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Tampa Thai Guide

FRI public-record essay for thai restaurants in Tampa.

Tampa now has 95 validated Thai entries across the FRI public-record base. For decades, public records mostly showed the broad category. FRI reconstructs the arc from first inspection dates, closure signals, and new-license activity, then filters out unverified candidates before naming restaurants.

Updated 2026-08-31 14:37 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk · Chronological evolution

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 95 · ·

Confirmed closures 1 · ·

Inspection/safety overlays 0 · ·

Filtered candidates 3 · ·

High-turnover addresses 1 · ·

Gone But Not Forgotten

year not resolved

9 Bangkok Thai Restaurant Inc

571 Central Ave, St Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Early Foundations

2016

Panai Thai

11922 Seminole Blvd, Largo

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2016

Smile Thai & Sushi

Unverified

3424 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2016

Thai Asiatic Inc.

1600 East 8Th Avenue Ste D101, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2016

Thai Hala

Unverified

7224 Central Ave, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2017

Tuk Tuk Thai

10471 Gibsonton Drive, Riverview

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2018

32 Below

208 W Alexander St, Plant City

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2019

Jp Thai Kitchen

2410 Commercial Way, Spring Hill

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2019

Nitally's Thaimex Cuisine

1163 Dr Mlk Jr Street, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

First Breakaways

2019

Payaa Thai Cuisine

13416 Boyette Road, Riverview

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Lan Xang Lao Street Food

4116 Us 19, New Port Richey

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Thai Lanna 2

7923 Us Hwy 19, Port Richey

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2021

Thai Gourmet Kitchen

Unverified

5831 Memorial Hwy Ste B, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2021

Thai Gourmet Kitchen

Unverified

5009 S.Macdill Ave, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2021

Yummy Thai Food

13227 Us Hwy 19, Hudson

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2022

Buddy's Thai

Unverified

25778 Hwy 19 N, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2022

Thai Dish

Unverified

5545 Roosevelt Blvd, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

The Rise

2018

32 Below

208 W Alexander St, Plant City

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

A&g Diner

Unverified

120 N Parsons Ave, Brandon

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Amarit Thai Restaurant

328 East Lake Rd, Palm Harbor

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Arroy Thai

Unverified

27427 Wesley Chapel Blvd, Wesley Chapel

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Ban Thai & Sushi Inc

2519 Mcmullen Booth Rd #506, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Bangkok Thai Restaurant

Unverified

4025 N. Lecanto Hwy, Beverly Hills

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Bangkok Thai and Sushi

5306 Seminole Blvd, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Benjarong Thai

14402 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Best Thai & Sushi

35354 Sr 54 W, Zephyrhills

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2022

Buddy's Thai

Unverified

25778 Hwy 19 N, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

New Generation

year not resolved

A&g Diner

Unverified

120 N Parsons Ave, Brandon

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Amarit Thai Restaurant

328 East Lake Rd, Palm Harbor

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Arroy Thai

Unverified

27427 Wesley Chapel Blvd, Wesley Chapel

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Ban Thai & Sushi Inc

2519 Mcmullen Booth Rd #506, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Bangkok Thai Restaurant

Unverified

4025 N. Lecanto Hwy, Beverly Hills

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Bangkok Thai and Sushi

5306 Seminole Blvd, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Benjarong Thai

14402 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Best Thai & Sushi

35354 Sr 54 W, Zephyrhills

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Other Notables

year not resolved

Cafe De Siam

11242 Hillsborough Ave, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Chai Yo Thai Inc

11695 Boyette Rd, Riverview

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Chiang Mai

415 Cleveland St, Clearwater

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

E & L Pizza

2810 34 St N, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Gong Cha

Unverified

4025 W Waters Ave Unit 105, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

I Thai and Sushi

Unverified

11002 Seminole Blvd, Largo

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Jasmine Thai Restaurant

13248 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Jasmine Thai Restaurant

1947 W Lumsden Rd, Brandon

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2019

Jp Thai Kitchen

2410 Commercial Way, Spring Hill

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Kao Thai Kitchen

7199 66 St N, Pinellas Park

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Lan Xang Lao Street Food

4116 Us 19, New Port Richey

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Lanna Thai and Sushi

4871 Park St No, St. Petersburg

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Lemon Grass Thai Kitchen

3635 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Lemongrass Thai Kitchen Ii

11106 Bloomingdale Ave, Riverview

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Little Ninja Thai Japanese Food and Cafe

5709 6 St, Zephyrhills

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Little Thai Cafe

1810 S Pinellas Ave 1, Tarpon Springs

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Final Word

The arc is reconstructed from first-inspection dates, closure-confirmation signals, new-license activity, and FRI validation. It is a public-record history, not a claim of complete cultural memory.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

96 of 99 candidate evaluations published (97.0%); 33 marked unverified (no identity match), 19 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.