Beloved Tampa restaurant Willa’s launches weeklong third-anniversary party

The festivities run through Sunday, March 10.

click to enlarge On Sunday, Willa's will bring a brass band to its restaurant located at 1700 W Fig St. in Tampa, Florida. - Photo via willalovestampa / Facebook
Photo via willalovestampa / Facebook
On Sunday, Willa's will bring a brass band to its restaurant located at 1700 W Fig St. in Tampa, Florida.
Willa’s, North Hyde Park’s go-to spot for craft cocktails, seasonal lattes and classic French-inspired American fare, is entering its toddler years.

The restaurant—located at 1700 W Fig St. in Tampa—hosts a multitude of live entertainment, drink specials, themed brunches and discounted eats to help keep the third-anniversary party going. Festivities kick off on Wednesday, March 6 and continue with an all-day happy hour and natty wine tasting on Thursday, Jack Daniel’s-sponsored music and vinyl-spinning on Friday, a pastry pop-up and neighborhood cleanup on Saturday, and a Sunday finale filled with a brass band performance, a New Orleans-themed brunch, industry night and 50% off all bottles of wine.

Willa’s will remain walk-in friendly throughout the week, but reservations are always recommended.

Hospitality veteran Nate Siegel and Merrin Jenkins—granddaughter of Publix founder George W. Jenkins, who has a background in education and nonprofit work—opened Willa’s and its accompanying daytime coffee shop in the spring of 2021 out of a century-old industrial warehouse. It’s named after Jenkins’ great-grandmother William "Willie" Lowry, a “19th-century Tampa pioneer whose devotion to her hometown and civic involvement still reverberates throughout town.”

There’s no cover for the Willa’s Birthday Week celebrations happening Wednesday-Sunday, March 6-10 in Tampa.
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