Earlier this week, Best of the Bay-winning, permit-obsessed Instagram page Tampa Tomorrow announced that downtown Tampa’s Harness and Wagon building—located at 1007 N. Franklin St.—might be home to two different hospitality concepts.
Orlando-based Team Market Group is bringing The Robinson Room—described as “part coffee and disco room, providing the best of both worlds”—and Mather’s Social, an intimate cocktail lounge with boutique spirits, to downtown Tampa.
According to Design District Review documents uploaded to Tampa’s permitting website Accela last month, both concepts will fill out the building’s whopping 16,680 square-foot, three-story space, in addition to 5,560 square-foot outdoor area.
"The intended scope for the property is a fully renovated, adaptive reuse project that will bring new life to the historic Tampa Harness and Wagon building, which hasn’t had a tenant since the 1980’s,” the document reads.
But since the City of Tampa is still reviewing the proposed documents, it hasn't yet been confirmed that these two concepts will definitely open at 1007 N Franklin St.
Renderings from the project's architecture firm dap design llc show that both Mather’s Social and The Robinson Room have entrances on the ground floor of the building, but it's still unsure which concept will occupy which story of the building.
Team Market Group owns and operates several restaurant and nightlife concepts throughout Central Florida, including Plantees, The Acre, Taco Kat, The Wellborn and flagship locations of both The Robinson Room and Mather’s Social in Orlando.
The hospitality group describes Mather’s Social as a “sophisticated, yet alluring” cocktail lounge—which is also open out of a 130 year-old building in Orlando—while The Robinson Room is a "coffee room, bar and restaurant for all times of the day."
The three-story Harness and Wagon building has had many iterations since its construction in 1895, although its original logo still barely legible on its North side. Thomas N. Henderson, the 43rd mayor of Tampa, started the Harness and Wagon Company in the late 1800s alongside a meat market, lumber mill and other businesses.
When Mather’s Social and The Robinson Room hopefully make their eventual debut, the concepts will join the ranks of other neighboring hotspots like LIT Cigar & Martini Lounge, Haiku and The Bistro.
While no social media pages for these two new concepts have been made yet, keep up with Team Market Group’s Instagram for the latest news on its upcoming Tampa businesses.
Orlando-based Team Market Group is bringing The Robinson Room—described as “part coffee and disco room, providing the best of both worlds”—and Mather’s Social, an intimate cocktail lounge with boutique spirits, to downtown Tampa.
According to Design District Review documents uploaded to Tampa’s permitting website Accela last month, both concepts will fill out the building’s whopping 16,680 square-foot, three-story space, in addition to 5,560 square-foot outdoor area.
"The intended scope for the property is a fully renovated, adaptive reuse project that will bring new life to the historic Tampa Harness and Wagon building, which hasn’t had a tenant since the 1980’s,” the document reads.
But since the City of Tampa is still reviewing the proposed documents, it hasn't yet been confirmed that these two concepts will definitely open at 1007 N Franklin St.
If all goes as planned, the building will retain its original character—including some of its tabby cement walls and window fixtures—but a brand new elevator, stairs and marble stone facade alongside various other renovations will render the space unrecognizable.
Renderings from the project's architecture firm dap design llc show that both Mather’s Social and The Robinson Room have entrances on the ground floor of the building, but it's still unsure which concept will occupy which story of the building.
Team Market Group owns and operates several restaurant and nightlife concepts throughout Central Florida, including Plantees, The Acre, Taco Kat, The Wellborn and flagship locations of both The Robinson Room and Mather’s Social in Orlando.
The hospitality group describes Mather’s Social as a “sophisticated, yet alluring” cocktail lounge—which is also open out of a 130 year-old building in Orlando—while The Robinson Room is a "coffee room, bar and restaurant for all times of the day."
The three-story Harness and Wagon building has had many iterations since its construction in 1895, although its original logo still barely legible on its North side. Thomas N. Henderson, the 43rd mayor of Tampa, started the Harness and Wagon Company in the late 1800s alongside a meat market, lumber mill and other businesses.
When Mather’s Social and The Robinson Room hopefully make their eventual debut, the concepts will join the ranks of other neighboring hotspots like LIT Cigar & Martini Lounge, Haiku and The Bistro.
While no social media pages for these two new concepts have been made yet, keep up with Team Market Group’s Instagram for the latest news on its upcoming Tampa businesses.
