Urban Culinary Cuisine Cafe

Urban Culinary Cuisine

Juicy Grilled Chicken Breast with a Creamy White Wine Sauce

Live Entertainment: Jazz Pianist Angelo Tinsley
Saturday March 13th

The Chef's Lecture Series: The Sensual Side of Foods
"The Single Woman's Edition"
Single Men are also Encouraged to Attend!!
Saturday March 27th

Check the Events Page for Details

Our Dining Atmosphere provides our upscale cuisine with a full services appeal, in a limited service format.

Now Serving
Beer and Wine

Create Your Own Entree:
The Opportunity to mix different selections of side dishes with preferred entrees offers our customers greater control in food preferences, pricing and nutritional delight.

Join us for Lunch or Dinner.
Call us to Cater your Event.

Girls Night Out at Urban Culinary Cuisine

Upscale African-American Cuisine
Dine In Take Out Phone Orders Delivery Catering
Cafe Style

See Chef John Saxton with
ABC News Anchor Deiah Riley and
ABC Community Affairs Director Lissette Campos on
ABC TV's"Positively Tampa Bay"

ABC News Anchor Deiah Riley,
Urban Culinary Cuisine Cafe Co-owner and Executive Chef John Saxton,
wife and owner Rose Saxton
and ABC News Anchor Dan Shaffer

"Taking our Cuisine on the Road"
There are so many requests for our cuisine to be catered at various parties and health-related events that we occasionally close the cafe to take our cuisine on the road.

Please call us at
813-994-3800
to ensure the cafe is open!!

Call us at 813-994-3800 to get your party started!!

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Catfish with
Crawfish and Capers
in a Creamy White Wine Sauce

From our Upscale Cuisine Menu

YUM !!

Chocolate Mousse
in a Chocolate Cup

From our Upscale Cuisine Menu

Red Velvet Cake

From our Southern Cuisine Menu

TESTIMONTIALS

WOW! This place was just WONDERFUL! The food was extraordinary and the Chef is awesome. My husband had the Succulent Sirloin Steak and the Chef recommended the Red Wine Sauce and it was just perfect. Urban Culinary Cuisine has new customers and I would be proud to tell my friends. Barbara

"Compliments to the Chef! Wonderful food, great service. Thank God I found this place! Thanks, UCC!" Lara

The food was great and the atmosphere was homey and wonderful. Dominique

"Our experience was exceptional because not only was the service good we were under the impression that they closed earlier than they did. We called and they were closing in 15 minutes but stayed open just for us and the food was excellent as well as the owner's customer service toward us! We really enjoyed the deserts that we took home with us." Carmen

"The food was outstanding! The best tasting food I have had in a long while." Rebecca

"Your food is the best food I have had in a long time! The food is perfectly seasoned, fresh, and delicious. I could eat there everyday. The desserts are just as awesome as the entrees." Courtney

"Your dining room experience is inviting and the personal touch makes one feel welcome. I enjoyed all of the dishes that I have tried so far. My favorite is your pecan pie--it is the best!" Minnie

"The food at the Urban Cafe is superb!!"

"Excellent Experience! Very Nice ambiance! Mac and cheese is fabulous!" Joselynne

"The dining room enviornment is very clean and is conducive to a great dining experience." A.K.

"Always clean and neat. Very welcoming with attentive and courteous staff. I love the salmon and tilapia dishes. By the way, your prices are outstanding for such incredibly good food! Thank you!!!" Deanna

"Very nice. Cozy. I like the music and the television. The food is amazing and at a great price. I would eat there every night if I could!" Raelene

"I liken it more to being with family. Its like sitting down at the table with my own family. Relaxed, friendly, customized, I LOVE it. You're not being herded in and out like most box restaurants." Lisa

"Good atmosphere and great food. Enjoy talking to the chef too." Ken

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Tampa Bay Leadership Commission on AIDS

Exec Chef John Saxton with
Rev Calvin O. Butts III,
National Leader

Hillsborough House of Hope
Their mission is to give women incarcerated in the Hillsborough County Jail the opportunity to successfully reenter the community and become the women God created them to be, doing what He created them to do, through Christian counseling, practical help, love and support.

Exec Chef John Saxton with
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio
just before she cut the ribbon
celebrating the opening
of the second home.

Urban Owner, Rose Saxton with
Margaret Palmer, Founder of The Hillsborough House of Hope.

10016 CROSS CREEK BLVD, TAMPA FL 33647
813-994-3800

Conveniently located on Cross Creek Blvd
approximately 2 miles east of Bruce B. Downs Blvd
in the shopping plaza
across from the New Tampa Library and Benito Middle School

Directions

10016 CROSS CREEK BLVD, TAMPA FL 33647

HOURS:
Monday - Saturday Open 11am to 8pm
Open Sundays 1pm to 6pm

Closed the FIRST SUNDAY of Every Month

Traditional Southern Cuisine
for those desiring the wonderful flavors of southern cooking

with an Urban Flair
for the discerning taste desiring an
ever so slightly upscale dining experience

All meals are cooked FRESH
and cooked when ordered!!
Enjoy an Appetizer or a Drink
as you wait for YOUR personal meal to be prepared.

Can't Make it to New Tampa?

We Cater, Too !!! Voted Best in Catering

"Our agents gave more “thumbs up” to your lunch than any other
caterer we have had. I even had 2 helpings of Mac and cheese
myself. They loved everything. And your quantity was more than sufficient.

Thank you so much for your high quality."

Keller Williams Realty

Caterer to the 2009 NFL Super Bowl

See the review in the Dining Guide of the
FRIDAY EXTRA

    .
Small Eatery Is Big On Flavor

It smells good, it tastes good
and it feels so good goin' down.
Experience the urban essence
of Urban Culinary Cuisine Cafe....



AWARDS

Readers of the Neighborhood News selected
Urban Culinary Cuisine
as one of the Top 5 Restaurants
in the following categories:

In New Tampa
Favorite Restaurant
Best Breakfast
Best Caterer
Best Coffee Shop
Best Deli/Sandwich Shop
Best Lunch
Most Kid Friendly Restaurant In the Tampa Bay Area
Best Breakfast Brunch
Best Caterer
Best Coffee Shop
Best Deli/Sandwich Shop
Best Lunch
Best Ribs and BBQ
Best Smoothies

" Best in Catering " and " Best Personal Chef "
"Best in Sandwiches"   Voted as Better Than Panera Bread

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