Another Chance To Win FREE Dining In Our 2024 New Tampa Reader Dining Survey & Contest!

So, it seems that the change in format has thrown some of our usual voters for a loop, but here’s the bottom line: There’s only about two months left for you to submit your votes for your Favorite Restaurants in New Tampa & Wesley Chapel — and to win up to $200 in FREE dining to the restaurant of your choice!

If you click HERE, you’ll find lists of every local and small chain restaurant in a number of categories in both Wesley Chapel and New Tampa. We’re asking you to name your favorites in each category. You can skip as many categories as you like, but we’re grouping the lists of restaurants by type. Here are those categories:

1) Your Five Favorite (overall) Restaurants in New Tampa (NT)

2) Your Favorite American Restaurant in New Tampa

3) Your Favorite Pizza Place in NT

These same categories also appear on the Wesley Chapel ballot. Both entry forms also include lists of places that ask you to pick your Favorite places in New Tampa (NT) AND Wesley Chapel (WC). Here are those other categories:

1) You Favorite Mexican Place in NT/ WC

2) Your Favorite Latin (but not Mexican) Restaurant in NT/WC

3) Your Favorite Chinese Place in NT/WC

4) Your Favorite Japanese/Sushi Restaurant in NT & WC

5) Your Favorite Thai or Korean Restaurant in NT/WC

6) Your Favorite Italian Food in NT/WC

7) Your Favorite Greek or Mediterranean Restaurant in NT/WC

8) Your Favorite Indian Place in NT/WC

9) Your Favorite Breakfast Place in NT/WC

9) Your Favorite Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt or Gelato Place in NT/WC

10) Your Favorite Bakery in NT/WC

11) Your Favorite Coffee Shop in NT/WC

We’re providing the lists of places — although we’ve left out the large national and regional chains (with more than 50-60 total locations), because you still have to type in the names of your favorites in the spaces provided and we’re pretty sure you know those chains if they’re your favorite in a category — and yes, you can still include them (we just wish you would focus more on local).

Fill out as many categories as you like, but please don’t put the same name in every category, because those votes won’t be counted. And, if a restaurant is on our Wesley Chapel list, your vote won’t count if you write the name of that restaurant in any New Tampa-only spaces and vice-versa. You can submit both New Tampa & Wesley Chapel ballots without being DQed. 

We have upped the prizes for this year — the Grand Prize is now $200, plus prizes of $100 and $50, chosen at random from among all correctly-filled-out entries received by email or on our NeighborhoodNewsOnline.net website (Note-no U.S. Mail entries will be accepted for this year’s contest!) by Friday, October 18. 

Good luck! — GN

Another Chance To Win FREE Dining In Our 2024 Reader Dining Survey & Contest!

So, it seems that the change in format has thrown some of our usual voters for a loop, but here’s the bottom line: There’s only about two months left for you to submit your votes for your Favorite Restaurants in New Tampa & Wesley Chapel — and to win up to $200 in FREE dining to the restaurant of your choice!

If you click HERE, you’ll find lists of every local and small chain restaurant in a number of categories in both Wesley Chapel and New Tampa). We’re asking you to name your favorites in each category. You can skip as many categories as you like, but we’re grouping the lists of restaurants by type. Here are those categories:

1) Your Five Favorite (overall) Restaurants in Wesley Chapel (WC)

2) Your Favorite American Restaurant in Wesley Chapel

3) Your Favorite Pizza Place in WC

These same categories also appear on the New Tampa ballot. Both entry forms also include lists of places that ask you to pick your Favorite places in New Tampa (NT) AND Wesley Chapel (WC). Here are those other categories:

1) You Favorite Mexican Place in NT/ WC

2) Your Favorite Latin (but not Mexican) Restaurant in NT/WC

3) Your Favorite Chinese Place in NT/WC

4) Your Favorite Japanese/Sushi Restaurant in NT & WC

5) Your Favorite Thai or Korean Restaurant in NT/WC

6) Your Favorite Italian Food in NT/WC

7) Your Favorite Greek or Mediterranean Restaurant in NT/WC

8) Your Favorite Indian Place in NT/WC

9) Your Favorite Breakfast Place in NT/WC

9) Your Favorite Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt or Gelato Place in NT/WC

10) Your Favorite Bakery in NT/WC

11) Your Favorite Coffee Shop in NT/WC

We’re providing the lists of places — although we’ve left out the large national and regional chains (with more than 50-60 total locations), because you still have to type in the names of your favorites in the spaces provided and we’re pretty sure you know those chains if they’re your favorite in a category — and yes, you can still include them (we just wish you would focus more on local).

Fill out as many categories as you like, but please don’t put the same name in every category, because those votes won’t be counted. And, if a restaurant is on our Wesley Chapel list, your vote won’t count if you write the name of that restaurant in any New Tampa-only spaces and vice-versa. You can submit both New Tampa & Wesley Chapel ballots without being DQed. 

We have upped the prizes for this year — the Grand Prize is now $200, plus prizes of $100 and $50, chosen at random from among all correctly-filled-out entries received by email or on our NeighborhoodNewsOnline.net website (Note-no U.S. Mail entries will be accepted for this year’s contest!) by Friday, October 18. 

Good luck! — GN

2024 New Tampa Neighborhood News Reader Dining Survey & Contest!

Click HERE To Enter Our 2024 New Tampa Reader Dining Survey & Contest & To Win $200 In FREE Dining! 

Although our 2023 Reader Dining Survey & Contest was super successful, we’re changing up the format for this year’s contest yet again. 

Instead of putting up different categories every issue, we’re going back to showing you the lists of every local or small chain restaurant in a number of categories in both Wesley Chapel and New Tampa and asking you to name your favorites in each category. One difference is that unlike previous years, you can skip as many categories as you like, but we’re grouping the lists of restaurant by type. Here are those categories: 

1) Your Five Favorite (overall) Restaurants in New Tampa (NT)

2) Your Favorite American Restaurant in New Tampa

3) Your Favorite Pizza Place in NT 

These same categories also appear on the Wesley Chapel ballot. Both entry forms also include lists of places that ask you to pick your Favorite in New Tampa (NT) AND Wesley Chapel, often (but not always) because there aren’t enough in a certain category in just one of our distribution areas. Here are those other categories: 

4) Your Favorite Mexican Place in NT/ WC 

5) Your Favorite Latin (but not Mexican) Restaurant in NT/WC 

6) Your Favorite Chinese Place in NT/WC 

7) Your Favorite Japanese/Sushi Restaurant in NT & WC 

8) Your Favorite Thai or Korean Restaurant in NT/WC 

9) Your Favorite Italian Food in NT/WC 

10) Your Favorite Greek or Mediterranean Restaurant in NT/WC 

11) Your Favorite Indian Place in NT/WC 

12) Your Favorite Breakfast Place in NT/WC 

13) Your Favorite Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt or Gelato Place in NT/WC 

14) Your Favorite Bakery in NT/WC 

15) Your Favorite Coffee Shop in NT/WC 

We’re providing the list of places, although we’ve left out the large national and regional chains (with more than 50-60 total locations), because you have to write (or type) the names of your favorites in the spaces provided and we’re pretty sure you know those if they’re your favorite in a category — and yes, you can still include them (we just wish you would focus on local). 

Fill out as many categories as you like, but please don’t put the same name in every category, because those votes won’t be counted and if a restaurant is on our Wesley Chapel list, your vote won’t count if you write the name of that restaurant in any New Tampa-only spaces and vice-versa. You can submit both New Tampa & Wesley Chapel ballots without being DQed. Click HERE to fill out the Wesley Chapel Reader Dining Survey & Contest form!

We have upped the prizes for this year — the Grand Prize is now $200, plus prizes of $100 and $50, chosen at random from among all correctly-filled-out entries received by email or on our NeighborhoodNewsOnline.net website (Note-no U.S. Mail entries will be accepted for this year’s contest!) by Friday, October 18. 

Good luck! — GN 

2024 Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News Reader Dining Survey & Contest!

Click HERE To Enter Our 2024 Wesley Chapel Reader Dining Survey & Contest & To Win $200 In FREE Dining! 

Although our 2023 Reader Dining Survey & Contest was super successful, we’re changing up the format for this year’s contest yet again. 

Instead of putting up different categories every issue, we’re going back to showing you the lists of every local or small chain restaurant in a number of categories in both Wesley Chapel and New Tampa and asking you to name your favorites in each category. One difference is that unlike previous years, you can skip as many categories as you like, but we’re grouping the lists of restaurant by type. Here are those categories: 

1) Your Five Favorite (overall) Restaurants in Wesley Chapel (WC) 

2) Your Favorite American Restaurant in Wesley Chapel 

3) Your Favorite Pizza Place in WC 

These same categories also appear on the New Tampa ballot. Both entry forms also include lists of places that ask you to pick your Favorite in New Tampa (NT) AND Wesley Chapel, often (but not always) because there aren’t enough in a certain category in just one of our distribution areas. Here are those other categories: 

4) Your Favorite Mexican Place in NT/ WC 

5) Your Favorite Latin (but not Mexican) Restaurant in NT/WC 

6) Your Favorite Chinese Place in NT/WC 

7) Your Favorite Japanese/Sushi Restaurant in NT & WC 

8) Your Favorite Thai or Korean Restaurant in NT/WC 

9) Your Favorite Italian Food in NT/WC 

10) Your Favorite Greek or Mediterranean Restaurant in NT/WC 

11) Your Favorite Indian Place in NT/WC 

12) Your Favorite Breakfast Place in NT/WC 

13) Your Favorite Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt or Gelato Place in NT/WC 

14) Your Favorite Bakery in NT/WC 

15) Your Favorite Coffee Shop in NT/WC 

We’re providing the list of places, although we’ve left out the large national and regional chains (with more than 50-60 total locations), because you have to write (or type) the names of your favorites in the spaces provided and we’re pretty sure you know those if they’re your favorite in a category — and yes, you can still include them (we just wish you would focus on local). 

Fill out as many categories as you like, but please don’t put the same name in every category, because those votes won’t be counted and if a restaurant is on our Wesley Chapel list, your vote won’t count if you write the name of that restaurant in any New Tampa’-only spaces and vice-versa. You can submit both New Tampa & Wesley Chapel ballots without being DQed. Click HERE to fill out the Wesley Chapel Reader Dining Survey & Contest form!

We have upped the prizes for this year — the Grand Prize is now $200, plus prizes of $100 and $50, chosen at random from among all correctly-filled-out entries received by email or on our NeighborhoodNewsOnline.net website (Note-no U.S. Mail entries will be accepted for this year’s contest!) by Friday, October 18. 

Good luck! — GN 

Get Ready For The 2024 Neighborhood News Reader Dining Survey & Contest! 

We are planning to start our 2024 Reader Dining Survey & Contest in our next issue, but first, here is the list — that I hope is complete — of all of the sit-down and take-out restaurants located in New Tampa’s 33647 zip code (and south on Bruce B. Downs Blvd. to Bearss Ave. and west to Livingston Ave. After that, we have the list — which clearly is much larger — for Wesley Chapel’s three zip codes (33543, 33544 & 33545). Of course, with two malls located in/adjacent to Wesley Chapel, there were bound to be more total eateries there than in New Tampa, but the difference in terms of sheer numbers — with about 100 in & near New Tampa and more than 150 in & near Wesley Chapel — is still pretty impressive. 

And finally, we also have listed separately the places that are bars only, coffee- or dessert-only places & other food-oriented places that can’t, in all good conscience, be called “restaurants,” although some places on the “Coffee or Tea Only” list still also qualified for the restaurant list. 

If you feel that any that are missing from this list, please email me at ads@ntneighborhoodnews.com to let me know. We’ve already had to make some additions since just the Wesley Chapel list ran in our June 11 Wesley Chapel issue.

NEW TAMPA Restaurants (Dine-In/Take-Out) 

Acropolis Greek Taverna 

Al-Sham Palace 

Bang-Bang! Bowls 

Bayscape Bistro 

bb.q chicken (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Burger 21 

Burger King 

Cali Tampa Palms 

Cantina Mexican Grill & Bar 

Cappy’s Pizzeria 

Capri Pizza-N-More 

Checkers 

Chick-fil-A 

Chili’s 

China City 

China One 

China Wok 

Chipotle 

Cracker Barrel 

Cross Creek Gourmet 

Domino’s Pizza 

Don Julio’s Mexican Restaurant 

Dosa Hut 

EggTown Breakfast & Lunch 

Fat Rabbit Pub 

Fire Up Halal Grill 

First Watch 

Five Guys Burgers & Fries 

Frammi American Grille & Italian Food 

Fresh Kitchen 

Ginza Endless Hibachi & Sushi 

Glory Days Grill 

Gorkhali Kitchen 

MyungGa Gyo-dong (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Ha Long Bay 

Ho King 

Hummingbird Jamaican Cuisine 

Hungry Crab Juicy Seafood 

Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs 

Hunter’s Green Country Club 

Ice Spice Indian Street Food Café 

Jaws Topokki (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Jersey Mike’s Subs 

Jimmy John’s 

Johnny C’s Italian Eatery 

Kabob Café & Grill 

Kobe Japanese Steakhouse 

Koizi Endless Hibachi & Sushi Eatery 

Las Palmas Latin Grille 

Liang’s Bistro Asian Cuisine 

Lima Peruvian Cuisine 

Little Greek Fresh Grill 

Marco’s Pizza 

McDonald’s 

Michi Ramen 

Minerva Indian Restaurant 

Mpanitas Restaurant 

Mr. Dunderbak’s 

Namaste Express 

Nawabi Hyderabad House 

New China King Restaurant 

NY Pizza Express (Livingston Ave.) 

Olive Garden 

Palm Thai 

Panera Bread 

Papa John’s Pizza 

Peabody’s Grill & Bar 

Pizza Hut 

Poké Island Plus 

Provisions Coffee & Kitchen 

Qdoba Mexican Eats 

Rain Bistro

Saffron Indian Cuisine 

Sbarro Pizza 

SGD Dubo (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Steak & Shake 

Stonewood Grill & Tavern 

Subs & Such (Livingston Ave.) 

Subway 

Sushi Avenue 

Sushi Café 

Sushi Haru (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Sushi Raw 

Taaza Mart Café 

Taco Bell 

Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club 

Taste of NY Pizza 

TGI Friday’s 

Thai Lanna 

Thai Ruby 

The Bean Bar Co. 

The Grill at Morris Bridge 

The Wexford Irish Pub 

Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park 

Via Italia 

Westshore Pizza 

Woodfired Pizza (Bearss Ave.) 

Zio’s NY Bagel & Deli Co. 

WESLEY CHAPEL Restaurants (Dine-In/Take-Out) 

365 Caffé Italiano 

900º New York Pizza 

900º Woodfired Pizza 

Amici Pizza 

Applebee’s 

Arepa Mia 

Arroy Thai 

Asian Buffet 

Asian Chao Oriental Eatery 

Ato Sushi 

Aussie Grill 

Azteca D’Oro 

Bacon Boss HQ 

Bagelicious & More 

Bahama Breeze 

Bebo’s Cheesesteaks 

Beef O’Brady’s 

Best NY Pizza 

BJ’s Brewhouse & Restaurant 

Blaze Pizza 

Bluefin Sushi 

Blush Wine Room & Champagne Bar 

Bonefish Grill 

Bonsai Sushi 

Bosco’s Italian-to-Go 

Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. 

Brunchies 

Bubba’s 33 

Buffalo Wild Wings 

Burger King 

Burger Monger 

Cafe Zorba 

Caprese Pizza House 

Carrabba’s Italian Grill 

Chamo Bites 

Charleys Philly Cheesesteaks 

Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen 

Chicken Salad Chick

 Chick-fil-A 

Chick’n Fun

 Chili’s 

China Gourmet 

China Wok 

Chipotle 

Chuck E. Cheese’s 

Chuck Lager America’s Tavern 

Chuy’s Tex-Mex 

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant 

Cracker Barrel 

Crazy Sushi 

Culver’s 

Dairy Queen 

Dempsey’s Too (Saddlebrook) 

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 

Don Pan’s International Bakery 

Dummy Crabby 

EggTown Breakfast & Lunch 

El Pasta & More 

El Prince Mediterranean 

Falabella Family Bistro 

Fazoli’s 

Firehouse Subs 

First Watch 

Five Guys Burgers & Fries 

FJ Express 

Flipn’ Fries 

Florida Ave. Brewing Co. 

Ford’s Garage 

Fratelli’s Pizza & Café 

Garden Grille (Hilton Garden Inn) 

Garden Mediterranean Grill 

Glory Days Grill 

Gonna China 

Green Market Café 

Grillsmith 

Grove Mini-Golf 

Hibachi Express

 Honeybaked Ham 

Hot Wok 88 

Ho Wok 

Jersey Mike’s Subs 

La Creacion Xpress 

Leonidas Chocolates & Café 

Longhorn Steakhouse 

Los Vallarta’s 

Macondo Coffee Roasters 

Mac’s Custom Meats & Deli 

Main Event 

Mama B’s Pizzeria 

Marco’s Pizza 

Marquee Suites (B&B Theatres) 

McDonald’s 

Mellow Mushroom 

Miller’s Ale House 

MOD Pizza 

Moe’s Southwest Grill 

Mojo Grill 

Moschella’s Italian Eatery & Market 

New York New York Pizza 

Noble Crust 

O’Brien’s Irish Pub 

Outback Steak House 

Palani’s Hawai’i Noodles 

Panda Express 

Panera Bread 

Papa John’s Pizza 

Pasta di Guy 

PDQ 

Persis Indian Grill 

Pinchers Crab Shack 

Pisco Express 

Pizza Hut 

PizzaMania 

Poké Lulu 

Popeye’s 

PopStroke

Provisions Coffee & Kitchen 

Red Robin 

Retro Dogs 

Rhythm Pon de Grille 

Rice N Beans Express 

Rice N Beans Puerto Rico 

Rock & Brews 

Sbarro 

Señor Tequila 

Shake-A-Salad 

Shang Hai 

Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar 

Skybox Rooftop Bar (Residence Inn) 

Slim Chickens 

Sonny’s BBQ 

Subway 

Taco Bell 

Taco Bus 

Taco Son 

Tacos el Patron 

Tasty Ramen 

Texas Roadhouse 

The Hungry Greek 

The Living Room 

The Placery (Hyatt Place Hotel) 

Tijuana Flats 

Token Ramen & Tea 

Tokyo Grill & Sushi 

Top Shelf Sports Grille (AH Center Ice) 

TrebleMakers Dueling Piano Bar 

Tropics (Saddlebrook) 

Umu Japanese & Thai 

Waffle House 

Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar 

Winghouse Bar & Grill 

Wingstop 

Yamato Japanese Steak House 

Bars Only (NT & WC) 

Brew Bar 

Cigars International 

Double Branch Brewing 

Joe Whiskey’s 

Paddy Wagon’s Irish Pub 

Publix Pours 

The Brass Tap 

Coffee/Tea & Pre-Made Foods Only (NT & WC) 

Bad Ass Coffee 

Barnes & Noble Café 

Coffee Latitudes 

Luna Tea (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Provisions Coffee & Kitchen 

Raining Berries 

Sorbo Coffee 

Starbucks 

The Bean Bar Co. 

You Do The Dishes

Juice/Smoothie Bars & Healthy Food (NT & WC) 

Balanced Foods 

Divine Leaf Vegan 

Fitlife Foods 

Grain & Berry 

Green Mango 

Megamix

Smoothie King 

Tutti Frutti Café 

Xtremebody Nutrition & Smoothies

Desserts/Bakeries (NT & WC) 

35 Below Ice Cream 

Astro Ice Cream 

Bakery X 

Baskin-Robbins 

Bianco Gelato 

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream 

Coldstone Creamery 

Dunkin’ 

Hello Sweetness 

Ice Dreammm Shop 

Ice SSScreamin 

Le Macaron French Pastries 

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt 

Mochinut Donuts 

Nothing Bundt Cakes 

Paleta Mia 

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 

Snowie 

SubZero Nitrogen Ice Cream’ 

The Cake Shop 

Tous Les Jours Bakery (Lotte Plaza Market) 

Twistee Treat 

Urban Sweets 

You Do The Dishes