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Urban Cantina - Downtown
200 E. Madison St.
Tampa, FL 33602
Downtown Tampa
813-221-8226
urbancantina.com
Hours: Sunday - Thursday: 11:00am - 9:00pm Friday - Saturday: 11:00am - 10:00pm
Like most restaurants, Urban Cantina has high points. The appetizer tacos — topped with seasoned meat, shredded cheese and hunks of iceberg lettuce — are built on a surprisingly toasty and flavorful corn tortilla. That foundation works even better in entree tacos that forego the lettuce for cilantro and onions. Tender hunks of pork and rich beans are paired with a bright burst of chile in Urban Cantina’s burrito, a seriously filling and satisfying plate of food for $10. -Brian Ries
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Some new restaurants -- and often it's the simplest and most straightforward types -- call for an oddly philosophical exploration into the very nature of the dining scene that seems well beyond the scope of what's on the plate, what it costs and how it's served. My recent visit to Urban Cantina, a simple neo-Mex joint in downtown Tampa, kicked me into that sort of navel-gazing reverie.
