Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

Life Savers Butter Rum

ahh life savers. i guess maybe they could be considered a boring candy, but i enjoy them. they are like the classic hard candy! COME ON PEOPLE! classic. now, i enjoy whatever kind of lifesavers you throw at me, but i have a special place in my heart for butter rum. when i was a kid, we would go on many a family road trip. usually it ended in upstate.. Read More

Pipo’s: The Original Cuban Cafe

the original? that’s a bold claim, pipo! a boooold claim. man, tampa is clamoring with awesome cuban places. i love it. I LOVE IT! D:< seriously it’s pretty awesome. but that usually means you’re up against stiff competition. so saying you’re “the original” when you were established in 1979 is kinda ridiculous. but i’ll let it slide, pipo! alrighty. pipo’s cuban cafe, located on dale mabry just north of hudson.. Read More

Krystal Game Time Wings

so i went to krystal burger and tried their new “game time wings”. actually, i tried like five different items there. it seems that every time i go to krystal, i have to order just about as many different items as i can think of at the drive through menu. it’s sick. but it always results in a corn pup, so it’s okay. [try their corn pups!] so i wasn’t.. Read More

Big League Chew

when you’re a kid, there’s nothing cooler than a big wad of chewing tobacco. no wait… that’s not right. i am sure that even then i thought chewing tobacco was disgusting. so selling candy masked as tobacco was never a really big selling point for me (candy cigarettes? no… thanks. now candy bongs…). in fact, thinking back, there were a lot of wacky gimmicks that candy companies used (and still.. Read More

Kazoozles

many years ago (maybe three or four) i stumbled upon a strange and delicious new candy creation from wonka called “sweet tart rope”. i was already a fan of nerds rope, so i knew that candy in rope form could be successful, and i liked sweet tarts well enough, so i decided to pick up a pack. it was a miraculous, wacky candy concoction that had a red licorice outside,.. Read More