Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

IHOP on Fowler

i am a big fan of late-night dining. unfortunately, the tampa area is rather limited in its late-night dining options. best of the bunch, of course, is the TACO BUS… but that’s for another day. last night’s adventures took me to our local IHOP, just off of fowler near i75. of the “big three” chain breakfast places (dennys, village inn, and ihop… waffle house just doesn’t make the list), ihop.. Read More

Ruben’s Cubans

sandwiches kick ass. we all know it. portable food is THE FOOD OF THE FUTURE (and/or the neolithic era, according to that liar wikipedia). so when i heard about a place that sold BOTH reubens and cubans, i was PUMPED to check it out. and i was even more pumped when i found out what a creative name this place had been given: yeah, that’s right: ruben’s cuban cafe. this.. Read More

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

five guys, if you are not familiar, is a delicious burger place, which also happens to be a chain. there are several locations in the area, but this one is our local haunt, located on fowler, right by the mall. so this place… my god. seriously. fuck. this picture… this picture is actually a remarkably good representation of the food you’re going to get. these burgers are huge balls of.. Read More

how to end your life in an hour or less

while watching a marathon of MAN VS FOOD, my friend and i got totally pumped and started talking about doing our own food challenges in florida. so i went on the intarbutts and looked up a few challenges within driving distance. THIS website features a whole bunch of sweet sweet challenges, and we narrowed it down to a few. #3. the Quickie Titan Burger from Quickie’s Burgers and Wings this.. Read More