Tampa Bay Food Monster

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Guest Review: Ruby Tuesday VeeV Cocktails

Even from my miraculous birth, my name has been synonymous with alcohol. I share the same name as a very expensive bottle of wine; my mother used to drink a glass of wine before she nursed me in the evenings to help me fall asleep, and my first official postnatal drink was champagne dipped strawberries with Robert Goulet at the Tampa Yacht Club. By the time I was five, I.. Read More

Fleming’s Steakhouse Caipirinha Cooler and Tickled Pink Cocktails

after our delightful experience at sidebern’s, and having displayed the ability to control myself and behave like a rational, quasi-well-mannered person in public, i was extended yet another invitation to try out some alcohol. i, myself, was shocked at this, having assumed that last time i had caused a scene and burned sidebern’s to the ground in a drunken rage after drinking far too much (one drink). well, it turns.. Read More

Sidebern’s Grand Floridian Cocktail

i was recently given an invitation to try out sidebern’s brand new, not-even-on-the-menu-yet cocktail, “The Grand Floridian” (ooooh… caps). i was asked, along with a friend, to visit sidebern’s, try out the cocktail at their bar, and have some appetizers on them. well of course i was totally up for this, being both a rampant alcoholic and a mooch. … …no, i guess neither of those things are true. but.. Read More