New Japanese cafe and bakery Samurai Cat debuts in downtown St. Pete

Inside Samurai cat, a new japanese bakery and cafe at 407 Central avenue | st. pete rising

Samurai Cat, a new Japanese bakery and cafe concept, has officially opened in downtown St. Petersburg.

The 1,315-square-foot space at 407 Central Avenue, the former home of Beans & Barlour cafe and dessert shop that closed in November 2023, now boasts Japanese wall art and decor featuring a fierce feline warrior.

Samurai Cat is the newest foodie concept from Majestic Restaurant Group, the hospitality group behind Zukku-San in Wesley Chapel, Ato in Lakeland and Wesley Chapel, and Zukku Sushi in Tampa’s Armature Works. Two new concepts, Ling's Dumplings and Han Hand Roll Bar, will be debuting soon at Armature Works.

Samurai cat’s tamago sando, an egg salad sandwich on japanese milk bread | st. pete rising

Samurai Cat's current menu features the viral Japanese fruit sando, a crema chantilly-stuffed sandwich with strawberries and kiwi between two milk bread slices, and the popular tamago sando, egg salad on milk bread.

It also serves avocado toasts with an assortment of toppings, cold sesame udon salads, and smoked salmon onigiri, which are rice balls filled with salmon and cream cheese.

Sweet drinks include brown sugar milk tea, strawberry matcha lattes, matcha lemonade, and traditional iced tea starting at $6.95.

A Brown Sugar Boba Tea from samurai cat | st. pete rising

It also serves Kahwa Coffee.

Desserts include bubble waffles with flavors like ube and matcha, Portuguese egg tarts, matcha rice krispies, and unique ice creams such as Thai tea almond cookie and lemongrass ginger pear.

Samurai Cat is holding a soft opening this week.

The cafe is open every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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