Terracotta Cafe & Bakery, the 4.8-star Colombian coffee shop that has anchored downtown St. Cloud for years, is expanding for the first time — and its next stop appears to be South Orlando's busiest shopping corridor. State plan-review filings point to an opening in the works at 8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Suite 197, in Orlando, just around the corner from The Florida Mall.
The original Terracotta Cafe & Bakery operates at 53 13th Street in downtown St. Cloud, where it has built a loyal following, according to WhatNow. Per an Instagram post cited by the outlet, the bakery announced plans to open a second location, though it has not announced the specific site of the new spot. Plan review documents, per WhatNow, appear to reveal the destination as the Florida Mall area of Orlando. A representative for Terracotta was not immediately available for comment, the outlet reported.
A Colombian Bakery Staple Heads Into Bigger Territory
The jump is a notable one geographically. St. Cloud sits roughly 25 to 28 miles southeast of Orlando along East Lake Tohopekaliga, according to Visit Florida, making the move into Orange County a leap from a quiet suburban commercial strip into one of Central Florida's densest tourist and retail zones. The Florida Mall itself spans about 1.7 million square feet of leasable space and draws more than 20 million local and international visitors each year, per Visit Orlando.
Under Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation rules, food service businesses opening new locations must submit floor plans and menus for safety and sanitation review, with online applications typically processed within 30 days, according to MyFloridaLicense.com. That review process is how Terracotta's likely destination became public before any formal announcement — the same mechanism that flagged a similar filing in June, when Colombian dessert brand Frutella submitted paperwork for a store at 1333 Florida Mall Ave, as Hoodline previously reported.
What's On The Menu
Terracotta's menu leans into traditional Colombian baked goods alongside French-style pastries, per WhatNow's reporting on the shop's offerings. The bakery serves almojábanas, buñuelos, pan de bono, tequeños, and sweet corn arepas de choclo, according to SkyTab's listing for the business, plus butter, ham & cheese, hazelnut, and pistachio croissants. Its all-day breakfast lineup includes the Terracotta dish — rice, beans, a melted cheese arepa, fried egg, sausage, and steak — along with the Campesino, featuring scrambled eggs and a melted cheese arepa or toast, and the shop also serves coffee.
The surrounding demographics help explain why a Colombian bakery might see opportunity in this stretch of Orlando. Osceola County, home to Terracotta's original St. Cloud shop, has a 58.2% Hispanic population as of 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Orange County, where The Florida Mall sits, is home to nearly 500,000 Hispanic residents — about 33.8% of its total population of more than 1.4 million — per Data USA figures.
Joining An Established Latin Food Corridor
South Orange Blossom Trail is already known as a hub for Colombian and Latin American food concepts, including the long-running Oh! Que Bueno Restaurant and Bakery at 8128 S. Orange Blossom Trail. Terracotta's arrival, alongside Frutella's recent filing, suggests a growing cluster of Latin dessert and bakery brands staking out territory near the mall.
Whatever suite Terracotta ultimately fills, it will be competing for foot traffic in a shopping center built for volume. The Florida Mall's Dining Pavilion alone covers 105,000 square feet, seating more than 1,400 patrons across 23 quick-service and sit-down dining options, according to Mappedin's mall directory. It remains unclear whether Terracotta will land inside that pavilion or in a standalone inline suite elsewhere in the mall's footprint, and with state plan reviews taking up to 30 days, an exact opening date has not been set.
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