DOWNTOWN CAFE – Restaurant

MTC Downtown Cafe holds down N Marion Street in downtown Tampa, open early enough for the first commuter crowd and late enough to catch dinner too. The kitchen runs a comfort-food menu across all three meals, with gyros as the dish diners single out most and a case of homemade desserts and cakes behind the counter. It's a family-friendly spot rather than a destination restaurant, the kind of place regulars build a routine around: coffee before work, a gyro on a lunch break. Hours stretch longest on weekdays, five in the morning to five at night, with shorter weekend service.

Cuisine: Restaurant