Tampa is Florida's new "it" city, per Travel + Leisure

• Among the restaurants the travel magazine recommends: Meat Market, Sunda New Asian, Kōsen, Rocca and Psomi.
• The Florida Aquarium, TECO's Manatee Viewing Center and the Riverwalk also got shoutouts, along with high-end lodging like Hotel Haya and the Tampa Edition.

Yes, and: Don't worry, St. Pete stans. The other side of the bay is "always worthy of a visit," Tampa-based writer Terry Ward wrote.

Flashback: Tampa got the Travel + Leisure treatment in 2022 as an overlooked hub of Cuban American food with a burgeoning downtown.