Olympia Pastry Shop ★ 4.4
Olympia Pastry Shop in Tampa has run Greek and American pastries for over 40 years, with baklava, kataifi and house-made cakes. A quiet neighborhood pick.
Worth the queue: Baklava
Michelle Faedo's On the Go is the Faedo daughter's deviled crab food truck plus a small Ybor City counter, with three branches running the spicy recipe.
Address: 2515 N 15th St, Tampa, FL 33605
Olympia Pastry Shop in Tampa has run Greek and American pastries for over 40 years, with baklava, kataifi and house-made cakes. A quiet neighborhood pick.
Worth the queue: Baklava
Pane Rustica in South Tampa is a bakery, cafe and Italian dinner spot from the Rosen-Coxe family, with rustic Italian breads, ciabattas and seasonal pastries.
Worth the queue: Olive sourdough boule
Wright's Gourmet House has run a Tampa bakery and deli since 1963, with hundreds of thousands of rum cakes sold, plus seasonal pies and cakes.
Worth the queue: Rum cake
Craving Donuts in Carrollwood runs hot-glazed donuts and seasonal flavors with a daily morning crowd through North Tampa. The room fills early on weekends.
Worth the queue: Maple bacon donut
Nicola's Donut Shop on North Florida Avenue runs an old-school donut counter, with fresh-out cake donuts, glazed yeast rings and a steady Tampa Bay following.
Worth the queue: Bavarian cream
True Loaf at Ybor runs artisan sourdough, croissants and weekend pastry boxes, with a small cafe counter serving Tampa Heights breakfast bowls.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough