Tampa Bay Taco Week kicks off Thursday, April 10 bringing with it 10 days and nights of special deals on tacos and drinks at 18 different Bay area restaurants, taquerias and cantinas.
The $5 taco specials include: buttermilk fried mahi taco at Trophy Fish on both sides of the Bay, tres tacos and margaritas at South Tampa’s Taco Dirty.
Two-fer deals include a mix-and-match at The Brinehouse in Safety Harbor ($16), beer-marinated steak tacos at TBBC (aka Tampa Bay Brewing Co.), steak street tacos at all Taco Bus locations ($8.99), surf and turf at Marina Cantina ($15), and el jefe tacos at Ybor City’s Barrio Tacos ($15)/
Other specials include the tacos gobernador at St. Pete’s Red Mesa Cantina ($11), plus filet mignon tacos at the concept’s Cantina location ($16), and three-for-$15 birria tacos at Los Chapos Tacos in Ybor City (pictured).
Rene’s Mexican Kitchen in V.M. Ybor is even offering a three steak house taco platter while Pinellas gets an infamous Mexican pizza care of the mad scientists at Dunedin’s Madison Avenue Pizza (RIYL: throwback Taco Bell).
Freebie specials include chips with pico or queso at Jimmy’s Tacos (with the purchase of two entrees).
A portion of the proceeds from Tampa Bay Taco Week, brought to you by Creative Loafing, go to the nonprofit Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
More information about Tampa Bay Taco Week—including rules for the Instagram giveaway featuring nearly $700 in winnings—is available via tampabaytacoweek.com.
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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2025.