-as-chosen-by-our-readers-12386623\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best music and nightlife of 2020, as chosen by our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2020-10-01T16:01:50-04:00\">October 1, 2020<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"117947\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2020 tag-botb tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-the-2020-best-of-the-bay-awards-party-12387450\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photos from the 2020 Best of The Bay Awards party\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"118042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-the-2020-best-of-the-bay-awards-party-12387450\/attachment\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/creative-loafing-tampa-best-of-the-bay-2020-chris-fasick-54.webp?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/photos-from-the-2020-best-of-the-bay-awards-party-12387450\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from the 2020 Best of The Bay Awards party<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2020-10-01T15:22:36-04:00\">October 1, 2020<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"106570\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-of-the-bay-2020 tag-botb tag-creative-loafing-best-of tag-readers-poll-2 tag-red tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-and-bars-of-2020-according-to-our-readers-12387185\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants and bars of 2020, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"106587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-and-bars-of-2020-according-to-our-readers-12387185\/attachment\/golden-dino-gm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?fit=728%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,478\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"golden-dino-gm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best Vegetarian\/Vegan Restaurant&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Winner: Golden Dinosaurs Vegan Deli, goldendinosaurs.com&lt;br \/&gt;\n    Second Place: The Cider Press Cafe, dixiedharma.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;    Photo via Google Maps&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?fit=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/golden-dino-gm.png?fit=728%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/category\/best-of\/\">Best of the Bay<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-restaurants-and-bars-of-2020-according-to-our-readers-12387185\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tampa Bay&#8217;s best restaurants and bars of 2020, according to our readers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/cl-staff\/\">CL Staff<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2020-10-01T11:55:00-04:00\">October 1, 2020<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"59245\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-best-bars tag-best-music-and-nightlife tag-best-nightclubs tag-best-nightlife tag-best-of-the-bay-awards-2019 tag-slideshow-gallery category-best-of type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/best-of\/tampa-bays-best-music-and-nightlife-of-2019-according-to-our-readers-12386813\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screen-shot-2019-09-27-at-3.09.06-pm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Bay&#8217;s best music and nightlife of 2019, according to our readers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screen-shot-2019-09-27-at-3.09.06-pm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screen-shot-2019-09-27-at-3.09.06-pm.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screen-shot-2019-09-27-at-3.09.06-pm.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/screen-shot-2019-09-27-at-3.09.06-pm.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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