New gourmet toast restaurant Toastique opens at Tampa’s Water Street this month

This gourmet toast and juice bar describes itself as “a fresh, chic and rustic experience,” and there’s probably no better place for Toastique than Tampa’s booming Water Street district.

About a year after the concept was originally announced, Tampa’s Toastique will open on Saturday, Oct. 28, according to a press release. The first 100 customers in line will receive 50 rewards dollars.

Toastique heads to 1011 E Cumberland Ave. on the ground floor of the Cora building, around the corner from neighboring concepts like the newly-opened Predalina, Wagamama and the Tampa Edition.

Its menu consists of four major categories: toasts, smoothies, bowls and juices. Different ingredients that you can add to your toast include toppings like avocado, hummus, tomatoes, burrata and olives alongside proteins like smoked salmon, prosciutto, lump crab and tuna.

Its smoothie and bowl offerings include all of the expected fruit and granola options, or you can grab a cold-pressed juice packed with feel-good ingredients like turmeric, ginger, lemon and kale.

There are about 20 locations of the Washington D.C.-based, health-conscious business across the U.S., but the only Florida outposts live in Winter Garden and Sarasota in addition to Tampa and Orlando’s upcoming Toastiques.

25 year-old entrepreneur Adrian Lojo— who’s father operates the Clermont-based Lojo Restaurant Management—owns Tampa’s first Toastique with partners Valery Valencia, Yvis Manrique, and Sarai Sanchez. Lojo also owns the Toastique location in Winter Garden.

For the latest updates on Toastique and its grand opening later this month, head to its Instagram at @toastique.

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This article appears in Oct 5-11, 2023.