Crumb & Cork

Best place ever! I had to beg my hubby to go here but once we got there he was sold also. We had intended to go to that «other place «that keeps opening and closing but this is now the place to be for jazz! Forget that «other place» with the $ 20 cover! The cheese plates are amazing. We created our own and requested something off the menu and they easily accommodated and made it happen. They want you to enjoy yourselves here. Love this place. Joshua was amazing. Best honey ever!

This place just really appealed to me… I loved the atmosphere and the music (soft jazz the night we were there and. not over the top loud so you can actually have a conversation) We had a few bottles of wines with friends over the course of our night and some small plates and was not disappointed with anything. Nice menu for whatever you are in the mood for, small plates, full entrees or just dessert. FUN place that we will return to.

The fondue was awful, a joke for $ 19…

We went for supper during happy hour but service was so slow we just got appetizers. One waiter stepped up and tried to make up for the bad service, making some good recommendations on wine. Overall a low key, quiet environment.

Ok so I had found this place on the interwebs and I saw that they had ½ priced bottles of champs and bogo apps and such and it sounded wonderful. So we arrived here on a friday evening around 545 or so. When we arrived we were the only people at the restaurant. We sat down and demanded their bruschetta as their little newsletter I signed up for insisted we do. We received said bruschetta. It was yummy. We inquired about the champs… what none of the promos tell you is that only the bottles that are $ 100.00 + are ½ off. But that was fine, I wanted good dry champs. So we ordered a bottle of Moet. When you order a bottle of champs there they bring it out with a sparkler and it’s super exciting… Love that!
So we get some apps… I will say that if I paid full price for the apps I may be annoyed because they were small. But we didn’t so no biggie. We had the brie and the chips with blue cheese and balsamic. Then we ordered our dinner. I got a flatbread and my friend got some pasta. It took FOREVER. Like we were the only people there when we got there… shouldn’t have taken an hour to make a flatbread and pasta. We were going to a show at the straz, and we needed to leave at a certain time, we got there early enough that we should’ve been fine. Foodwise the flatbread was good… we had to take the pasta to go, but my friend wasn’t a fan.
The service was ok. I believe Joseph was out in the dining room and he was nice but very busy and eventually we seemed to get a bit lost with all of the tables he had. We were also very into our conversation, so that may have been why. Overall we had a good experience and if it wasn’t for the long wait I would’ve given 4 stars.

Wtf I mean the place was amazing my waiter was even better the food was great and liquor was great and unlike other reviews the water the free but you get ur get ur bill and see «open service %» and it’s like $ 30 buck n yea like wtf is this… well guess what they put the tip already in ok cool but let me decide what I want to tip. Other thing is I gave my card and it ask «tip» and «total» like f-​** that I already gave you $ 30 and ur asking for more? Honestly it was a great experience and I recommend the 3 chocolate truffle for dessert, but I will not go again.

Where else can you go for 2−4−1 specials AND hear some cool live jazz? This place!
Don’t be intimidated by their vast wine selection because their wait staff is exceptionally knowledgeable and will walk you through their offerings.
Looking for a date place to impress, this is the place!

Extremely enjoyable evening at this establishment. Beautifully and tastefully decorated with excellent service, especially Jason, our waiter. Food was excellent. Sort of reminded me of a tapas type serving, though you can get full meals. We enjoyed a range of selections of their meats, cheeses and hot brie with dates and honey which was scrumptious. The entertainment was «par excellent»! We were there when Off The Cuff played. You might be concerned that in such a small place that it would be loud, but the acoustics were great. The only thing that would be lovely to add would be just a few rare import beers, but then, I guess it wouldn’t be Crumb and CORK — lol. Go here, it is wonderful!!!

Ok, so I found this place by google. Yes most places say amazing food. Amazing happy hour, I can say this is very true for Crumb&Cork. Wine selection is great and happy hour is great!!! (See pictures) Joshua is a great owner/​host…

Did a wine and paint here for a work retreat and when the chef heard I couldn’t do the cheese on the pizza he made a couple without cheese. Superb service, they make a mean sangria, and the space was perfect for the painting session.

I was very excited to try this place — a wine and jazz bar sounds like a fun Saturday night with friends — and I had an $ 80 Creative Loafing certificate to share. We were a group of 5. Each of us had a few glasses of wine and water, which as you can see from the reviews you are charged for — there is no option for complimentary «tap» water. OK, fine. I knew that going in so was prepared and I gave our group a head’s up as well.
We ordered a charcuterie plate, two or three flatbreads, and fondue. The food was good, but pricey. The fondue portions were very small (maybe 1 cup cheese fondue per 4-​person serving?) and it was expensive at $ 35! We ended up ordering two cheese fondues as one definitely didn’t serve 4 people… we needed two even after ordering flatbreads and a charcuterie plate! We also ordered two 4-​person chocolate fondues (also a small portion) — and had to order additional «dippers» for, of course, an additional charge.
The bill — for five people — was around $ 250 — and that was *after* the Creative Loafing $ 80 certificate was applied! All in our group agreed we wouldn’t make the trip to Crumb & Cork again simply because it was expensive.
On the plus side, the $ 130 we spent on the fondue (yes, $ 130 only on fondue!) left us wanting for more at a reasonable price, so we invited those same friends over to the house for cheese and chocolate fondue a few weekends later… delicious!

I had been wanting to come here for a while, but it did not live up to my expectations.
I know this is supposed to be a casual neighborhood place to get a glass of wine and have some flatbread, and in that sense, it’s fine. The wines are all very reasonably priced, but there’s nothing great on their list other than the P-​H champagne.
The décor is rather minimalistic, and that’s fine, but given the huge space inside the restaurant, if it isn’t full, the place just looks sad.
The menu was very pedestrian, mostly dips, flatbreads, salads. We had the «chef’s choice» meat and cheese plate. I wish there was the option to choose my own. We were given the prosciutto and a sausage, brie and bleu cheese. The prosciutto was unremarkable, the sausage very pedestrian (sort of like summer sausage). I wish the chef had chosen one harder cheese like a manchego or aged gouda rather than two soft cheeses. They did not provide enough crackers for all the soft cheese. I did not think the pickles and mustard complimented anything but the sausage (olives or nuts would have been a better choice or maybe a honey). The price was fine, but I’ve definitely had better meat and cheese plates around town.
Everything else on the menu looked even less promising. They only had two entrees, both were chicken drowned in cheese. None of the fondues mentioned on the website (or on Unilocal) were available. We ended up finishing our wine and heading next door to Taco Bus.
If I lived in downtown, I might come here as a casual place, but I don’t think I’d drive here. Cheese Please and Bianchi’s Enoteca are much better choices if you want wine and cheese, and they both have a parking lot.

I’m here on Valentine’s Day. Reservations made at 8:30. Got here at 8:30 no one greeted me until after I called in and told them I was standing at the front door. That was 20 minutes later. Ordered a seltzer water never got it. Ordered a beer, had to get it my self from the bar after waiting 15 minutes. Been here almost 2 hours. Still haven’t gotten my dinner. This place sucks ass waitress has a horrible attitude. Didn’t eve apologized for never getting me my beer. Never coming again. DO NOT RECOMEND to any one. Apetizer trio tasted like it came out of a can. Crackers out of a box and stail… Worst place in tampa… Taco bus next door has much better service and
stars by the way but had to click one in order to post

This place is fancier than we thought. It’s a classy wine and appetizer bar. While you can get a meal, don’t go there with the intention of filling up. We had the caprese salad, hummus, and fig and prosciutto flatbread. All the food was amazing, but conservative on portions. The flatbread is something I will dream about; it was the perfect combination of sweet and salty and paired perfectly with moscato.
The service was fantastic, we felt like a friend was serving us! Our server asked if we were going to a show at the Straz, when we said yes, he was highly aware of the time for us, giving us the time to really enjoy our drinks.
I would go again but it would have to be a special occasion because it was pricy and small portions.

Let me start by saying this place has potential of being a great date spot. Also, if you don’t want food and just want a place to drink wine and listen to live music then this may be an option for you. The place is very nicely furnished… I am not rating this based on one time. This is not the first time I’ve been to crumb and cork. I went there twice when it first opened as well, and although the food was always mediocre, the experience has become a lot worst.
We ordered the flatbread because we knew that out of most their food, this was the best option. It came out cold. We asked for crushed red pepper and never got it. You have to pay for water, which is new compared to the times I went there in the beginning. We don’t skimp on anything so clearly buying water is essential and not the end of the world but the fact that you sell only alcohol and know people need water to sober up and drive is just ridiculous. It’s almost like you know your food sucks, so if you charge people for over priced water then you make out okay. The whole concept just rubbed me the wrong way I guess. The cheese dip was awful and lacked complete flavor. The spinach dip was better but still lacked flavor. From the previous time, we remember the fondue being okay but not this flavorless. The crackers were good though so I give them points for that.
The Jazz band was a nice touch and the décor is lovely but our waitress was pretty bad. It took my friends over forty five minutes to get their food. She came up with a lame excuse and she probably didn’t care since gratuity was already included on our checks. The overall experience wasn’t good and I will never go back. I’d also like to mention that we were over charged a whole bottle of wine that we didn’t order and didn’t make a big deal about it at all. The very first time I went, the owner talked to us a lot of the time. That’s super nice of him but made it hard to have an intimate conversation. I went there for brunch as well and it was an okay experience. Way better than the most recent time but it just proves that the place is just going down. I would not recommend this place to anyone. There are many better places through out the bay to try that have better food options before having to come here.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to give this place more stars and here’s why… this is one classy joint! It’s so cute, romantically furnished, intimate and they play wonderful music. BUT here’s why I only rated Crumb & Cork 2-stars…our friendly server Joseph had the grotesque smell of cigarettes (he literally had one right out front before greeting us). Although he was very nice I couldn’t get past that disgusting smell. I also witnessed him stop taking another couples order to answer his cellphone & the another server had to assist them.
Also, I had higher expectations for the quality of food. I literally hadn’t eaten all day because I was looking forward to eating at Cork & Crumb but I was extremely underwhelmed. Initially, I asked for a water with lemon & Joseph said they were out of lemon. I then asked for mint, lime & cucumber and he said they didn’t have any of those either but offered up a slice of orange (which he touched with his stale cigarette scented fingers) Keep in mind this is also a bar. What bar doesn’t have lemon or limes? So I paid $ 1.50 for ½ glass of Evian that tasted like well water probably because it was tainted with the cigarette infused orange slice (it was gross). So I ordered a $ 3.00 ginger ale that was slighted watered down in my opinion.
On to the food, I ordered a not so creamy & flavorless spinach dip and the Cipollini Flatbread which tasted as if it had been torched on a kerosene heater. But the crust was nice a crispy just like I like it. The sauce was not impressive, it was tomato pastie-​ish!
Honestly, I REALLY REALLY wanted to like this place more. I’ll return for the love jazz music but I’ll probably just have a salad & skip over next door to the TACO BUS afterwards.
This place is probably amazing for those of you who like to relax with a glass of wine but I don’t drink alcohol at all (eating is my vice…). So if you’re looking for a mouthing food experience «fa get about it»!

Delicious. Classy. Simply lovely.
We went in on a Sunday afternoon to discover that there is a progressive happy hour daily with both drink and food specials. I ended up taking advantage and ordering the ribeye peppercorn steak, which was delicious. The cut of steak was flavorful, and had the standard characteristics of a mildly fatty ribeye. We also ordered 2 flatbreads– one chicken carbonara and one fig prosciutto. Both were superb, but for me the fig & prosciutto was amazing and like a dessert.
Great service from Jenna.
I can’t wait to go back.

Do you like wine? Do you like cheese? Do you like jazz music? Do you like wine, cheese, and jazz all at once? Then Crumb & Cork is the place for you.
I have been to Crumb & Cork on two different occasions: once for a date night with the boyfriend and once as part of a group for a friend’s birthday. It was a great setting for both situations. First of all, I love the fact that Tampa’s downtown is growing a bit more and that a place like this is now available. Second of all, I also love that this place offers a less noisy alternative than some of the other date night spots in the area. The jazz is not overpowering like at some places.
The food and wine are both very good. Regarding the flatbreads, I have tried quattro formaggi and provencal options. The flatbreads were actually my least favorite of the items I have tried. They were decent, but a little overcooked (cheese was too brown and they were a bit dry). I have also tried the Raclette with chorizo on the side. It tasted great, but I was disappointed at how little cheese you actually get considering the price. My absolute favorites thing has been the tableaux. We had the manchego, jamon serrano, drunken goat, chorizo, mixed olives, and higo one, which was fantastic. It was a beautiful presentation, and I regret not taking a picture at the time. I also tasted my friend’s Classic Swiss fondue, which was off the chain.
A couple of downsides: the service was slow both times I visited. Another issue that came up on my most recent visit is that you could not just order a water — you had to buy a bottle of Evian for the table ($ 4 I believe) if you wanted to just drink water. This is just weird and I have not seen this at other restaurants. Maybe they are trying to encourage people to always drink wine since they would have to pay for water anyway? It was especially annoying to my boyfriend who does not drink alcohol.
The crowd tends to be a bit older here (a lot of people in their 40s and 50s) but I do not mind, as it means things are less noisy. I would definitely suggest this place for an intimate date night or a smaller gathering of friends, as it is not a huge venue. It has a fancy feel, so you can have an excuse to dress up if you want one, although you definitely do not have to dress up too much. After all, this is still Florida.

So many of my favorite things are at Crumb&Cork: live jazz music, wine, cheese and charcuterie.
My husband and I stopped in this Saturday as the Crumb &Cork was opening. We indulged in the happy hour Malbec from Argentina, a mixed cheese and charcuterie platter of prosciutto, salami, aged cheeses, and warm crusty bread served with pesto and olive tapenade. We enjoyed our first glass of wine so much that we decided to order several different glasses of wines as well as the chicken carbonara flatbread pizza (we needed carbs to soak up the booze!). Our server suggested the flatbread and his suggestion was great. I really appreciated that the chef didn’t just plop the toppings on the flatbread. Instead, the chicken and bacon were finely diced so that you didn’t pull off all the toppings upon first bite.
We sat outside since we had our dog with us. Although we would have loved to have stayed later for the live jazz we had just as much fun people watching the attendees from the Tampa Bay Comic-​Con. (Some of the costumes we spotted were absolutely amazing!)
Will definitely return to Crumb&Cork soon to try more of the great wine and food as well as experience the live jazz!

The décor is very minimalist but cute and intimate with couches as well as tables and bar. When we went there was a
even which was entertaining to watch. They have a very extensive wine and champagne menu to choose from.
It was a wednesday night so all the champange was half of bottles so my friend and I ordered a bottle of the Piper-​Heidsieck Brut Florens and the suggestion of the bartender, Josh and it was amazing! Jackie was our server and she did a great job. They bring out the bottle with this little sparkler on the side which makes for a cute presentations.
For for we ordered the Parma flatbread which was amazing! It had prosciutto, cheese, tomatoes and a balsamic glaze on it. We then ordered a meat an cheese platter which was also amazing that had goat cheese, a fruit cheese, duck, salami, mustard and honey and came with a mini a baughette. You also can build your own platter if you choose to as well. For desert we ordered the raspberry fondue which came with marshmallows, star berries, rice krispies and bananas. Everything tasted amazing! My fiancé stopped in and ordered a beer and a salad and liked his food as well.
Once the
even was in full swing 6−8pm, it was hard to get service, which I understand because it got very busy but was a little frustrating. it seamed to take forever to get our checks and then to split them (we had a CL deal).
Overall, I will def. be back! I will just make sure to avoid any Match events!