Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

the Olde World Cheese Shop

say hello to one of my favorite sandwich shops ever. the olde world cheese shop rocks, and they know it. it’s setting is the sherwood forest shopping center on 56th street, just south of fowler avenue. with its name, you might expect a whole bunch of wacky expensive cheeses and some expensive bread, but this is not a cheese shop. this is a hardcore sandwich emporium. the inside is quite.. Read More

Mr. Dunderbak’s

My friend Phil just turned 21. And that means booze. Lots and lots of totally legal booze (which is, debatably, less fun than totally illegal booze). So we needed to get our friend some quality beer to drink in a public forum. Now, there is, no doubt, something to be said for the charm found in a dive bar, but we were looking for variety, and quality. We needed look.. 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