Monday, October 19, 2009

Ybor City, Tampa Bay


  


 Last weekend, I went on a road trip with my sister and Bryan to Tampa Bay. On our first night, we decided to visit a little place called Ybor City (northeast of downtown) which is a strip about a mile long full of restaurants, tattoo shops, clubs, bars, movie theaters, etc. Perfect place for a college student.

There were no people at the time so we just walked around in the middle of the roads and took a few pictures here and there. Of course, after 10 PM, people were starting to line up at the clubs and bars. It looked like they were having an early Halloween celebration as well since there were people walking around in their costumes.




Ybor City was founded and inhabited by immigrants from different backgrounds-- mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy. I think this explains why the street was so colorful, noisy, and lively. Don't be fooled by the party scene, though, some of the people we encountered here actually looked a little intimidating.
 Italian food was our choice of late night dining. We each had calzones which were delicious... we even took the left overs back to our room!

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