A candid outdoor group photograph by Keir Magoulas showing Partygoers at Mighty Fine and Late Start Brewing in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 11, 2026. Captured in a medium shot at an outdoor patio table, a group of friends sit together smiling and posing, including a central figure in a black strapless top giving two thumbs up while wearing dark sunglasses. Beverages and food trays sit on the blue table, with an asphalt street and storefront sidewalk in the background under bright daylight.
Partygoers at Mighty Fine and Late Start Brewing in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 11, 2026. Credit: Keir Magoulas

The two-year anniversary for Mighty Fine and Late Start Brewing was billed as a rain or shine event, but it was mostly the latter off Cass Street in downtown Tampa last weekend.

The two concepts, which have quickly become staples in Tampa’s food & drink scene, popped a tent up in case of rain, but were mostly met with the sun, and a whole load of homies who piled in to drink crispy beers and smash what may easily be Tampa’s best burger.

See photos from the party below.

Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
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Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas
Credit: Keir Magoulas

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This article appears in Oct. 08 – 14, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...