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Where Is Datz Delicatessen Now? Food Paradise Update (Tampa, FL)

Food Paradise, Season 4 Tampa, Florida

Current status

Relocated

As of October 2026, Datz Delicatessen has relocated to 2616 S MacDill Ave, Tampa, FL — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026. The original location is closed.

What the source shows: A Google Places listing shows the featured Tampa location as permanently closed, while the business's own current website promotes only St. Pete and St. Petersburg locations. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's 2012 'Meatloaf Paradise' episode featured Datz's meatloaf preparation as part of the show's tour of meatloaf specialists. Datz Delicatessen operated as a scratch-kitchen delicatessen-style restaurant in South Tampa. According to a Google Places listing, the MacDill Avenue location in Tampa is permanently closed. The business's own website, datztampa.com, checked on 2026-09-08, no longer lists a Tampa address; it promotes locations only in "St. Pete" and "St. Petersburg," alongside an active online ordering system and a rewards app. The site's page content and copyright notice are dated 2026, showing the domain is actively maintained. Together, the Places listing and the site's current St. Petersburg-only locations indicate the Datz brand continues operating, but from St. Petersburg rather than the original Tampa address featured on the show.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 4

Aired
Title: Meatloaf Paradise · What was featured: Datz's specialty meatloaf dish, Food Paradise's 'Meatloaf Paradise' episode (2012)
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 4 Food Paradise

Season 4: 134 of 199 still open · 12 renamed, moved or under new owners

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  • Surf and Turf Truck

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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. datztampa.com http://www.datztampa.com/
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Record fp-0250 · checked by Cal Marchetti.