Tampa Bay’s best food and drink events, including Burger Week happening November 12-22

The meatball smash burger from Food + Beer in Tampa, Florida. Credit: Courtesy / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay It’s time to expand your innards ahead of Thanksgiving. Tampa Bay Burger Week returns on Nov. 12, bringing with it 10 days of beefy deals—and vegan ones, too. More than two dozen restaurants on both sides of Tampa Bay have already signed up, including The Dan, A Boy Named Sous, Common Dialect Beerworks brand new kitchen, Juno the Peacock and more. Vegan International Co.’s “NcDouble” ($18.99) is a play on the fast food classic with house “Big Nick Sauce.” There’s also Food + Beer’s meatball smash burger ($15.49, pictured), a “Havana Frita” burger from Flan Factory ($13), Bulla Gastrobar’s burg’ with piquillo peppers and tetilla cheese ($16), and more. Even Dunedin’s Madison Ave Pizza is getting in on the Tampa Bay Burger Week action. All guests have to do is show up at the participating locations (see most of them below) and ask for the Tampa Bay Burger Week