Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

Red Mesa Cantina

in celebration of the new year, my friends and i all went out to st. petersburg for new year’s eve. in addition to all the dangerously excessive, unhealthy drinking we planned on doing, we knew we had to get something to eat. so we settled on red mesa cantina, a mexican restaurant that may be considered ‘too cool for school’. i mean, half of the place was a club. full.. Read More

Acropolis Greek Taverna

this is acropolis, new tampa (in the same plaza as mr. dunderbak’s, on bruce b downs). now, maybe i’m not “hip” or “cool” enough to know this first hand, but i’m pretty sure that this place turns into a club of some sort at night. and they have hookah available, and sometimes even live music. they also have belly dancer. obviously this type of social interaction is beyond me, thus.. Read More