Tampa plates are up, seafood and burgers leading the climb
Spring 2026 Tampa menu snapshot. Typical plate $17.01. Seafood and burgers lead increases. Federal dockets and rules touch meat, produce and seafood supply chai
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Policy Regulation
Key points
- Typical plate in Tampa is $17.01 this spring, citywide movement plus 5.2 percent, national movement plus 5.1 percent.
- Seafood in Bayshore is the steepest mover at $22.80, up 11.4 percent; burgers in Ybor City are $16.85, up 10.2 percent.
- Federal records that relate to these inputs include an Agriculture Department food award to a meat company, EPA pesticide tolerance and inert ingredient dockets, NOAA fishery council meeting notices, and technical contaminant reviews in EPA dockets.
- Federal records do not prove they caused price moves, but they touch the supply chains that show up on menu lines: meat processing for burgers and BBQ, pesticide rules for bread and produce, and fisheries and maritime notices for seafood.
- Watch the EPA inert ingredient dockets dated August 31 2026, the proposed settlement on neonicotinoids dated August 20 2026, NOAA fishery council notices dated August 24 2026, and the Department of Agriculture award dated August 28 2026.
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