Kingfish is coming: Tastes Pretty Good adds a sushi bar to Rome Collective

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I drove down North Rome Avenue last weekend to grab dinner at Lumbre. Before I even pulled into a spot, I noticed fresh construction wrap on the unit right next door — and permits in the window. Turns out Tastes Pretty Good isn't done yet. The group behind Michelin-starred Rocca just filed plans for Kingfish, a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar that will occupy about 3,390 square feet at Rome Collective. According to the Tampa Bay Business Journal,

the restaurant will occupy about 3,390 square feet at 1706 W. North B St., with an interior buildout valued at about $600,000 per building documents filed with the City of Tampa.

If the trajectory of everything else this group touches holds, this is going to be a reservation you'll want to make early.

What Kingfish actually is

Tastes Pretty Good — the restaurant group behind Michelin-starred Rocca — plans to open Kingfish, a Japanese restaurant at Rome Collective in North Hyde Park. CEO Nick Reader described Kingfish as "a full-service sushi bar that takes a minimalist approach to Japanese cuisine, complemented by a curated selection of cocktails and sake."

That word — minimalist — is doing a lot of work here, and in the best way. Tampa's Japanese restaurant scene has been trending toward maximum showmanship: tableside flames, towering rolls, the whole production. A minimalist counter from a Michelin-pedigreed kitchen is genuinely something different. Think clean cuts, pristine product, and a sake list that someone actually sweated over.

The Tastes Pretty Good website describes Kingfish as "a quality ingredient-driven full-service sushi bar that takes a minimalist approach to Japanese cuisine, complemented by a curated selection of cocktails and sake."

The timeline and what it means for Rome Collective

Tastes Pretty Good plans to open Kingfish at Rome Collective in North Hyde Park, and the restaurant is expected to open in the first quarter of next year

— though based on the permit activity and the build-out timeline, late summer or fall 2026 looks more likely from what I'm seeing on the ground.

Kingfish is expected to follow Lumbre in August, and the team describes it as a quality ingredient-driven full-service sushi bar taking a minimalist approach to Japanese cuisine, complemented by a curated selection of cocktails and sake.

Rome Collective is a 38,000-square-foot retail development along North Rome Avenue in North Hyde Park, and Kingfish will join Lumbre at the project.

Between those two,

other businesses announced for Rome Collective include Handel's Homemade Ice Cream, The NOW Massage, and V Modern Italian.

What started as a promising development on a stretch of North Rome that most people drove through without stopping is becoming one of Tampa's most compelling dining corridors — fast.

The Tastes Pretty Good machine keeps rolling

It's worth stepping back for a second to appreciate how unusual this group's run has been.

A new modern Spanish concept from the folks that brought you Michelin-starred Rocca, Michelin-recognized Bar Terroir, and Michelin Bib Gourmand Streetlight Taco

is one thing. But

the restaurant group behind Bar Terroir, Streetlight Taco, and Michelin-starred Rocca has plans for five new spots, including Oro (now operating as Lumbre), a Spanish restaurant at Rome Collective; White Wolf, a rustic encore to Rocca's cuisine; Bar Spuntino, an Italian aperitivo bar headed for White Wolf's rooftop with Carnivore Club, a 28-seat chef's counter specializing in wood-fired meats; and Kingfish, a sushi bar and Japanese restaurant scheduled for Rome Collective.

That's five distinct concepts in a single year, across multiple neighborhoods, with Michelin credentials behind every one. It's the kind of output that changes the way a city gets written about in national food media.

By the end of August, the same walk radius will include four wood-fire or sushi-driven rooms operated by two of the most decorated hospitality groups in the city, sitting on a corridor that also holds a Michelin-starred restaurant a few blocks further north in Tampa Heights.

Why this matters if you're looking at homes in North Hyde Park

I get asked about North Hyde Park probably once a week from buyers who love the Hyde Park zip code but can't absorb the price premium that comes with an address south of Kennedy Boulevard. The honest answer I always give: the schools are the same (Mitchell, Wilson, Plant), the walkability to downtown and Bayshore is nearly identical, and the gap in price-per-square-foot has historically been real.

Buyers call every month who ask about Hyde Park but wince at the price tags — North Hyde Park has traditionally been the answer: same schools, same walkability, same proximity to downtown — at a meaningful discount to the blocks south of Kennedy.

When a Michelin-credentialed restaurant group commits $600,000 in build-out capital on a single unit in your neighborhood, that's not a coincidence — it's a signal about where the market is headed. Rome Collective is the kind of anchor that turns a "promising" block into a destination, and destination blocks have a tendency to pull property values with them.

If you're curious what homes in this corridor are actually trading for right now, I track it closely — check out what homes are worth in the 33606 ZIP code for recent comps, or read through my full take on the best Tampa neighborhoods for young professionals if you're still figuring out where to plant your flag. And if you're already watching Rome Collective's full tenant lineup unfold, I broke that down in depth at the Rome Collective page.

Keep an eye on Kingfish. If Lumbre is any indication, there will be a waitlist before opening week is over.