A family-owned brewery in the Warehouse Arts District that opened in 2020 and added a barbecue kitchen and cocktails. Its concerts have moved into a dedicated event space called Bayboro Live. I Love the Burg points to the big beer garden.
A south St. Pete barbecue counter known for chopped chicken, with ribs and chopped beef also on the board. The Tampa Bay Times listed it among the area's Black-owned barbecue spots in March 2026.
Jesse Sapp is the pitmaster, and the name honors his late sister, Kimberley Sapp. The Tampa Bay Times reports he cooks over oak and sometimes pecan on a pit smoker more than 50 years old, at the site of the former Hogley Wogley BBQ, and quotes him: 'We take pride in how we clean our ribs.' Spare ribs, chicken, top sirloin and pork shoulder come with mustard-based sauce, hot or mild.
Brothers Steven Johnson and William Delaine have run Hams 'R' Us for 14 years in one of the city's historically Black neighborhoods, rain or shine. The Tampa Bay Times says they cook hot and fast over live oak, laurel oak and pecan. The menu stays short: spare ribs, brisket and chicken, with baked beans and potato salad.
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A family-owned brewery in the Warehouse Arts District that opened in 2020 and added a barbecue kitchen and cocktails. Its concerts have moved into a dedicated event space called Bayboro Live. I Love the Burg points to the big beer garden.
A south St. Pete barbecue counter known for chopped chicken, with ribs and chopped beef also on the board. The Tampa Bay Times listed it among the area's Black-owned barbecue spots in March 2026.
Jesse Sapp is the pitmaster, and the name honors his late sister, Kimberley Sapp. The Tampa Bay Times reports he cooks over oak and sometimes pecan on a pit smoker more than 50 years old, at the site of the former Hogley Wogley BBQ, and quotes him: 'We take pride in how we clean our ribs.' Spare ribs, chicken, top sirloin and pork shoulder come with mustard-based sauce, hot or mild.
Brothers Steven Johnson and William Delaine have run Hams 'R' Us for 14 years in one of the city's historically Black neighborhoods, rain or shine. The Tampa Bay Times says they cook hot and fast over live oak, laurel oak and pecan. The menu stays short: spare ribs, brisket and chicken, with baked beans and potato salad.
Mama D's cooks barbecue and seafood at the 34th Street South address that was Big Tim's Bar-B-Q, the last room of a Pinellas barbecue name Timothy 'Big Tim' Walters started in 1968. The Tampa Bay Times reported Big Tim's closing after his family had carried it on following his death in 2009.
A take-out barbecue and grill on 22nd Avenue South with seating outside. The Tampa Bay Times listed it among the area's Black-owned barbecue spots in March 2026.
A Tampa barbecue room that first drew its crowd at 1613 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and opened this full-service St. Pete Beach restaurant in February 2026, with servers, a bar pouring beer, wine and sangria, and house lemonade. I Love the Burg calls it Southern-influenced smoked meat done in house, led by ribs and chopped brisket, and flags the fried oysters and a blue velvet cake. The space was Fo'Cheezy Twisted Meltz before. The Tampa Bay Times included it in its March 2026 feature on Black-owned barbecue.
Mike Leander and Tina Vierus started Treehouse BBQ in 2021 as a mobile catering outfit after a restaurant plan stalled in the pandemic, and they toured the Carolinas, Tennessee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Texas before settling the menu. St. Pete Rising lists Texas-style brisket, Carolina-inspired pulled pork and St. Louis-style ribs. The 1,200 square foot room is mostly carry-out, first come first served until the meat sells out, and the site currently limits brisket to 2 pounds a customer. They still set up at the Kenwood Sunday Market at St. Petersburg High School.
Zee's started as a pop-up tent and opened a counter inside the Foodie Labs culinary incubator just before Independence Day weekend 2026. It smokes brisket and pulled pork over wood, low and slow, and also sells sausage dogs and sides. The Gabber reports it gives a share of sales to local animal shelters, and it handed over a night's tips to Friends of Strays at the Foodie Labs night market on 26 September 2026.
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