Last
September I went to Creative
Loafing’s Best of the Bay and had some delicious donuts by The Bake
– a pizzeria and bakery on Bayshore near Interbay. They’ve since added on an adjoining
restaurant, Noi Italian Kitchen and Bar, which is more for sit-down meals.
I
bought a
CL Deal for The Bake & Noi which gave me $30 for only $15,
and it doesn’t expire until February 2016.
Of course, I used it a lot faster than that – I took my brother, David out
for lunch to try it out. We both live
about a mile from there, so it was an easy place to meet up and grab a quick
bite.
We
started off with fancy coffee drinks – I had the Molly Jane (salted white
chocolate amaretto latte) and David had the White Mocha Motion (espresso,
steamed milk, and Ghiradelli white chocolate).
They also brought a nice water carafe to the table so we didn’t have to
keep asking for water refills.
Since
we had to spend $30, we ordered a lot of food.
We split the Spinach Salad, which had large chunks of candied pecans,
gorgonzola, grapes, bacon, and raspberry vinaigrette.
On
the weekends they serve breakfast until 2pm, so David had the Le Duet – two
slices of French toast, two eggs, and 2 strips of bacon. And I enjoyed the OMG BLT Fried Egg Sandwich,
which was made from their same thick homemade bread as the French toast.
They
also have family style dinners on Sundays from 4 – 8:30pm, which includes mixed
appetizers, three pastas, salad, and four entrees (call them for
reservations).
I
feel like my area south of Gandy is a bit lacking in quality restaurants, so
I’m glad to have this one close by!
The
Bake of Tampa is located at 5427
Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, FL 33611 and
is open 6:30am – 9pm Tuesday – Sunday (they are closed on Mondays).