New tavern concept plays the Gen X hits

The 'forgotten generation' gets some love from a Tampa restaurateur.


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A rendering of the Gen X Tavern being built in downtown Tampa. Courtesy photo.
A rendering of the Gen X Tavern being built in downtown Tampa. Courtesy photo.
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Millennials, move aside. Generation X is going to party like it’s 1999 again — or perhaps even 1989 — when the Gen X Tavern opens for business in downtown Tampa.

The 1980s- and ‘90s-themed bar is the brainchild of Dave Burton, a Tampa restaurateur and, yes, proud member of Gen X — the overlooked cohort situated between the much larger baby boom and millennial generations, with the up-and-coming generation Z stealing even more of its thunder. 

 

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