Bella's Italian Cafe
Bella's opened on South Howard in 1986, when Bill Shumate and Joanie Corneil set out to give Tampa authentic Italian cooking, and its own site now counts 40 years of service. Shumate had run restaurants around the country since 1964 and served as president of the Florida Restaurant Association and chairman of its Hillsborough County chapter. Corneil came to the partnership having run two of her own places in Oklahoma. The restaurant sells its own cookbook, which is the sort of thing only a kitchen with a long back catalogue bothers to do.
Happy hour & specials
- Happy hour weekdays 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.: 2-in-1 Bella-Rita $13, $10 House Old Fashioned and 2-in-1 house red or white $9. Published by the venue
Checked October 15, 2026. Deals change, so use the venue's own page for today.
- Address
- 1413 S Howard Ave, Ste 100, Tampa, FL
- Phone
- (813) 254-3355
- Website
- www.bellasitaliancafe.com
- Cuisine
- italian
- Good to know
- Long Running, Founder Story, Institution, Happy Hour
- Verification
- Details researched September 19, 2026. Hours and offerings change, so confirm with the venue before visiting.
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- Street address on file: yes
- Neighborhood assigned: yes
- Phone number published: yes
- Website on file: yes
- Hours published: no Hours drive the most time-sensitive question in local search.
- Cuisine or specialty described: yes
- Photography on file: yes
- Website readable by crawlers: fail HTTP 403. The site is up but turned our crawler away. A site that blocks unfamiliar crawlers is usually blocking AI crawlers too.
- Served over HTTPS: pass
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Website checks last run October 11, 2026 against the venue's own site.
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