The 7th Annual Ybor Aficionado Days will return to Historic Ybor City on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14 for two days of food from some of the district's best restaurants, cigars, and more.
Ybor Aficionado Days will kick off on Saturday afternoon, the 127th anniversary of the manufacture of the first cigar in Ybor on April 13, 1886. Aficionado Days will host their annual Tapas Trail where you and dozens of Tampa's finest will tour over a dozen of Ybor's fine dining establishments with food samples at each stop and more.
The Tapas Trail will kick off at 4 p.m. and travel to 18 of Ybor City's Finest restaurants by 7. After that, guests are invited to the Italian Club to sample spirits, wine, pasteles, coffee and a chance to win great door prizes. You'll also get a free complimentary cigar courtesy of Tampa Sweethearts Cigar Company.
On Sunday, Ybor Aficionado Days will host a sumptuous Spanish Brunch at the Columbia starting at 11:30 a.m. There will be an elegant buffet set up in the courtyard with plenty of room for seating as well as an amateur Tapas Cooking Challenge and live music from Tampa guitar phenom Les Sabler.
Tickets for the Tapas Trail and after party at the Italian Club on Saturday are $35 in advance and $40 on the day of. Tickets for the brunch on Sunday are $50, and a combination ticket which will get your into all the events is $70.
For tickets and more information on the 7th Annual Ybor Aficionado Days, visit ybor.org.
