Buffalo Wild Wings 1625 E 7th Ave., Ybor City After 10 years of business, the Ybor City Buffalo Wild Wings has officially shuttered, and will eventually be replaced with a new bar. Buffalo Wild Wings originally signed a 10 year lease for the space, and at the time, the location was the largest restaurant of the whole chain. No comment has been made on why the company did not renew the lease. Photo via Buffalo Wild Wings/Google Credit: Photo via Google Street

The only Buffalo Wild Wings in Tampa where you have to pay to park is now closed.

The Ybor City B-Dubs location, located at 1625 E. 7th Ave, is no longer in business, and the sign has also been removed from the historic building.

The location has been erased from company’s website, and the Google business page now says “permanently closed. Phone calls to the restaurant from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay also went unanswered.

It’s unclear exactly why the Ybor BW3 shuttered. The spot was originally opened by its previous owners, Diversified Restaurant Holdings, in 2012 with a 10 year lease. At the time, the company boasted that the new restaurant would be one of the largest ever for the franchise, with a 235-seat capacity.

In 2018, the chicken wing chain was sold to Arby’s for nearly $3 billion.

The building’s owner told CL that her tenant—which owns nearby Showbar dueling Piano bar and Tangra—intends to put a new bar in the space.

City of Tampa records show that the bar will be called “Southern Belle.” Chris Lenahan, who owns Showbar and Tangra, told CL that ownership is not yet ready to talk about the concept.

With the death of the Ybor B-Dubs, Tampa residents will now have to trek over the bridge, or to either the Brandon, South Tampa or Oldsmar locations to stack up those Blazin’ Rewards.