New Tampa Nibbles — Updates On Mpanitas, Saffron, Kobé & Zio’s

Mpanitas Opens On CC Blvd.!

The second Tampa location of Mpanitas has opened in the oft-vacated spot in the Mobil gas station plaza at 10865 Cross Creek Blvd.

With delicious Venezuelan favorites like the excellent empanadas shown here (right), stuffed with your choice of shredded or ground beef, chicken, cheese, ham & cheese, potatoes & cheese and even fish, Mpanitas also serves arepas, mini-empanadas, mandocas, sweet tequeños and outstanding café con leché. For more information, follow “mpanitas” on Instagram or call (813) 315-8697.

In that same building on Cross , right next to Mpanitas, owners Sunita and Nimesh Chheda of Saffron Indian Cuisine say that although they do plan to retire sometime in the near future — after 20 years in New Tampa — they have extended their lease for at least another month or two, so definitely plan to visit them sometime in the near future, or you may just miss out. For more information, call (813) 600-3315 or visit SaffronIndianCuisineTampa.com.

It’s been almost a year-and-a-half since the Kobé Japanese Steakhouse closed on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in the Pebble Creek Collection and fans of the dinner-anda-show teppanyaki table eatery have been waiting for it to reopen in its new location a mile or so to the south ever since.

After stopping in again last week, I can assure you that the inside of the new, 7,000-sq.-ft. Kobé looks nothing like any of the restaurants — Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Señor T’s and Vuelo Mexican Restaurant — that preceded it at 17641 BBD (next to Chili’s Grill & Bar). The new Kobé will still have a nice bar area for those who don’t need to sit at the hibachi tables and the place itself looks like it will be a beautiful upgrade from the old Kobé.

But, when will it finally open? Kim, who was conducting the staff interviews one of the recent days I visited, said “We are pushing really hard to be open by Mother’s Day (May 14).”

Unfortunately, the relocated Kobé had not opened when we went to press with this issue the week before Mom’s Day, but looked close enough that it might still have opened by May 14. In other words, by the time this issue reaches you, you probably should go check it out! For more information, visit KobeSteakhouse.com.

Meanwhile, back in the Pebble Creek Collection (at 19651 BBD Blvd.), another equally anticipated (at least by this and other native New Yawkas) restaurant — Zio’s New York Bagels — also is much closer to opening, as owner Jeff Cofini said that some of the bagel bakery and sandwich shop’s most important pieces of equipment were finally assembled and ready to be delivered.

“They finally finished building the (bagel) oven,” Cofini told me. “Now, it has to be shipped from New Jersey.” He said he had no further details, but hoped to be open shortly after this issue reaches your mailbox.

For more information, call (813) 388-9498 or email Jeff Cofini at ZiosNYBagels@gmail.com if you’re interested in a job. — GN

N ew T ampa & w esley C hapel

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