Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

Lee Roy Selmon’s Restaurant

lee roy salmon… the man. the myth. the legend. he single-handedly took tampa bay and molded it into the lump of floridian half-pride that it is today. and then he died of a stroke. we honor his memory by eating the food he invented. in the year 2000, outback steakhouse had sex with lee roy, and they had a baby. that baby quickly grew into one of the 10 best.. Read More

Hawkeye Pizza: A Second Chance

EVERYBODY LOVES A PIZZA. it’s because pizza is good. pizza is the best! it’s got to be my favorite food. before i became a food monster, i was a pizza guy. my friend and i had a list of the top hundred pizza places in the tampa bay area, and we slowly worked our way down the list, giving an A through F rating to each place, determined to find.. Read More

Liang’s Bistro

every saturday night, a group of friends and i go out to see a movie, after which we go someplace to eat and hangout. we often end up going to chili’s, which i enjoy, but i would prefer to go to more interesting places. the problem is, not many places are open around 10 when the movie gets out. but this last weekend, we scrambled across the street in hopes.. Read More

Cole’s BBQ

so i’m a big fan or barbechu. it’s one of the ultimate ways to enjoy meats. so simple, yet so brilliant. devastatingly, it’s been quite some time since i’ve had some decent barbecue, so i set out to resolve that issue. we hit up cole’s bbq on palm pointe drive, just south of i75 and bruce b. downs. my friend has been there many, many times, and highly recommended it… Read More