Bern’s Steak House, a Tampa institution established in 1956, is a temple of excess. In June, the inaugural Michelin Guide to Florida — specifically, Miami, Tampa and Orlando — was announced. After a brief tour (cigars, Bay of Pigs, mojitos) with a Cuban exile who referred to himself as “imported,” we hit Sanguich, a Bib Gourmand selection that specializes in Cuban sandwiches. (“Miami is vice, Orlando is mice, Tampa is nice,” a rep from Visit Tampa Bay told me.) At the Ravenous Pig, a Bib Gourmand selection, the beer garden was brimming with young families, with a dog and/or baby under almost every table.

Source: thestar November 12, 2022 00:01 UTC