The Florida sun isn’t the only thing turning up the heat this summer—Tampa’s dining scene is about to erupt with something truly original. Just around the bend from Koya, at the mysterious address of 807 W. Platt St., a quiet culinary storm brews in the form of “Kinjo”, a Wafu-Italian pop-up restaurant with roots in MICHELIN-starred excellence. And like any great story, it doesn’t begin in a grand palace—it starts as a whisper in the shell of a former KōLāb Hospitality space.
Imagine you’re sitting in a dimly lit room, jazz curling through the air like smoke, a plate of handmade pasta before you—only this pasta carries the soul of Japan. Welcome to Wafu-Italian cuisine, or “itameshi” as the aficionados call it. Kinjo isn’t here to play safe. This is about bold fusions, about treating tradition like a sandbox rather than a blueprint.
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