Rooster and the Till is a new american restaurant in Seminole Heights, Tampa.
Rooster and the Till in Seminole Heights holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for Chef Ferrell Alvarez's modern American small plates with Asian and Italian accents.
Must order: Pork belly steam buns and the night's hand-cut pasta.
Tip: Intimate dining room; book through Resy and ask for the chef's counter if available.
Address: 6500 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
Datz in South Tampa is Tampa's bacon-hoarding comfort-food gastropub since 2009, with the city's biggest brunch and a 100-tap craft beer wall.
Order: Biscuits and Crazy at brunch or the Cheesy Todd burger at dinner.
Tip: Brunch Saturday and Sunday from 8:30am to 3pm; the patio fills first.
Oxford Exchange on Kennedy Boulevard runs a bookstore, restaurant, coffee bar and TeBella tea bar in a sunlit conservatory with a retractable glass roof.
Order: Buttermilk pancakes at brunch with the maple butter and a flight of TeBella teas.
Tip: Toast named Oxford Exchange among America's top 20 brunch spots; arrive before 9am on weekends.
Madame Fortune in Ybor City runs Caribbean food and a vinyl record bar from a back room of Roast Deli and Bakery on East Seventh Avenue. The room fills.
Order: Jerk chicken roti plus a glass of rum punch and the rum cake.
Tip: Find the entrance through Roast Deli's back hallway; the HiFi parlour plays vinyl most nights.
Forbici in Hyde Park Village runs modern Italian from a Roman pizza al taglio angle, with handmade pasta and a bistecca alla fiorentina that serves two.
Order: Roman-style pizza al taglio (cut with scissors), cacio e pepe and the bistecca for two.
Tip: Patio facing Village Circle; weekday happy hour 4 to 6pm at the bar.
Noble Crust in Carrollwood runs neighborhood Italian-American with wood-fired pizzas, fresh pasta and a Southern-Italian heritage on the entree side.
Order: Wood-fired sausage pizza and the Sunday gravy with meatballs.
Tip: Family-friendly; the Sunday gravy special runs all weekend.
Petra on Kennedy Boulevard has served halal-certified Jordanian and Palestinian dishes since 2004, with mansaf lamb shank and shawarma as the table builders.
Order: Mansaf lamb shank with yogurt sauce and the chicken shawarma wrap.
Tip: Halal-certified; gluten-free menu available except for the pita; lunch special runs until 3pm.
