NINA WAS BORN FROM THE INTENTION TO BRING FOOD WITH INTEGRITY, CREATIVITY, AND HEART TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA.

Tacos, Asian Fusion, Napoletano Pizza and More…

We have it all.  NINA specializes in creating a unique twist on popular dishes that people love. By pushing the boundaries in presentation, flavors, and pairings we have created a riff in our little village of Downtown Dunedin, Florida.

Our Locations

Located on the West End of Dunedin, Florida

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Our Story…

NINA started with both Kurt Ferguson and Chef Traci Bryant Ferguson. Later they added Shane Bittaker to create the power team they have today. It all began with their mutual wanderlust and taste for the uncertain are what drives them every day. Their extensive travels abroad, both mutual and independent, as well as their years behind the line have come to define who they are as gastronomes.
From living on a small goat farm in France learning to make cheese, whole animal butchery in England, extensive coffee training in Australia, wine tasting in Hungary, Italy, and Bavaria. Studying farm to table cookery from the best of the city in Pittsburgh.

Learning patisserie and baking from scratch, teaching ourselves the wonders of fermentation, eating our way across the underbelly of Northern and Southern Thailand, drinking our way through Germany (very important research of course!), to discovering what it means to be a perfect hot dog in Copenhagen.

We have sweat, we have endured, we have eaten, and we have come out with all of our best-kept secrets that we just cannot keep to ourselves.  Food is for sharing, and so are ideas. So why not share what we hold most dear, our idea of food. Won’t you join us?

The Team

Kurt Ferguson

Proprietor/Commander

Traci Bryant

Executive Chef

Shane Bittaker

Proprietor/Wrangler

Our Blog

Overnight Oats

Overnight Oats

They meant it when they said breakfast was important! However, some of us are so busy that we don't have time to eat it before we leave the house. Enter: Overnight Oats. Of course, they are perfectly suitable for a breakfast at home, but they are even better for...

Conscious Cooking: Baby Artichokes

Conscious Cooking: Baby Artichokes

Goodness! The weekend is almost over and I can't believe I have deprived you of this insanely simple recipe all week long.  Baby artichokes keep popping up at Whole Foods, so obviously we needed to douse them in Conscious Coconut oil.  But really, its just...

Conscious Cooking: Tahini Kale

Conscious Cooking: Tahini Kale

Now that we have committed to the purchase of tahini for next week's secret beet dip, we need to find some additional applications. I would have never thought to suggest you turn this into a face mask.. but then I found this recipe here! We're going to keep it to...

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