MacDinton's Irish Pub

This is the anchor of the South Howard (SoHo) bar strip, and it wears two hats: a legit Irish pub that shows soccer and serves Shepherd's Pie and bangers till midnight, and a young, boozy weekend party bar once the sun goes down. Come for the game and the food; stay if you actually want the crowded, sweaty, twenty-something dance-floor scene that made it a Tampa institution. If you're after a quiet pint and conversation on a Friday night, you're in the wrong pub — this place gets loud, packed, and unapologetically rowdy.

Wednesday night after 10pm — it's the late one (open till 3am) and draws local regulars before the weekend tourist wave; otherwise catch a weekend soccer match earlier in the day for the pub side.

Friday's all-you-can-drink happy hour is the move if you're pre-gaming the SoHo strip — start here, then walk the block. And use the outdoor dance floor as your escape valve when the inside gets shoulder-to-shoulder.

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