After a year and a half of displaying “coming soon” signs in its windows, Ybor City’s newest beer and wine will (softly) open its doors this week.
Trellis at Buchman will soon make its debut at 1910 E 7th Ave. in the heart of Ybor City, adjacent to other popular businesses like Zydeco Brew Werks, Chill Bros. Scoop Shop and 7th + Grove.
The new bar and stylish lounge is helmed by owner and beer enthusiast Joel Bigham, who operated popular biergarten Fermented Reality in downtown Tampa's Sparkman Wharf until 2021.
Bigham tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that his newest venture soft opens on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 21-22. The new bar and “tropical plant paradise” will open at 5 p.m. each day, featuring cellared draft selections, specialty releases, 10 wines by the glass and over 35 bottles and cans of both alcoholic and N/A beverages.
Trellis offers both local brews from the Bay area and craft beers from microbreweries across the country, from Arkane Aleworks’ Guava Key Lime Pie and BarrieHaus Beer Co’s Tampa Export to sour ales from Illinois’ Une Année Brewery and double IPAs from New York’s Finback Brewery. Its imported beers include Brouwerij St.Bernardus from Belgium, Munich lagers from Paulaner Brauerei and a Winter Ale from Huyghe Brewery.
And no worries, Trellis will still carry Bud Lights, Modelos and other common beers, too.
When the opening of Trellis was initially announced, Bigham had plans for a full-service dining experience and a kitchen specializing in “upscale American fare.” While construction delays have certainly put Trellis’ ability to build a kitchen on hold for now, Bigham confirms that the beer bar's restaurant aspect is still on the way. "Just getting our doors open was the main priority, but there’s no way I'm not going to have a kitchen,” Bigham tells CL. “I’ve said before that opening an alcohol-focused place without food is not maximizing your possibilities, but we just have to figure out what that looks like for us.”
For the time being, Trellis at Buchman will offer an aesthetically-pleasing lounge to sip beer and wine in, complete with natural lighting and tons of greenery, although there's a few more decor aspects that Bigham will add within the next few weeks.
And while constructing its kitchen is Bigham’s utmost priority, he would still like to install a small barrel system to eventually start brewing his own beers.
Bigham first hinted at the opening of his Ybor City concept back in 2021, after SPP did not renew Fermented Reality's lease and his biergarten was forced out of the popular Channelside hub it called home. Since his new bar is a separate concept from the once-popular beer garden, Bigham still has hopes to open a Fermented Reality 2.0
elsewhere in Tampa.
“Trellis’ tap list will very much be a continuation of what folks were seeing at Fermented Reality—brews that are a little harder to find around town,” Bigham says. “Reviving Fermented Reality is something I think about all the time—I miss that brand badly and will resurrect it eventually.”
For the latest news on Ybor City’s newest haunt, head to its Facebook or Instagram, both at @trellispub.
Although its official operating hours are not set in stone yet, Bigham tells CL that Trellis at Buchman will be open at about 5 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. during the week and perhaps until midnight during the weekend. He expects to be closed on Mondays until the beer eventually debuts its kitchen. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.
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Trellis at Buchman will soon make its debut at 1910 E 7th Ave. in the heart of Ybor City, adjacent to other popular businesses like Zydeco Brew Werks, Chill Bros. Scoop Shop and 7th + Grove.
The new bar and stylish lounge is helmed by owner and beer enthusiast Joel Bigham, who operated popular biergarten Fermented Reality in downtown Tampa's Sparkman Wharf until 2021.
Bigham tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that his newest venture soft opens on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 21-22. The new bar and “tropical plant paradise” will open at 5 p.m. each day, featuring cellared draft selections, specialty releases, 10 wines by the glass and over 35 bottles and cans of both alcoholic and N/A beverages.
Trellis offers both local brews from the Bay area and craft beers from microbreweries across the country, from Arkane Aleworks’ Guava Key Lime Pie and BarrieHaus Beer Co’s Tampa Export to sour ales from Illinois’ Une Année Brewery and double IPAs from New York’s Finback Brewery. Its imported beers include Brouwerij St.Bernardus from Belgium, Munich lagers from Paulaner Brauerei and a Winter Ale from Huyghe Brewery.
And no worries, Trellis will still carry Bud Lights, Modelos and other common beers, too.
When the opening of Trellis was initially announced, Bigham had plans for a full-service dining experience and a kitchen specializing in “upscale American fare.” While construction delays have certainly put Trellis’ ability to build a kitchen on hold for now, Bigham confirms that the beer bar's restaurant aspect is still on the way. "Just getting our doors open was the main priority, but there’s no way I'm not going to have a kitchen,” Bigham tells CL. “I’ve said before that opening an alcohol-focused place without food is not maximizing your possibilities, but we just have to figure out what that looks like for us.”
For the time being, Trellis at Buchman will offer an aesthetically-pleasing lounge to sip beer and wine in, complete with natural lighting and tons of greenery, although there's a few more decor aspects that Bigham will add within the next few weeks.
And while constructing its kitchen is Bigham’s utmost priority, he would still like to install a small barrel system to eventually start brewing his own beers.
Bigham first hinted at the opening of his Ybor City concept back in 2021, after SPP did not renew Fermented Reality's lease and his biergarten was forced out of the popular Channelside hub it called home. Since his new bar is a separate concept from the once-popular beer garden, Bigham still has hopes to open a Fermented Reality 2.0
elsewhere in Tampa.
“Trellis’ tap list will very much be a continuation of what folks were seeing at Fermented Reality—brews that are a little harder to find around town,” Bigham says. “Reviving Fermented Reality is something I think about all the time—I miss that brand badly and will resurrect it eventually.”
For the latest news on Ybor City’s newest haunt, head to its Facebook or Instagram, both at @trellispub.
Although its official operating hours are not set in stone yet, Bigham tells CL that Trellis at Buchman will be open at about 5 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. during the week and perhaps until midnight during the weekend. He expects to be closed on Mondays until the beer eventually debuts its kitchen.
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