Wedged between a yoga studio and a juicery in an unassuming building in St. Pete’s boho Historic Uptown neighborhood, Flatbread and Butter turns out a colorful version of avocado toast, with pickled onions, heirloom tomatoes and plenty of seeds joining avocado mash on a big slice of sourdough. Non-vegans should get it with a poached egg, which enhances the dish’s delightful complexity. flatbreadandbutter.com

Eric Snider is the dean of Bay area music critics. He started in the early 1980s as one of the founding members of Music magazine, a free bi-monthly. He was the pop music critic for the then-St. Petersburg...