Bern's Steak House
Tampa's 70-year-old steak house on Howard, with in-house dry-aged steaks, a huge wine cellar and an upstairs dessert room.
- Address: 1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
- Category: Restaurants & Bars
- Phone: (813) 251-2421
- Hours: Monday Closed; Tuesday 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM; Wednesday 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM; Thursday 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM; Friday 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM; Saturday 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM; Sunday 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Website: https://bernssteakhouse.com/
Bern's is marking its 70th anniversary this year. In 1953 Bern and Gert Laxer left New York for California, stopped in Tampa to visit a relative, and stayed. In 1956 they bought the Beer Haven Bar at 1208 S Howard. Money was tight, so they reused letters from the old sign to spell "Bern's." When the phone company required a descriptive listing for the directory, "Steak House" was added. That original room is now the Bordeaux Room.
Now: steaks dry-aged in house for 5 to 8 weeks, 22 caviars, and a cellar the restaurant puts at over half a million bottles (more than 150 wines by the glass). The upstairs dessert room has private booths built from old wine casks, and the restaurant takes dessert-room-only reservations from 6:00 to 6:45 PM.
Dress is business casual to semi-formal. Hours: Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11 PM, closed Monday.
Photo: Bern's Steak House