Family Friendly Tampa: Davis Islands

Davis Islands · new american, seafood, pizza

220 East sits on Davis Boulevard in the small village strip at the top of Davis Islands, and its own site calls it a locally owned American kitchen 24 years strong. The menu runs wider than most neighbourhood rooms: shrimp and grits, a hand-cut New York strip, pizzas including a dill-pickle one the site tells you to trust it on, and a weekend brunch with chicken and waffles. Its Cuban sandwich is built on Cuban bread from La Segunda, which it names on the menu. Several dishes are marked GF on the menu itself.

Davis Islands · bakery, desserts

Bake'n Babes is the dessert counter on the Davis Islands village strip, a few doors from 220 East. It is built around oversized cookies, over-the-top milkshakes and a triple-layer item it has trademarked as the Sleazy Brownie. Flavours named on its own front page include Fruity Pebbles, Nutella-stuffed chocolate chip and plain chocolate chip. It stays open to 10 or 11 at night, which on Davis Islands makes it the after-dinner stop.