Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

California Tacos

WELL LOOKY HERE. it’s a little place called california tacos [WARNING: webpage contains shitty background midi and animated gifs. click at your own risk!]. it’s tacos. FROM CALIFORNIA! and there are surf boards! wonderful. wow and their phone number has taco in it, too. good for them! good for them. california tacos (to go) popped up a year ago? two years ago? three? i’m not sure. but relatively recently. it.. Read More

the Taco Bus (El Taconazo)

GET ON DA BUS okay, so we’ve all heard the legends of this place. and it seems now that everyone knows… THE TACO BUS RULES. it’s basically the fucking man of quick, cheap, and late-night grub. you stand in line behind a bunch of stinky hipsters (with whom i am regrettably likely associated), order your food, sit down, and in mere moments you are eating. and GOD BLESS DEM TACOS… Read More

Del Valle Restaurant & Market

DEL VALLE, restaurant and market on fowler and 15th street, next to trang viet cuisine. behind this unassuming, blend-into-the-background storefront, lies a wealth of delicious mexican food, groceries, and some DELIGHTFUL western apparel. and i probably never would have noticed it had my friend not told me about it. the inside is kind of sad. there’s hardly any room to eat, with maybe nine tables for diners. the majority of.. Read More

Taco Bell’s “Cantina Tacos”

this is something that i’ve intended to try since i saw the commercials… oh boy! new food from shitto bell… and this time… it’s personal. annnd by personal i mean ‘authentic’, or in this case, ‘faux authentic’. but let’s not get ahead of ourselves! i went through the drive-through, and was greeted happily by the employee – “how are you doing?!” i chuckled and replied “well”. and that was the.. Read More