Rosarium
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The personal-branding collective behind this page. We build the story, the brand, and the site for founders worth knowing.
Best of the Bay 2026 · July 23 – August 30
Plant the Vote
Help Tampa Bay’s best bloom.
Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay ballot is open, and nine of the businesses and people we work with are on it. Every vote is a little water. Cast one a day and watch what grows.
— The Voting Garden —
The campaign
Small businesses grow when people show up for them.
Best of the Bay is decided by the people who live here. No panel, no committee. Just Tampa Bay deciding out loud who it values.
So we are asking. These are the founders, makers, and organizations we spend our days with. A minute of your time puts their name in front of the whole Bay.
Pick your people
Scroll the nominees below. Every one of them is a Tampa Bay business or person we are proud to work alongside.
Hit Vote Now
Each button opens that nominee’s category on Creative Loafing’s ballot. Cast your vote, then come back for the next one.
Come back tomorrow
You can vote once per day, every day, until the ballot closes. Daily votes are what actually move the needle.
Voting opens
July 23, 2026
Voting closes
August 30, 2026
How often
Once every day
Who we’re backing
The ballot, in full.
Nine nominees, ten categories. Every button below opens the live Creative Loafing ballot in a new tab, so you never lose your place here.
Alexis Rose Quintal
Best Business Coach / Business Consultant
Rosarium’s founder and CEO, and a former professor. She helps leaders build a brand that sounds like them and works like it means it.
Friedrich Watkins of Tampa
Best General Contractor
Commercial builders since 2005, with work standing inside the Straz, the Florida Aquarium, ZooTampa and Amalie Arena.
Scott Tavlin
Best Radio Personality
Mornings on Magic 94.9, and a previous Best of the Bay winner in this very category. Tampa wakes up with him.
Michael Bucalo
Best Philanthropist
Through the Bucalo Family Foundation, he funds Tampa Bay nonprofits serving people with Down syndrome. He also chairs GiGi’s board.
Sunburst Yacht Charters
Best Boat Captain & Charter
Private charters out of Harbour Island aboard an 83-foot Sunseeker. Sunset cruises, Egmont Key runs, and very good excuses.
Hydralive Therapy Tampa
Best IV Bar
IV hydration, NAD+ and cryotherapy on Gandy, open since February and already the neighborhood’s reset button.
TWEEDS Custom Suits
Best Men's Clothing Boutique
Made-to-measure suits and shirts on West Kennedy, cut for one person only. Tampa’s answer to off-the-rack.
GiGi's Playhouse Tampa
Best Nonprofit – Hillsborough
A Down Syndrome Achievement Center serving 100+ families. Every program, for every age, is free and always has been.
The one thing to remember
One vote is nice. One a day is how they win.
The ballot resets every 24 hours. Bookmark this page, come back tomorrow, and run the list again. It takes about two minutes and it is the single best thing you can do for a local business this month.