America’s Oldest Brewery Opens Restaurant And Taphouse In Tampa

Yuengling, which is the oldest brewery in America, just opened a Draft Haus & Kitchen in Tampa.  I love me some Yuengling, so I'm super excited to check this place out. The Draft Haus we feature a restaurant, which their website describes as a place guests can enjoy a first-class dining experience with fresh, local cuisine paired with Yuengling beers.  They'll have a massive bar and a gift shop. You can host private events, listen to live music, or enjoy the outdoor recreation area and beer garden. Opening later this summer will be the Yuengling Bistro Kitchen and an area for outdoor games.  There will be a total of five bars (three inside and two outside) and 88 tap handles when finished.

The new facility is on the same site as the brewery located at 11111 N 30^th Street, and is the first-ever concept for Yuengling. The kitchen will serve up burgers, blackened snapper tostadas, Gulf snapper, grilled angus beef skirt steak, and a chicken and dumplings plate made with smoked jerk-rubbed chicken, tiny duck fat tamales, lobster fries and so much more! [Source: That's So Tampa]

Hours:

Sunday & Monday: 11am -10pm

Wednesday & Thursday: 11am -10pm

Friday & Saturday: 11am -11pm

Closed: Tuesday

For more information, check them out at Yuengling.com

Another reason to love St. Pete! On top of having gorgeous beaches, great restaurants and nightlife, it's also one of the places in the U.S. where you can grab a cheap pint of beer.

Betting.com made a list of the cities in the U.S. with the cheapest beer prices. They analyzed over 100 of the most populated cities and the cost of bottle or draught beer. Two Florida cities actually made the list. St. Pete ranked 6th for cities with cheap beer, with an average cost of $4.28 for a pint. Jacksonville wasn't far behind them, they were tied with Lubbock and Irving, Texas and Chesapeake, Virginia for the number 8 spot. Toledo, Ohio was ranked number 1 in America for the cheapest beer. To nobody's surprise, New York and Los Angeles are the two cities with the most expensive prices. You can expect to pay around $8 for a beer in those big cities.

This ranking had us thinking, where is the best place to get a cheap beer in St. Pete? Well we did the work for you. With some help from Yelp.com, we made a list of the places in St. Pete where a pint of beer won't hurt your wallet. St. Pete is a hot spot for breweries. However, don't expect to grab an 8% IPA for $5. This mostly applies to domestic beers like Bud Light, Coors, Miller Lite, etc.

It's right there in the name. Head to Five Bucks Drinkery for some of the cheapest beer (and cocktails) in Downtown St. Pete. A domestic beer (Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc) will cost you only $3.50

Located at 247 Central Ave North, St. Petersburg.

Right next to Jannus is one of the best dive bars in Tampa Bay. You can find tall boy PBR's and Bud Light bottles here for only $2.

Another hidden gem in St. Pete. Come for the cheap beer, stay for the mechanical bull. This place has some of the best drink specials in the Tampa Bay area. Follow them on Facebook to catch all of their weekly specials!

Ferg's is obviously the spot to pregame for Ray's games. Their drink prices and weekly specials keep us coming back even during the off-season.

This quaint little dive bar has the best happy hour 7 days a week. This watering hole is known to have some of the cheapest drinks in town.