Tampa’s two-story, paradise-themed Eden nighclub has three sections including the garden of Eden featuring massive amounts of flowers and vines, a mural by artist Matt Kress and a giant tree garnished with red apples. Credit: Seven Marketing + PR
A staple in Tampa’s nightlife scene abruptly closed its doors last month, and it’s still unsure why.

Eden, located at 912 N Franklin St. in the former Franklin Manor space, was known for its stacked entertainment lineups, stiff drinks and late-night hours.

The nightclub abruptly closed on Thursday, June 13 according to social media posts from its employees—like former General Manager Niko Alvertos, who posted that “we all had the feeling something was going to happen, we just didn’t know when.”

Eden’s Facebook and Instagram pages were recently deleted, showing no trace of the once-popular nightclub and event space. It is also listed as “permanently closed” on Google.

There was no official closing announcement issued by ownership, so it’s still unclear why the once-popular nightlife hotspot abruptly closed its doors a few weeks ago.

The two-story club was garden-themed, hence its name, and featured specialty cocktails inspired by the seven deadly sins, a ton of VIP booths, a late-night menu, themed parties and a steady rotation of DJs and other entertainers.

The downtown Tampa bar and club made its debut in 2021, after $4.5 million dollar renovations rendered the former Franklin Manor space unrecognizable.

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Franklin Manor closed in 2020 following controversy from Nocturnal Restaurant Group’s former co-owner Lanfranco Pescante’s racist and violent comments.

In early 2021, Eden’s owners Asad Yusupov and Kevin Stowe also opened Asian fusion restaurant Haiku at 808 N Franklin St., which is still open just a block away from their now-closed club.

Stowe now operates under Haiku Hospitality Group instead of Phoenix Hospitality Group,  the LLC he and  Yusupov used to open Eden in 2021. Sunbiz.com shows only Stowe’s information affiliated with Haiku Hospitality Group, so it can be assumed that Yusupov is no longer associated with Haiku.

Credit: Seven Marketing + PR

Eden Night Club

912 N Franklin St., Tampa, FL

(813) 459-8565

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This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2024.

Kyla Fields is the food critic and former managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, eight-year-old...