Stone Chase Brick Oven Bar & Grill, Tampa

The staff at Stone Chase Brick Oven Bar & Grill strives to balance big-city efficiency with the warmth of an old neighborhood haunt. Their upscale-yet-casual atmosphere greets customers with warm, marbled walls, amber pendant lamps, and exposed brick accents. Chefs craft their Roman-style flatbreads—available in meatball, buffalo chicken, and steak and portobello—with fresh, seasonal toppings and house-made mozzarella. They knead imported, finely ground doppio zero Italian flour into each batch of dough, which rises for almost three days before they shape it into crispy yet chewy crusts. Once it's all ready, servers set tables with gourmet pastas and rustic artisan sandwiches while helping guests decipher their beer and wine list with the decoder ring buried in each flatbread.