OH THOSE BASTARDS at arizona have done it again! and by again, i mean for a second time. they’ve brought back their “very popular” (according to their website) piña colada virgin cocktail drink thing. now, maybe it’s my terrible memory, but i don’t remember this thing at all. ever. but i guess it did exist. and i guess it was popular enough to bring back (but not popular enough to.. Read More
Mema’s Alaskan Tacos
SO my girlfriend and i went down to ybor to see some kind of rock and roll show. we get there, and there’s this HUGE line of what appear to be pre-teens, all waiting to get into the same place we’re going. now, i’m already pissed as it is, because i hate ybor. it’s too hip for me. and i hate people. and there are lots of them running around.. Read More
Red Rock Premium Fruit Punch
THE SODAS OF SUBS-N-SUCH what is this shit? fruit punch?? that soda’s not brown. that’s a kid’s drink. FOR KIDS. only babies drink fruit punch. …i stand corrected. somehow i forgot that the most violent mascot in marketing history loves fruit punch. this guy can’t get enough of it! and i have a feeling that if you talked any shit about fruit punch, he’d let you know how he feels.. Read More
Guest Review: Pappas Ranch Steakhouse & Bar Opening
Hello! Sleep here! Welcome to the second guest article for the Tampa Bay Food Monster blog. A few weeks ago, the Food Monster was asked to attend the opening of the new Pappas Ranch restaurant in beautiful Clearwater. Due to an obligation he couldn’t miss, the Food Monster asked me to cover this event for him. Now, I do not claim to be as much of an expert on delicious.. Read More
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