Tampa travel advice

Bern's is worth it.

I would go to the Dali Museum in St. Pete. I have been to the older building, and it's pretty incredible stuff.

 

Agreed. One of best steaks ever. Topped off by the desert room. I like those phones in desert room where you can call pianist and make requests. Never have gotten him to play Free Bird or Hells Bells.

 

If you have a few hours in Daytona, you might want to drive on the beach, if they still let you do that.

It was one of the few places left in the world where you could just take your Pinto and cruise along the beach for miles, running over people's coolers while ogling girls in bikinis.

 

I thought about that, but I figured you had to have a truck or something. If that's not the case, I'm definitely going to do that.

 

No. The beach is really packed down. In the "driving" area.

 

if you're not in too much of a hurry on the way down, get off I-95 and take A1A for a stretch from St Augustine to Daytona.
Also be sure to get your complimentary orange juice at the Florida Welcome Center

 

Will do. Is that pretty steady traffic or does it go through towns and such with a million stoplights? I won't be in a hurry, but I won't have an entire day to waste, either.

 

Columbia Restaurant: fantastic Cuban/Spanish cuisine.

 

Do this. And stop at Snack Jack's, just at the south end of Flagler Beach, for lunch.

 

This, plus Berns and the new Dali Museum in St. Pete is awesome.

 

What he said.

Tampa sucks -- except for Mons Venus.

I'm a little down on Berns too since reading this article: http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/restaurants/most-of-berns-steak-house-produce-is-not-organic-or-locally-grown-on-its/1230996

Clearwater has amazing beaches. If you want to check out another great beach -- a top 10 in the country beach -- check out Fort DeSoto Park: www.pinellascounty.org/park/05_ft_desoto.htm

Downtown St. Pete is funkier, and more walkable than Tampa.

Stay away from the Scientologists in Clearwater -- they're the ones who just got off the bus, and are walking around like zombies in their khakis and blue shirts.