Bubbakoo’s Burritos & Little Greek Coming To Phase II Of The Shops Of New River!

Developer Charlene Worrell of Suncoast Retail Developers, Inc., says, “We have one 1,250-sq.-ft. end cap space remaining at Shops of New River – Phase II, located next to 2+2 Restaurant on C.R. 54 at New River Rd.” 

The tenants with signed leases so far at the new 7,000-sq.-ft. plaza are Little Greek Fresh Grill, Bubbakoo’s Burritos and Wesley Chapel Dental Care. 

Little Greek is a Tampa Bay-area mini-chain with seven locations, including one on Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in New Tampa and one on U.S. Hwy. 41/Land O’Lakes Blvd. in Land O’Lakes. It is known for fast, fresh Greek- and Mediterranean-style food, like the gyro platter shown left. For more information, visit LittleGreekFreshGrill.com. 

Bubbakoo’s is another local mini-chain with three Bay-area locations, including one on Gall Blvd. in Zephyrhills. It features uniquely-named, delicious looking “Signature Creations” like the Birria Crunchstack (below right photo), Nashville Hot Chicken Burrito and General Tso’s Taco Trio. 

Since the opening of Bubbakoo’s is several months away (Worrell says the first tenants will be moving in to the new plaza by around the end of this year), I will have to take a ride to the Zephyrhills locations to try some of these tasty-looking options. For more info, visit Bubbakoos.com. 

Wesley Chapel Dental Care will occupy Spaces B&C (3,250 sq. ft. total) on the graphic above, but we did not have any additional information about it at our press time, other than a website — WesleyChapelDentalCare.com — where interested potential patients can sign up. 

For more info about Phase II of the Shops of New River, call Worrell at (813) 340-5151 or email her at Charlene.Worrell@ suncoastrental.com. — GN 

NT/WC’s Favorite Greek/Indian Restaurants

The Hungry Greek, like Vallarta’s, also keeps the locals happy (it’s #1 in New Tampa & Wesley Chapel) with great Greek and Mediterranean specialties at super-fair prices — especially when you factor in the quality of the food, the size of the portions served and the restaurant’s ability to get you in and out quickly while still cooking your food to order.

We recommend trying the Greek salads, gyro and chicken pita bread sandwiches (and platters) and variety of kabob entrées, falafel, dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baked pastitsio (Greek lasagne) and spanikopita (spinach pie).

Wash it down with a Mythos or other Greek beer.

2 — Acropolis Greek Taverna New Tampa’s sit-down Greek restaurant has some of the best Greek cuisine around. Try the saganaki (Greek cheese flambĂ©), grilled octopus, lamb chops and the Athenian fish.

3 — Little Greek on BBD in New Tampa is very similar in menu and serving style to Hungry Greek, and does an equally outstanding job of getting customers in and out quickly, even during its lunchtime rush.

4 — Minerva Indian Restaurant was the only Indian eatery to make this top-5 with its extensive menu packed with flavorful options, as well as one of the best Indian buffets around, with plenty of vegetarian choices.

5 — Al-Sham Palace in the Pebble Creek Collection is one of our area’s few truly authentic Syrian/Mediterranean restaurants, featuring a variety of shawarma and gyro sandwiches, plus kafta and chicken kababs & more.

The Next 5, in order of votes: Medilish Med Grill, Ice Spice Cafe, Atithi Indian, Taaza Mart Cafe, Petra Mediterranean Express (OOB).