Walter's Press Box Sports Emporium

This is a genuine old-guard Tampa sports bar, not a themed one built to look like a genuine old-guard Tampa sports bar. It's been on the Dale Mabry strip since 1978, the walls are papered with signed local memorabilia, and the entertainment is honest — pool tables, darts, Golden Tee, a TouchTunes jukebox and a wall of screens. Come for a Bucs or Lightning game with people who actually care about the score; skip it if you want cocktails, a scene, or anywhere you'd call "a vibe."

Sunday afternoon during Bucs season, kickoff onward — that's when the screens, the crowd, and the wings are all doing what this place was built to do.

Order the Buffalo wings — the bar claims it was pouring them in Tampa back in the late '70s when they were still a Northeast thing, so it's the one menu item with actual provenance here.

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