This place had open sign lit at 745am today and a guy inside at counter on his phone but doors locked saw me and didn’t unlock so not sure what’s up. 10 min walk there and left after standing outside for a bit in view of him.
Ali Abukhdeir
Third time going and third time being a satisfied customer. The food is really good, surprisingly good. I was expecting fast food, Dunkin-style, but that’s not the case at all. The coffee is excellent too. I’ll be a repeat customer for sure!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J.A. Monta
I had a very tasty Cuban breakfast sandwich and a delicious coffee. This place has upstanding service and food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Idell Boykin
I love the atmosphere and I was welcomed by an employee in a friendly manner.
Recommended dishes: Iced Caramel Macchiato
Toni Thompson
This great eatery and meeting spot champions an important mission to bridge people with addiction, incarceration and homelessness to job training, employment and affordable housing opportunities. We held a community information business meeting in a large room that also serves as the place for Sunday services. Breakfast was great with REAL scrambled eggs, super crisp bacon, container yogurt and really fresh chopped fruit, with freshly brewed coffee and water. Basic, great, and basically great food for our event. They also offer a restaurant with line serving, indoor seating in several distinct areas from high top tables, accessible tables, and comfy sofa settings. They also offer out door seating with accessible tables with umbrellas and free of morning sun. The signage of the delicious menu is posted, yellow background with dark letters, readable and free of glare with a chalkboard sign of todays special, chef salad and more. They list an array of community events, events to support the mission, and fun things to do. I enjoyed seeing the games at the games to play while dining here for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Accessible entry/exit with manual doors, accessible venue, Accessible men's, women's and family restrooms with grab bars, 5ft x 5ft space. Family restroom has diaper changer. They also have kids high chairs. Accessible van parking in street parking pay by app. Some free parking is available a few blocks away with good sidewalks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: American Two Eggs with Bacon
chamber7 as
Candy Lowe's Black Business Hall of Fame Event! Great friendly and courteous staff for your next spacious event ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Donaldson
Such a great cafe!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
arielle kaitlin
Food was amazing everything was fresh and the bread was soft, the staff was very welcoming as well as other patrons. They also support a great cause in giving back to the community. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Witschner
Wonderful place truly feel the love in the air
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike S.
It's alright. After combing through every coffee house in the city on Google Maps, I noticed this one was one of the highest rated in all of Tampa, so I knew I needed to visit. After spending a few hours here though, it's pretty clear that no one thinks this is an amazing cafe or anything; this place is highly rated mainly because it's a *massively* popular community center. In the span of just a few hours, I saw a Bible study, a job interview for a blue collar job, a group of homeless people, a woman (I'm guessing a parolee) who was being trained to help with custodial work, and what looked like an AA meeting in the private meeting room. It has a beautiful exterior and interior (I think it's a restored church building), with some cozy space for drinking coffee and eating brunch. However, this place is only open weekdays during work hours, and because the cafe explicitly caters to the homeless and jobless (see their mission statement in my photos), there are a lot of shady characters walking around. I walked past a shirtless dude outside the building, and inside, I could clearly hear a woman muttering violent stuff to herself and chuckling (very mentally ill). This is a safe sanctuary for people in a rough patch, but you might feel very unsafe if you're not accustomed to that crowd.
Parking: The Portico has its own dedicated parking lot where you can park 2 hours for free. Roughly 2 rows of 10 spaces each = roughly 20 spots total. I visited on a Wednesday morning at 10am, and there was only 1 spot open because there was a Bible study or something. Otherwise, there's plenty of paid street parking.
I love this place. Not only is it welcoming to everyone, but the food is always fresh and delicious. My favorite is the avocado toast. The chocolate chip cookies are really good too and so are the coffees!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avocado, Muffin
William Almaguer
serve the homeless on Sunday doing God's work.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Black Harlem
Good food
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Felienne Pierre
Wheelchair accessibility: Very accessible they have plenty handicap ♿️ parking
This place had open sign lit at 745am today and a guy inside at counter on his phone but doors locked saw me and didn’t unlock so not sure what’s up. 10 min walk there and left after standing outside for a bit in view of him.
Third time going and third time being a satisfied customer. The food is really good, surprisingly good. I was expecting fast food, Dunkin-style, but that’s not the case at all. The coffee is excellent too. I’ll be a repeat customer for sure!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had a very tasty Cuban breakfast sandwich and a delicious coffee. This place has upstanding service and food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love the atmosphere and I was welcomed by an employee in a friendly manner.
Recommended dishes: Iced Caramel Macchiato
This great eatery and meeting spot champions an important mission to bridge people with addiction, incarceration and homelessness to job training, employment and affordable housing opportunities. We held a community information business meeting in a large room that also serves as the place for Sunday services. Breakfast was great with REAL scrambled eggs, super crisp bacon, container yogurt and really fresh chopped fruit, with freshly brewed coffee and water. Basic, great, and basically great food for our event.
They also offer a restaurant with line serving, indoor seating in several distinct areas from high top tables, accessible tables, and comfy sofa settings. They also offer out door seating with accessible tables with umbrellas and free of morning sun.
The signage of the delicious menu is posted, yellow background with dark letters, readable and free of glare with a chalkboard sign of todays special, chef salad and more.
They list an array of community events, events to support the mission, and fun things to do. I enjoyed seeing the games at the games to play while dining here for breakfast, brunch, or lunch.
Accessible entry/exit with manual doors, accessible venue,
Accessible men's, women's and family restrooms with grab bars, 5ft x 5ft space. Family restroom has diaper changer. They also have kids high chairs.
Accessible van parking in street parking pay by app. Some free parking is available a few blocks away with good sidewalks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: American Two Eggs with Bacon
Candy Lowe's Black Business Hall of Fame Event! Great friendly and courteous staff for your next spacious event ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Such a great cafe!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was amazing everything was fresh and the bread was soft, the staff was very welcoming as well as other patrons. They also support a great cause in giving back to the community. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful place truly feel the love in the air
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's alright. After combing through every coffee house in the city on Google Maps, I noticed this one was one of the highest rated in all of Tampa, so I knew I needed to visit. After spending a few hours here though, it's pretty clear that no one thinks this is an amazing cafe or anything; this place is highly rated mainly because it's a *massively* popular community center. In the span of just a few hours, I saw a Bible study, a job interview for a blue collar job, a group of homeless people, a woman (I'm guessing a parolee) who was being trained to help with custodial work, and what looked like an AA meeting in the private meeting room. It has a beautiful exterior and interior (I think it's a restored church building), with some cozy space for drinking coffee and eating brunch. However, this place is only open weekdays during work hours, and because the cafe explicitly caters to the homeless and jobless (see their mission statement in my photos), there are a lot of shady characters walking around. I walked past a shirtless dude outside the building, and inside, I could clearly hear a woman muttering violent stuff to herself and chuckling (very mentally ill). This is a safe sanctuary for people in a rough patch, but you might feel very unsafe if you're not accustomed to that crowd.
Parking: The Portico has its own dedicated parking lot where you can park 2 hours for free. Roughly 2 rows of 10 spaces each = roughly 20 spots total. I visited on a Wednesday morning at 10am, and there was only 1 spot open because there was a Bible study or something. Otherwise, there's plenty of paid street parking.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
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I love this place. Not only is it welcoming to everyone, but the food is always fresh and delicious. My favorite is the avocado toast. The chocolate chip cookies are really good too and so are the coffees!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avocado, Muffin
serve the homeless on Sunday doing God's work.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wheelchair accessibility: Very accessible they have plenty handicap ♿️ parking
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Love their breakfasts
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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