TAMPA, Fla., March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dining out in Tampa is not just grouper sandwiches. Restaurant owner and bacon-lover Suzanne Perry (Datz, Dough, Roux, Dazzle) has been gobbling up restaurant awards and media attention (Florida Trend Golden Spoon, Tampa Bay Times Best New Restaurant), cocktail accolades and snagging TV Food Network/Travel Channel appearances for innovative, quirky restaurant trio and Dazzle catering.
In addition to an eclectic wine list, seasonal craft bourbons, sexy scotch menu, gluten-friendly dishes, an artisan boutique (cookbooks, chocolates, hot sauces) and a new Tampa Bay Airport location (2016), Perry plans to update menus seasonally, featuring her traveling food finds. "Indulge, invent, repeat is our mangia motto."
DATZ's stuffed meatloaf, prickly pear mimosa, blue cheese datzcho potato chips, short rib sloppy joe and chicken n' waffle benedict plus Sunday brunch (red velvet pancakes) wow all including the kids menu peanut butter, marshmallow cream and sliced bananas on Datz milk bread). Burgers rock, especially the Vandross (house-made bacon onion marmalade) and black bean veggie Happy Cow. Sensational salads from kale to Cobb balance the Anson Mills cheesy grits and macdaddy and cheese splurges. Breakfast treats feature creme brulee French toast, Sriracha maple sausage egg sammy, pastrami benedict and The Aloha (cream cheese stuffed Amish milk bread, pineapple rum compote, caramelized coconut.) 2616 S Macdill Ave, Tampa, FL 33629 (813) 831-7000
DATZ DOUGH's sweet success feature whimsical cakes (lemon coconut, Florida Key lime, root beer float, peanut butter chocolate, strawberry champagne), boozy shakes, stuffed oreo brownies, Buffalo Trace bourbon chocolate cake, ditzy doughnuts and spinach feta cruffin. 2602 South Macdill Ave., Tampa FL 33629 (813) 902-1979
ROUX's Creole Nouvelle rolls out a new weekend brunch (crab imperial crepes, eggs sardou) and hosted guest chefs Leon Galatoire and Bonnie Breaux. Best washed down with Nola lager (Dixie Voodoo), the unique menu features Faitdodo (Creole red beans and rice, andouille sausage, poached egg, hollandaise), 11 Po'Boy (alligator sausage, soft-shell crab) to remoulade pulled pork banh mi, Roux skillet cornbread, shrimp and oyster plate, crawfish Etoufee, fried chicken salad, duck and doughnuts, brown shrimp seafood gumbo, jambalaya and soulful Cajun fries. Best of show? The craft cocktails, especially the Vieux Carre (rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, Benedectine and Creole bitters) or Pimms Cup with Mr. Q cucumber soda. 4205 South Macdill Ave. Tampa FL 33629 (813) 443-5255
DAZZLE: Weddings, events, dinner parties and everything catering: [email protected] or 813-831-7000
SOURCE Datz, Dough, Roux
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