Tampa Bay
Bern’s Steak House
A wine cellar of half a million bottles
Dry-aged steaks, a cellar of over half a million bottles and a famous dessert room, since 1956.
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In the area: The Tampa skyline above the Hillsborough River at dusk. Image courtesy of © Sonny SideUp · CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Bern’s Steak House
Since 1956 Bern’s has served prime steaks cut to order and dry-aged in house for five to eight weeks, alongside oysters, escargot and 22 caviars. Bern and Gert built it from an ordinary block of shops on Howard Avenue. The wine collection runs past half a million bottles and 6,500 labels, with more than 150 by the glass, and the evening ends in the famous dessert room.
Our take
- Since 1956
- Steaks dry-aged in house
- The dessert room
- Address
- 1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
SoHo, Tampa, Florida - Phone & reservations
- (813) 251-2421
- Website
- bernssteakhouse.com
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Bern’s Steak House before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
What’s nearby
Distances from Bern’s Steak House are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Key sights
- The Dalí Museum15 miCar or taxi 29 min
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