Doughnuts and Fresh Pastries Abound at Slate Door Brew

Slate Door Brew recently opened next to Chi-Town Beefs and Dogs at 169 Dr. MLK Jr. Street North. The new coffee shop features an array of small bites, including decadent peanut-butter and chocolate brownies, Nutella brioche, orange poppy seed muffins, strawberry muffins, maple glazed cinnamon rolls and more. The shop also serves fair trade, eco friendly coffee.

Their rotating list of drink specials have featured banana caramel lattes and vanilla strawberry frappes. For those looking for a morning boost, Slate Door also serves some fantastic homemade doughnuts. They're open Monday through Friday, from 6am to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday, from 8am to 5pm. Visit their website and Facebook for updates on their daily specials.  They join Black Crow and Bandit Coffee as emerging shops in the Burg. 

Urban Creamery Sets Opening Date

St. Pete residents have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Urban Creamery, the fourth Urban Brand concept created by Andy Salyards. Urban Creamery, located at 689 Central Avenue, will serve a rotating list of handmade ice creams, along with fresh Belgian yeast waffles and milkshakes. Salyards announced that the concept will officially open Thursday, March 31 at 4pm. Urban Creamery has already made small debuts to much fanfare. Earlier in March they served a limited number of free scoops to eager visitors.

The 750 square foot ice cream shop will feature indoor and outdoor seating (40 seats total) and will have a list of 6 unique ice cream flavors. Two that have our attention are the Sea Salt Chocolate Chip and Honey Thyme Lavender flavors.

In the same fashion that their Provisions concept distributes meats, grains and sides to Urban Comfort and Urban Brew & BBQ, Creamery will provide desserts for both restaurants. Speculative hours are Thursday: 4 to 9pm, Friday: 2 to 10pm, Saturday: noon to 10pm and Sunday: noon to 7pm. Stay tuned to their Facebook page for updates.

Sly Bar Now Serving Food

You love Sly Bar for its open mic nights, its slam poetry events and the always creative events (i.e. Cards Against Humanity tournament), now you can adore them for their food, too. They recently began dishing out bar and comfort  food favorites including grinders, toasted subs and breakfast sammies. Their kitchen is open all day every day. If you're looking for something to munch on you can order a basket of fries (regular or cajun) or sliders to share.

Sly Bar will continue to experiment with different menu items. If you're in need of good craft beer, live music, an award-winning trivia night, standup comedy, poetry, sultry piano music and damn good food, we suggest you put Sly Bar on your "must visit" list. Sly Bar, 2061 Central Avenue.