Tampa food and entertainment pop-up Better Together debuts in St. Pete next month

Part-food pop-up, part-indie market, Tampa-based event organizer Better Together’s mission is to unite local creative communities across a wide variety of mediums.

While its multifaceted events have only taken place in Tampa so far , Better Together is crossing the Howard Frankland Bridge for its next celebration of local food, music, art and more.

Bandit Coffee Co. , located at 2662 Central Ave., will close up shop at 3 p.m. like usual, with Better Together taking over the popular cafe from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. on Sunday, July 21. There will be no cover and no tickets needed to attend.

Organizers Guillermo Quezada and Hassan Lewis launched their multi-faceted pop-up experience in 2023, and since then have brought a slew of local vendors, DJs and entertainers to popular Tampa spots like Nebraska Mini Mart and L.P.C.X. Cafe.

Next month marks the duo’s first St. Petersburg event, which taps into the pop-up’s ethos of inclusivity, creativity and well, togetherness. [event-1] Lewis tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that July’s Better Together event will feature vendors and small business owners from both sides of the bridge, and that he and Quezada will dish their prized sandwich menu in order to “give the St. Pete crowd a chance to try it.”

Folks can expect sandwiches like their “Don Chimi” burger with a chorizo-beef patty, fried cheese, guava, mayo-ketchup, chimichurri-dressed cabbage and tomato on a brioche bun, as well as its “Katsu Sando,” stacked with piti-spiced fried chicken thigh, katsu sauce and pickled slaw on thick-cut brioche toast.

Better Together usually boasts one or two vegetarian options as well, like its vegan empanadas stuffed with roasted corn, pinto beans, piti papas, onions, peppers and more.

Head to @bettertogethertpa on Instagram for more details on Better Together’s debut event in St. Petersburg next month. Its list of vendors and entertainers will be released within the next few weeks. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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