Congratulations to the homeowners of the brand new Tous les Jours bakery franchise at 27209 S.R. 56 — within the former location of Capital Tacos.
Just like the Tous les Jours contained in the Lotte Plaza Market in New Tampa, the Wesley Chapel location provides a big number of freshly baked croissants, pastries, donuts, breads and extra — in each candy and savory varieties — in addition to desserts, espresso drinks, teas, smoothies, lemonades and way more.
Photographer Charmaine George and I’ve visited the brand new Tous les Jours twice and the very first thing we each observed is how a lot nicer and extra spacious the brand new location is than the one within the Lotte Plaza Market meals courtroom. There are a number of tables, in addition to couches, for having fun with your purchases contained in the store, which by no means nonetheless resembles the outdated Capital Tacos.
As for the baked items, among the many candy choices we’ve sampled are an almond croissant, a big Mont Blanc pastry (which is sort of a enormous, crispy outside-flaky inside cinnamon roll), a strawberry croissant crammed not solely with super-fresh strawberries, but in addition whipped cream, and a mini caramel apple pie. The savory objects we’ve tried and loved embody a ham-&-cheese croissant, a spinach and feta pastry (which is each candy and savory), a croque monsieur sandwich (a grilled French-style ham and cheese sandwich) and a sausage onion pastry, which is sort of a scorching canine surrounded by a pastry with onions, cheese and ketchup. There are also a number of totally different sorts of milk breads, full bread loaves full of whipped cream and so many extra. We haven’t tried any of the desserts but, however give us time!
As for drinks, I’ve loved each the vanilla latte and caramel macchiato and Charmaine and I agreed that the contemporary, thick, hand-spun mango smoothie (beneath) was scrumptious. There additionally is a big number of scorching and iced teas accessible and extra!
Tous les Jours is a French-inspired — its title actually means “Each Day” in French) — Korean-owned chain of bakeries with 1,700 places all over the world, together with greater than 100 (and rising) within the U.S.
The Wesley Chapel Tous les Jours is open each day from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and though the menu doesn’t embody among the freshly made sandwich objects different Tous les Jours shops carry, the hope right here is that they’ll add a few of these objects sooner or later.
For more information, name (813) 388-5612 or go to tljus.com. — GN
