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Side dish
By CHRIS SHERMAN, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published January 17, 2002
New in town
If your sweet tooth aches, it must know that Sugar Cubed has opened (4110-A Henderson Blvd., Tampa, (813) 839-3003).
Too-cute name is spelled in math notation, and the patisserie is enclosed in an art gallery, but it's the chocolates and pastries in Euro cases that take sweets to a higher power.
Pastry chef Kim Yelvington (ex-SideBern's, Bern's) is a partner and cooks with Valrhona chocolate and high-glam presentation.
Menu runs from pastel macaroons and petits fours to precious personal desserts of pear mousse and chocolate in all forms (and in party sizes).
Eat them at the Chocolate Bar ($6.95 and up) with a cup of coffee or take 'em home.
Extra serving
Nothing lazy about the Brown Dog Cafe. After settling into its new home (3451 Fourth St. N, (727) 896-8822), the Dog adds a brunch eclectic. Huevos rancheros, veggie foo yung and salmon-broccoli crepes as well as eggs with sausage and biscuits served on Saturday and Sunday mornings, $4.95 to $7.95.
I'll have another . . .
Choice of hot sauce. They're not all the same, no sir. Folks at Coney Island (250 Ninth St. N; St. Petersburg, (727) 822-4493), a beloved hot dog stand, are sticklers about condiments (ketchup fanciers pay extra for their uppity ways). Ask for hot sauce, they ask "Tabasco or Crystal?" My favorite is Cholula, but I'm delighted when anyone pays attention to detail.
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