Saturday, June 12, 2010

Jimmy Z's Barbecue Bistro in New Tampa set to open this month

Jimmy Z's Barbecue Bistro owner, James Zambroski (a resident of New Tampa and formerly of ABC Action News) says that the new restaurant should be open before the end of June.  The North Carolina style barbecue restaurant will seat 50, offer take out, and will be open every day of the week except Monday, offering barbecue pork, beef, chicken and pork chops.   The new restaurant is located at 10861 Cross Creek Boulevard in New Tampa at the former location of Cafe Parisien in the Cross Creek Plaza.   Zambroski also added that the new restaurant will include an art gallery with works for sale of featured artists.  The first artist to have his works exhibited will be Jack Beverland.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This trend in New Tampa about being closed one day a week does not have a good track record. Of the restaurants in NT that have done this very few are still open. Why would you close?

Anonymous said...

Customer service - pathetic: I drove up and got the immediate impression that I was interrupting a conversation between the proprietor and his friend. Before the car came to a stop, he was shouting at me that there was no dine-in service. Once inside, it felt like my presence was being tolerated, not welcomed.

Food - mediocre at best: Ribs did not have grilled (or smoked) flavor. Tasted like they were cooked in an oven, then slathered with BBQ sauce. Fries were limp and saturated with grease.

I would never go back.