A tasty trip to Bite, a new neighborhood cafe in Tarrant [Photos]
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Looking for a new place to try a meal thatโs as tasty as it is fresh? Check out Bite, Tarrantโs newest cafeโjust a short drive from downtown Birmingham. We met with owner Kareemah Harvill to learn more about her new restaurant!
Meet Kareemah Harvill and Bite
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Bite is a new eatery in Tarrant owned and operated by Kareemah Harvill.
โFor me, cooking goes way back. As a kid, I spent summer weekends at my grandparentโs house shucking corn, snapping peas and learning the basics of how to cook. It became a hobby for me that I really enjoyed! But after I got married and had children, I had less time to perfect it and cooking became a chore.โ
Kareemah Harvill
During the pandemic, Kareemah lost her job of ten years. With the extra time on her hands, she rediscovered her love of cooking and began posting her meals on Facebook. Soon, her Facebook friends began asking her to cook private meals! With the newfound popularity, Kareemah and her husband bought a food truckโBig Redโand began serving barbecue to eager customers around Birmingham.
A few months ago, Kareemah and Horaceโher husband & business partnerโbought a restaurant space in Tarrant for their new eatery, Bite.
โWhen you get off the interstate here, there arenโt a lot of options for food that arenโt fast food chains. We felt that this space gave us the opportunity to bring something new & fresh to the neighborhood. We want every Bite to have so much flavor and we want our customers to feel that there was some love in the cooking.โ
Kareemah Harvill
What should I get at Bite?
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Speaking of cooking, what kind of food can you get at Bite? As a locally-owned neighborhood cafe, you can find all of your favorite home-cooked Southern meals with a twist. Here are a few dishes that Kareemah recommends to first-timers.
โOur tacos are very popular. I call them our queso-tacos, because we lightly toast the shells to give it that nice melty-cheese flavor when you bite into it. We have a house-made garlic cream sauce that you dip the tacos in, and itโs just phenomenal.
Weโve had a lot of great feedback on our mozzarella pizzas, too. Theyโre baked on a naan bread with a garlic crust. I make a home-made pasta sauce and use fresh basilโliterally, I have a basil plant that I chop up!โ
Kareemah Harvill
Food isnโt the only thing you can get at Biteโthe cafe also offers a variety of delicious smoothies!
โI had no intention of making smoothies, but the previous restaurant that was here left behind their smoothie makers. Then, we started getting people who came in looking for smoothies, so we decided to give it a try and itโs because very, very popular. Our Berry Green and Sunrise Cruncher are probably our most requested smoothies!โ
Kareemah Harvill
Plan your visit to Bite today!
- Bite: 205.238.5700 | Email | Facebook
- Location: 1521 Pinson Valley Parkway, Tarrant City, AL 35217
- Temporary hours: 11AM to 7PM, Thursday & Friday
Want to give Bite a try? You donโt have to wait until their official opening! Stop by the cafe to grab a bite between 11AM and 7PM on Thursdays and Fridays. Bite will officially open with full operating hours on April 30th!
Stop by Bite and tag @bhamnow in all your foodie pics!