OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

For the latest updates on Calida, follow its Instagram at @calidastpete or head to calidastpete.com. The intimate, 25-seat eatery is now open in St. Pete’s Crescent Heights neighborhood from 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. each Thursday-Saturday.

The bakery is located within restaurateur Jeff Gigante’s Boulon Brasserie at 1001 Water St. and is open Tuesday-Sunday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Inspired by traditional French cuisine, Boulon Bakery offers a variety of pastries, breads and sandwiches, including blueberry corn muffins and Impossible sausage and egg sandos. There’s also coffee and tea from Drink Katy’s.

During a site visit last January, Gigante beamed with pride over the bakery, pointing to the small, sun-lit room, saying, “we’re gonna have all the beautiful sweet little sandwiches , coffee and espresso, all of that, right here.”

Directing the kitchen is Summer Bailey—former leader of the pastry program at Bern’s—who will also oversee the pastry program at Union American Kitchen, which opens today.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, Calida is owned by Dayna Bennett, a California native with a resume stacked with experience at highly-regarded

Boulon Brasserie’s bakery is now open at Water Street in downtown Tampa

Boulon Bakery, a bready companion inside Boulon Brasserie, is now open in the Water Street District.

Boulon Brasserie opened earlier this year from Next Level Brands, a Tampa-based restaurant group that is also behind Forbici and Union New American, and is led by chef Habteab “Hab” Hamde, who previously was the executive chef at Bern’s Steakhouse.—Tyana

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