Every year Ybor wins a slew of flattering (Best Neighborhood) and not-so-flattering (Best Place to Drink in Public) awards from the local alternative magazine Creative Loafing. This year we see no change:

• From the obvious: BEST HISTORIC BUILDING The Cuban Club (Critics’ pick)
• To the encouraging: BEST NEW MUSIC VENUE Crowbar (Critics’ pick) BEST NEW OPEN MIC NIGHT Tre Amici @ The Bunker (Critics’ pick)
• To the plainly bizarre: MOST SURPRISING SUCCESS FOR A BAR GIMMICK Dwarf Wrestling at the James Joyce Pub (Critics’ pick)

Jeff Filmore of SCL Photography captures Ybor’s old and new in a series of great images (also for sale here).