Tampa-based Metro Diner will close out the year with $2.99 Bloody Marys

The drink deal lasts for a week.

click to enlarge Typically, Metro Diner's Bloody costs $4.99. - Courtesy of Metro Diner
Courtesy of Metro Diner
Typically, Metro Diner's Bloody costs $4.99.

Next week, Metro Diner will ring in 2019 with area diners by offering $2.99 Bloody Marys. The Tampa-based chain plans to spotlight the drink deal — which is also designed to celebrate National Bloody Mary Day — from open to close Monday, Dec. 31, through Friday, Jan. 4.

Metro Diner's Bloody is $4.99 at regular price.

Known for putting its own twist on diner-style comfort food (think French toast or chicken and waffles), the chain operates locally in St. Petersburg and South Tampa, plus Sarasota.