Ybor City · $ · coffee, sandwiches, bakery

Blind Tiger is a Tampa coffee roaster with cafes around the city, roasting since 2014. The Ybor City room on East 7th Avenue is the one most visitors meet, and there are others in Seminole Heights on North Florida Avenue and in Westchase on Montague Street. Visit Tampa Bay lists it on its plant-based guide for the vegetarian sandwiches and vegan desserts that sit alongside the coffee, which makes it one of the few Tampa places open from half past seven in the morning with something for a vegan to eat.

Tampa Heights · $ · sandwiches, coffee, breakfast

Cafe Hey is the small coffee and sandwich room on North Franklin Street that Tampa Heights has used for years, and Creative Loafing calls it a Tampa Heights staple. It runs a vegan brunch every Sunday until it sells out, which sits oddly and happily next to a menu of meaty sandwiches. Thursday night is open mic, and the bill is musicians, comedians, poets and whoever else signs up.

Seminole Heights · $ · pizza, italian american, italian

Cappy's calls itself 'Tampa's favorite pizza joint since 1995' and works out of a small room on North Florida Avenue packed with vintage signs and junk-shop decor. It is one of the few places in town making Chicago deep dish alongside New York thin crust, and the menu carries vegan options as well. It opens for dinner only, from 4pm at weekends and 5pm on weekdays.

Downtown · $ · ice cream, dessert

Chill Bros makes handcrafted small-batch ice cream in Tampa and runs scoop shops around the city, including Water Street, Ybor City, South Howard Avenue, Bay to Bay Boulevard and a counter inside Armature Works. The brothers behind it keep a run of vegan flavours on the board alongside the dairy ones, made with oat milk and coconut cream rather than as an afterthought, which is why Visit Tampa Bay puts it on its plant-based list. The Water Street shop is a short walk from the Riverwalk and Sparkman Wharf.