King State, located at 520 E Floribraska Ave. near I-275 in Tampa, Florida. Credit: Photo by Nate Young
Half-a-decade feels like a lifetime in pandemic years, and the folks at King State have definitely been through it since opening in the summer of 2019.
This weekend, Nate Young and Tim McTague—founders of the popular Tampa Heights cafe and bar—bring their team together for three days of celebrations including a straight up kegger, specials, tattoo pop-ups, karaoke and cake. It all culminates with Sunday’s oat latte art throwdown featuring a $1,000 pot.
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...
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