Playa Taco Cocina y Tequilería has opened at TradeWinds Resort on Gulf Boulevard in St. Pete Beach, adding a Gulf-front Mexican restaurant and tequila bar to the barrier island's resort corridor. The operator's Instagram describes it as the first and only beachside Mexican restaurant on St. Pete Beach — a claim sourced exclusively from that post and not independently verified. The restaurant runs daily from 11 a.m. to midnight.
The bar program is the lead element, per the source. Playa Taco carries what the operator calls one of the best tequila selections on the beach, alongside more than half a dozen margarita variations. The cocktail menu extends to a housemade cucumber ranch water, a mango mezcalita, and a smoked Oaxacan old fashioned.
The food menu runs crispy Baja fish tacos, chicken tinga tostadas, Macho Nachos, Three Amigos Quesadillas, and Eddie's Queso with chorizo, per the operator's social post. Recurring promotions include $2 off all tacos on Tuesdays and a complimentary tequila tasting every Wednesday starting at 4 p.m.
TradeWinds Resort is one of the larger hotel properties on St. Pete Beach's Gulf Boulevard frontage, positioning Playa Taco for direct Gulf access and a resort-captive customer base. No individual operator was identified by name in the source material. Whether the concept sustains year-round traffic — and whether a tequila-forward Gulf-front program holds through the barrier island's slower booking windows — will be the next story to report.
