This weekend, a new coffee concept from local hospitality veterans Paola Chamorro Ward and Curt Hensley will host a temporary popup in the space it will eventually call its permanent home. Una Más, the new brand, will serve up coffee this weekend—and, later, open as a brick-and-mortar specialty coffee shop—at 4502 N Florida Ave, according to coverage by Creative Loafing Tampa.
(“You can give its tiny team a heads up if you’re attending by commenting “Vamos” on its recent Instagram post,” CL Tampa says.)
The North Florida Avenue location is home to Fancy Free Nursery, a Tampa Heights plant shop owned by former regulars at cafes where Una Más owners Chamorro Ward and Hensley worked.
“We’ve always connected over our preferences for coffee and approach to service as a whole, and always kind of joked that we wanted to start something together one day,” Chamorro Ward said of her partnership with Hensley in the CL Tampa Bay coverage. “One of the best parts about being in the industry for so long is that we’re both at a point in our careers where we know what we’re good at and what we want out of our work.”
This weekend’s popup will feature a streamlined version of the menu that will come later: breakfast items, small savories, espresso and cold brew. There will also be retail beans on sale.
“Drawing from their Colombian and Cuban heritages, Una Más will offer Hispanic comfort food in quick service form,” says the CL Tampa Bay coverage. “Small plates like cheesy corn arepas, picadillo over rice and black beans, breakfast burritos and pastel de pollo pastries are inspired by their childhoods, but also fit neatly in Tampa’s multi-cultural culinary landscape. A few non-coffee drinks like juice and tea will be on the menu, too.”
You can keep up with the Una Más by following @unamastpa on Instagram.
