Historic Tampa Heights Building Now Home To Favorite Eateries

TAMPA, FL – With two full restaurants and 14 stall eateries, the just-opened Heights Public Market at 1910 N. Ola Ave. in Tampa is attracting foodies from throughout Tampa Bay.

Located in the historic 1910 Armature Works building that once served as the storage and maintenance facility for Tampa Electric’s streetcars, the 70,000-square-foot building overlooking the Hillsborough River has been repurposed to showcase 22,000 square feet of food and drink vendors with communal seating, shops and spaces for cooking classes, wine tastings and pop-up dinners.

The Heights Public Market will also be home to two restaurants including Steelbach, a Southern-inspired chop house featuring aged , grass-fed beef, and an outdoor restaurant to be announced.

Offering food and drinks in the communal dining area are Ichicoro Imoto, Union by Commune + Company coffee and tea bar, the Fine & Dandy craft cocktail emporium, BnB boutique butcher and barbecue joint, Ava wood-fired pizzeria, Inside the Box café run by Metropolitan Ministries and featuring specialties from the community garden, Swami Juice, O Cocina Taqueria, Graze 1910 comfort foods, the Cru Cellars wine bar, Astro Ice Cream, Zukku Sushi and Hemingway’s, offering modern Cuban cuisine.

The dining area also will feature a rotating restaurant every four months including some of the area’s most popular food trucks. It currently features Surf and Turf.

The vision of developers Chas Bruck and Adam Harden of SoHo Capital who wanted to create a shared workspace for restaurants, bars, shops and educational classes and workshops, the Heights Public Market recycled as many items from the original Armature Works as possible including the old roof that was milled down into hardwood flooring.

They’ve incorporated 11,000 square feet of co-working office space in the building. The Bay 3 work spaces will include an array of technical and design amenities for entrepreneurs and start-ups.

The Heights Public Market is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.. to 11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

For information, visit the market's website.

Images via Heights Public Market