30 Tampa Bay Restaurants Win Wine Spectator's 2023 Restaurant Awards

TAMPA BAY, FL — Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, has unveiled the winners of the 2023 Restaurant Awards, honoring the world’s best restaurants for wine. This year’s awards program recognizes 3,505 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 70 countries internationally, including 30 Tampa Bay restaurants.

“In a time of technological innovation, restaurants offer the human experience diners are hungry for — listening to their customers and offering personalized experience,” said Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Wine Spectator. “This annual issue celebrates the places where wine is at the top of that conversation. I’m pleased to congratulate all 3,505 restaurants for their dedication to wine and wine-loving diners.”

Tampa Bay winners are:

Bern's Steak House, 1208 S. Howard Ave., Tampa

Alfano's Restaurant, 1702 Clearwater Largo Road, Clearwater

Birchwood Inn, 340 Beach Drive, St. Petersburg

Charley's Steak House, 4444 W. Cypress St., Tampa

Columbia Restaurant, 2025 E. 7th Ave., Tampa

Council Oak Steaks & Seafood, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, 5223 N. Orient Road, Tampa

Forlini's Restaurant, 435 Mandalay Ave., Clearwater Beach

Haven, 2208 W. Morrison Ave., Tampa

Rococo Steak, 655 Second Ave. S., St. Petersburg

Sea Salt St. Pete, 183 Second Ave. N., St. Petersburg

The Capital Grille, 2223 N. Westshore Blvd., Suite B228, Tampa

717 South Restaurant, 717 S. Howard Ave., Tampa

Allelo, 300 Beach Drive N.E., Suite 128, St. Petersburg

Bin6South, 330 Sixth St. S., St. Petersburg

Boulon Brasserie, 1001 Water St., Suite 102, Tampa

Caretta on the Gulf, Sandpearl Resort Clearwater Beach, 500 Mandalay Ave., Clearwater Beach

Ceviche, 332 Beach Drive N.E., St. Petersburg

Cipresso, Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino Tampa, 5223 N. Orient Road, Tampa

Clearwater Wine Bar & Bistro, 482 Poinsettia Ave., Clearwater Beach

Del Frisco's Grille, 4138 Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa

Eddie V's Prime Seafood, 4400 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa

Lilac, The EDITION Tampa, 500 Channelside Drive, Tampa

Meat Market Tampa, 1606 W. Snow Ave., Tampa

Salt Rock Grill, 19325 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores

Sea-Guini, Opal Sands Resort, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater Beach

SoHo Sushi, 3218 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa

The Rez Grill, Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino Tampa, 5223 Orient Road, Tampa

Timpano Hyde Park, 1610 W. Swann Ave., Tampa

Union New American, 1111 N. West Shore Blvd., Tampa

Élevage SoHo Kitchen & Bar, Epicurean Hotel, 1207 S. Howard Ave., Tampa

Launched in 1981, the Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service. They are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,001, 1,411 and 93 winners this year in each respective category.

Included in Wine Spectator’s special Restaurant Awards issue: a favorable forecast for restaurants—how today’s restaurants are staffing up, refreshing their menus and increasing their wine offerings creatively to engage their customers.

The Restaurant Awards issue will be available July 11.