Tallahassee Favorite Lucky Goat Brewing Bold Move Into South Tampa

Lucky Goat Coffee, the Tallahassee roaster-turned-café chain, is lining up its first Tampa Bay outpost, with plans filed for a new shop in South Tampa’s Bayshore Beautiful neighborhood. The company is eyeing a roughly 1,100-square-foot renovation at St. Croix Plaza on South MacDill Avenue, which would mark Lucky Goat’s first known location in the Tampa Bay market.

City permit filings show a planned buildout of a 1,107-square-foot unit at 4205 S. MacDill Ave. According to City of Tampa records, Lucky Goat has submitted plans to renovate the St. Croix Plaza space, and local business outlets, including Tampa Bay Business & Wealth, flagged the filing this week.

About Lucky Goat

Founded in 2010 as a Tallahassee roastery, Lucky Goat has grown into a regional café brand with locations across Florida, Georgia and Texas. The company’s locations page lists several operating shops and a handful of “coming soon” addresses, and recent permit filings show the brand expanding through franchise and third-party partners; see Lucky Goat Coffee Co. for its current footprint and Jacksonville coffee plans for reporting on its South Jax ambitions.

What This Adds to South Tampa

The filing lands as Tampa Bay’s coffee scene keeps heating up, with new storefronts and retail partnerships percolating around the region. Sprouts recently announced a multi-store Buddy Brew rollout inside its Tampa Bay locations, and regional chains such as Foxtail have been opening their first Tampa shops, signs that Lucky Goat is stepping into a crowded and competitive arena. The St. Croix Plaza tenant directory already lists Lucky Goat as a planned occupant, echoing the permit activity. See Sprouts, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth and the Saint Croix Plaza directory for details.

The permit does not list an opening date, and company representatives were not immediately available for comment, according to reporting by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. For now, South Tampa coffee fans will have to wait and watch the permit file for signs of an opening day.