Athar and Atheer Naif—sisters and co-owners of Seminole Heights eatery Harvest Bowl—are getting even more from their space by adding a pizza concept and creating a ghost kitchen for making deliverable chef-inspired meals to-go.
According to Athar, who shared the news with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay in a DM, the new concept, a pizzeria, is scheduled to open mid-October in the old Domino's location next door to Harvest Bowl at 6113 N. Florida Ave. The pizza spot’s name will be H2 Kitchen+Pizzeria, and it’ll feature baked goods, Mediterranean twists like halloumi pizza, plus gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options (halloumi is a cheese traditionally made from goat's and sheep's milk, or a mixture of the two). Harvest Bowl’s chef, Kevin Boxx, will run the new space, which opens to the public Thursday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m (a limited pizza and sandwich menu will be in effect).
In the meantime, Boxx is using the space as a ghost kitchen for preparing chef-inspired family dinners and meals to-go.
As of yesterday, customers can order Boxx’s creations. Each dinner is $50 per couple and made from scratch. Meals come with an entreé, two sides, and a salad. This week’s meals include a half-roasted chicken with French lentils, oven-roasted broccoli and a burrata caprese salad or eggplant parmesan with lemon roasted cauliflower, green beans with charred onions and balsamic glaze and a tri-colored salad.
“You can order the meals for anything you want from a date night to when you just don’t feel like cooking,” says Athar.
Slide into their DMs or email your pre-order at harvestbowltampa@gmail.com. Weekly specials will be posted on Instagram every weekend and orders are due no later than 11a.m. on Wed. Pickup is 5 p.m.-7p.m. Thurs.-Sat. depending on the corresponding day of the orders.
UPDATED: 09/28/20 4:33 p.m. Updated with the concept's name and opening date.
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This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2020.