Popular Japanese snacks like onigiri and fluffy fruit sammies have been arduous to come back by within the Tampa Bay space, however a brand new St. Pete cafe is certainly about to make the search simpler.
Located at 407 Central Ave., out of Beans & Barlour’s former house in downtown St. Pete, new cafe and bakery Samurai Cat quietly opened its doorways this week.
Samurai Cat is the latest idea from Tampa Bay-based Majestic Restaurant Group, which additionally operates different Asian eating places like Zukku-San in Wesley Chapel, ATO in Lakeland and Zukku Sushi in Tampa Heights.
The menu options standard Japanese comfort retailer fare—from pillowy fruit sandwiches with whipped cream and smoked salmon onigiris to comfortable boiled egg sandwiches and a wide range of milk teas.
Other choices embody drinks like matcha strawberry lattes and low from Kahwa, plus bagels and cream cheese, avocado toast on thick-cut milk bread, pear lemongrass ice cream and a wide range of Asian-inspired baked items.
Majestic Restaurant Group can be gearing as much as open its latest ideas throughout the bridge, Ling’s Dumplings and Han Hand Roll Bar, that are each slated to open at Armature Works quickly.
With partitions coated in manga, paper lanterns and different sorts of Japanese-inspired artwork, newly-opened Samurai Cat has rendered the previous Beans & Barlour house unrecognizable.
Beans & Barlour—which was identified for its over-the-top desserts, boozy ice cream and breakfast sandwiches—closed its Central Avenue location late final yr after proprietor Story Stuart made the choice to deal with her private life.
For the latest updates on new menu gadgets, head to Samurai Cat’s Instagram at @samuraicatdtsp. The new Japanese bakery and cafe is now open from 8 a.m-8 p.m. seven days per week.
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