Yeoman’s Cask & Lion is set to expand its downtown Tampa location by over 5,000-square-feet, and it’s bringing some fun with it (if you think golf, alcohol and extra seating is fun).
23 Restaurant Services—the same group behind Ford’s Garage and Tiki Docks—recently bought out two storefronts connected to the British pub, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal, and is using the extra space to add a bar and extra cafe seating to the already 4,800-square-foot space.
The expansion at 202 N Morgan St. means the end to neighboring Brightside Artisan Comfort Cafe and City Market Eats (also owned by the parent company), but the beginning of virtual reality golf in the pub space. According to TBBJ, there are also plans to add three VR Topgolf booths.
This isn’t the only expansion the parent company has planned, though. It also announced a new Tiki Docks location in Madeira Beach last month after opening two locations in Riverview and St. Pete last year, and plans to extend the tiki bar south to Miami and east to Orlando in the coming months.
Not bad for Yeoman’s which originated in a tiny space on Davis Island.
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This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2021.