Datz and Dough are closing in South Tampa

Folks driving down S Macdill Avenue will soon miss the tongue-in-cheek phrases on Datz’s sign, because the South Tampa restaurant recently sold to new owners.

Datz and its accompanying dessert shop Dough— located at 2616 S MacDill Ave.— will close to make way for the new property owner’s concepts.

The Tampa Bay Business Journal says Datz owners Roger and Suzanne Perry recently sold their South Tampa parcel for $6.1 million dollars and that the building’s new owners will revamp the former Datz space into another restaurant and replace the former bakery with a new retail concept.

TBBJ adds that Datz and Dough will “wind down their operations at some point in the next several weeks,” but did not include an official closure date.

Calls to both Datz and co-owner Suzanne Perry were not immediately returned.

A Dough employee, however, told CL that today, July 20, is actually the bakery’s last day in operation, and that South Tampa’s Datz will be open until Sunday, Aug. 27.

In addition to South Tampa’s Datz, there are additional locations in downtown St. Pete and Riverview, which will both stay open.

The Tampa-based restaurant—founded in 2009—is known for its whacky culinary creations and Instagrammable eats like breakfast carbonara pasta, Nashville chicken doughnuts and “trash can” nachos. Its prized Cheesy Todd burger—smashed between two fried mac and cheese “buns”—was even on the cover of Creative Loafing’s munchies-themed issue earlier this year.

Dough, Datz’s sweeter sibling, made its debut in South Tampa in 2013 and specializes in everything from cakes, brownies and milkshakes to cheesecakes, doughnuts and iced coffee.

In addition to its various Datz locations and Donovan’s Meatery in Riverview, the Perrys once owned and operated other concepts like Dr. BBQ in downtown St. Pete and South Tampa’s New Orleans-inspired Roux. Both restaurants have closed within the last few years.

Datz also opened a small outpost in the Tampa Convention Center in 2021, although it is no longer listed as a location on datztampa.com.  An employee of the Tampa Convention Center confirmed that its Datz cafe is no longer in operation and has since been replaced with other hospitality concept.

For the latest news on Datz and Dough’s imminent closure in South Tampa, head to its Facebook at @DatzTampa or Instagram at @datz4foodies.

UPDATED at 2:15 p.m. on 7/28/23: To include the official closing date of South Tampa’s Datz.

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This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2023.