Housewife Bake Shop & Deli

Great variety of pastries, cookies and cakes. Everything tasted fresh and delicious. We also tried the beef empanada and devil crab, they were very good. Breakfast sandwich was very good. Great Cafe con leche and the friendliness of the staff was the best part because it’s hard to get good service nowadays. I will definitely be back and recommend people to come check them out.

I've been looking for a decent old school bakery and decided to check out Housewife. I was highly impressed to say the least. The have remodeled the building and the menu is vast. Pastries, cakes, cookies, sandwiches, coffee, and more. Nice and cozy dining room. Didn't have to wait for service. And the baked goods were excellent! I had a creme Berliner and German chocolate cake. I'm only sad that they're so far away from home. Oh well, I'll find an excuse to make the trip again soon.

All the Tampa residents who have been around a while know this place. The café con leche is always a nice treat as are the sweets they offer from cakes, pastries to cookies. Many unique things to try. The big draw for many of us who live in Tampa is something like a cold pizza called "scacciata". I recommend you try at least one piece as it's really something worth checking out. A simple little thing but so good. Many of us in the area grew up with this at any social gathering you attended. You can buy entire trays or half trays for a crowd. The building is very easy to miss if you go. The exterior is a simple gray building at a busy intersection. Once you go in prepare to come out with more than you need because there are so many things, you'll want to try a few from each category. A nice hot cup of café con leche will give you a boost to get you home with your treats. Limited seating, best to plan to grab and go. Very polite staff and very clean interior.

We've had limited selections over two visits, so I'll start at 4 stars and see what happens. First, Gingerbread! It is clear as soon as you pull into the parking lot that gingerbread man is a specialty here oh, so I cannot figure out why none of the other reviews seem to mention the Gingerbread. A friend pointed us here, and even though three out of five in the family typically don't like gingerbread, we gave it a shot and LOVED it! Their gingerbread men (and women) have a more subtle ginger taste, and the texture is like any more conventional cookie (firm but soft and chewy). Unfortunately, the other item we tried once, the bread pudding, was simply awful. The taste and texture were unlike anything we had tasted, almost like burnt soap (which I know makes no sense at all). If we hadn't driven 30-45 minutes before tasting, we would have asked for a refund. The customer service has been very welcoming, so I suspect they would have honored it. It's just a shame the it was such a 180 from the deliciousness of the gingerbread. But at least we had 1 piece of bread pudding vs. 12 gingerbread people!

My mother brought me here as a child in the early seventies regularly. The Housewife Bakery is still here today serving the best pastries cookies and eclaire's, they have rven even got sandwiches and breakfast sandwiches they have awesome bread and even scacciattica pizza. There is not anything to NOT love about this place. Order ahead and by the platter also available for catering and special events every day.

This a staple in Tampa. I hadn’t been here in years so I stopped in for a breakfast sandwich, cafe con leche and some pastries. Everything was amazing. They have some of the best desserts I’ve ever had, guava cheese pastries, macaroons, cannolis, yummy!! If you live in Tampa and have never come here, I recommend you do!