In 1946 Pio Guerra Jr. opened The Hub Liquor and Package Store. In 1949 The Hub was expanded into a piano cocktail lounge. In the early Hub years the clientele was an older group, dressed up in their evening wear. There were no jeans and t-shirts to be seen, and the room was a veritable who’s-who of downtown Tampa; The Hub entertained judges, attorneys, bankers, boxing champions, and even mob bosses. The Hub Bar and Package Store has now celebrated it’s 60th anniversary in downtown Tampa.