TAMPA, Fla. - A popular dog bar in Tampa will close its doors for good this weekend, with Pups Pub's owners citing a years-long battle over changes to enforcement of state regulations.

What is Pups Pub?

The backstory:

Pups Pub opened off W. Kennedy Blvd. in 2020 after the Florida Dept. of Health approved several dog bars across the state.

In a post on social media Tuesday, the bar's owners said the business passed all health inspections during its first two years of operation, and a second location opened in downtown Orlando in 2022.

Battle over dog bars in Florida

Dig deeper:

The owners said things took a turn that same year when a newly-promoted FDOH official "unilaterally reversed the department's interpretation, deciding that operating an indoor/outdoor dog bar – which had

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