Jamison B DoughJoe — Restaurant in Tampa

You know that feeling when you find a place so amazing that you're conflicted as to say anything so you can keep the secret to yourself?

Yep, that's exactly how I feel as I compose this review. You know a place is going to be special when the line forms before opening.

Promptly at the stroke of the top of the hour, the door opens and the burst of friendliness appears from inside welcoming one and all.

Yes, it is small. Yes, you really should know what you want and grab and go as this place is again small and busy.

That being said, the selections are amazing. Just the smell of freshly baked goods upon entry is intoxicating.

The best thing I can call our visit was a quick sampling. I had my mind set on the Jambon Beurre sandwich (ham and butter for the non-French listeners). Plenty of ham, swiss, and yes lots of Butter, but the addition of whole cornichons was just spectacular. It really gives you an understanding as to why the Jambon Beurre is probably the second most consumed sandwich in France, next to the Croque Monsieur.

We also grabbed a slab of the Pepperoni Focaccia, which is light fluffy and loaded with pepperoni, best focaccia ever.

She had the "Tidy Joe", a Harissa spices sloppy joe inside a Japanese Milk Bun. Holy wow is that an amazing thing to eat!

Opted to go easy on the bakery items this time since we had all that savory to go through...so a Peach tart was the decision, and what a great one it was! There's like a real half peach in the middle of this thing, not just some little chunks or pieces.

We also grabbed a Pretzel baguette to take home (it's also amazing).

If you're planning to eat your purchses in the car (as we did), beverage selections are limited, but that Blood Orange soda is freakin' amazing (don't read the sugar content).

Will we be back...duh, that's a...

Love the Dough Joe! Don't let its small size fool you. As they say, great things sometimes come in small packages, and this is a perfect example of just that! Awesome products and a great staff, we also love the online ordering feature. Picking up our bags full of fresh baked goodies will take you back to the drive up market days before they had a stand-alone store. All of their baked items are made with quality ingredients and skill. The lamination in their croissants are a thing of beauty. They do have grab and go sandwiches as well as warm filled milk buns and foccacia slabs if you want to grab something quick for lunch. Don't sleep on those milk buns , when I say transfomative, I mean transformative! I have tried many of the different ones they have offered, but the BBQ brisket and mac and cheese bun had my soul leave my body for a good 5 minutes. They also have wonderful options from vendors that include honey, coffee, specailty mustards, pickles, french butter, and so much more. They also have fresh lemonade in the summer and grab and go cold brew. The staff is also so wonderful. They treat you like family, and you always are greeted with a smile. Every visit feels like going home. This place is...

A return trip to discover more goodies. All breads seem to have very chewy crust extetiors. Some of other items are just next level genius. The ham sandwich with bourbon ham, gruyere, bordier butter, le sanctuaire piment d'espelette and cornichon is brilliant. The croissant sticky buns and twice baked croissant w/ pistachio cream, apricot marmalade, frangipane and almonds make you wonder if this is heaven.

I greatly anticipated my first visit here after reading about it. It's a small place with a wonderful variety of baked products like bread and pastries with various other tasty sundries to choose from.

First I tried the french baguette. It's has a beautiful craggly interior but has hard and chewy exterior. The Beurre Bordier butter was awesome. The Double Baked Almond Blueberry Croissant was superp. The Uncle Sergio Sandwich was very tasty but much skimpier than their photo and the bread again hard and chewy.

Expect to pay top dollar for the things they carry. Easy to spend $50+ on just a few items. You pay restaurant pricing right...