Credit: Photo via Ron De Angelis
Calling all Hello Kitty lovers.

The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming to Tampa’s WestShore Plaza this Saturday Feb. 12 as part of its 2022 East Coast tour.

Running from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. near H&M, the truck will offer exclusive goodies and limited-edition collectibles, including Hello Kitty shirts, totes, plushies, cookie sets and more. Only credit/debit card payments are accepted.

Credit: Photo via Ron De Angelis
After stopping in the Bay, the truck will make additional stops in Atlanta on Feb. 19 and Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 26.

The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is planned by the Japanese company Sanrio, which debuted the food-related venture in October 2014. Since then, it has traveled to more than 100 cities in the country attracting hundreds of Hello Kitty lovers.

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This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2022.

Sofía García Vargas, born in Colombia, South America and raised in Costa Rica, Central America, is a journalism student at the University of South Florida and Editor-in-Chief of The Crow’s Nest, USF...