Food tour in Ybor City
Historic Ybor City Food and Culture Walking Tour
3 of these places are in Ybor City
Tampa's bakery tradition is Cuban and Italian at its core, anchored by the brick ovens that fed the cigar workers of Ybor City and West Tampa. La Segunda Central Bakery in Ybor City and Alessi Bakery in West Tampa still turn out the long Cuban loaves the city was built on, with Mauricio Faedo's Bakery nearby. A newer wave of pastry and donut shops has arrived too, from The Salty Donut in Hyde Park and Seminole Heights to Boulon Bakery on Water Street.
17 bakery places in Tampa we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tampa · Bakery across every city.
Order Long Cuban bread with palmetto frond
La Segunda in Ybor City has baked Cuban bread daily since 1915, with 18,000-plus loaves a day and the palmetto frond baked into the top loaf for steam.
Order Hand-carved Cuban sandwich
Alessi Bakery on West Cypress has run an Italian and Cuban bakery in Tampa since 1912, with famous hand-carved Cuban sandwiches, deviled crabs and cannolis.
Order Daily-baked Cuban bread
Mauricio Faedo's Bakery on North Florida Avenue bakes Cuban bread, breakfast Cuban toast and deviled crabs daily, with the family running it since 1955.
Order Pressed Cuban sandwich
La Segunda's Kennedy Boulevard cafe brings the 1915 Cuban bread tradition to South Tampa with table service, Cuban sandwiches and pastelitos.
Order Maple bacon donut
The Salty Donut on Swann Avenue in Hyde Park serves artisan donuts and specialty coffee in an enclosed indoor-outdoor living room with custom Tampa motifs.
Order Brown butter salted dulce de leche donut
The Salty Donut's Seminole Heights store anchors the North Florida Avenue food strip, with the same artisan donuts and Counter Culture Coffee program.
Order Oversized apple fritter
Hole In One on North Florida Avenue has run a classic donut shop in Tampa since 1980, named one of Yelp's 50 Best Donut Shops in America in 2026.
Order Guava pastelito
La Caridad Bakery on West Columbus Drive has run Cuban bread, pastelitos and Cuban breakfast toast for West Tampa for over four decades.
Order Almond croissant
Boulon Bakery at Water Street is the grab-and-go counter of Boulon Brasserie, with Pastry Chef Summer Bailey baking French viennoiserie and croissants.
Order Country sourdough loaf
The Grove Bakery in Old Seminole Heights runs naturally leavened sourdough loaves, country breads and weekend pastry boxes from a Florida Avenue garage.
Order Cheese empanada
Casino Bakery on Howard Avenue runs a working-class Cuban bakery and counter with empanadas, pastelitos, guava pasteles and a daily Cuban toast breakfast.
Order Spicy deviled crab
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.
Order Olive sourdough boule
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.
Order Rum cake
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.
Order Bavarian cream
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.
Order Roasted vegetable sandwich
Roast Deli and Bakery in Ybor runs morning pastries, sandwiches and coffee in the same building that houses Madame Fortune in the back room.
Try Oversized apple fritter
Hole In One Donuts on North Florida Avenue serves Yelp's top-50 oversized apple fritter for under $5 each morning.
