Tampa Bay Food Monster

...eating food since 1985.

L.A. Super-Deluxe Wrap-up!

and you thought i was done with the LA posts, didn’t you? DIDN’T YOU??! i’m sorry baby, i didn’t mean to scare you. you know i’d never hurt you. come here. come sit in my lap. there we go. now let’s take a look at a whole bunch of places i went to in LA, but didn’t deem “good enough” to write about at length. or properly document with photographs… Read More

Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza

this awful photograph was intended to depict boston’s the gourmet pizza. unfortunately, i didn’t have my real camera with me on this visit, so you’re going to have to deal with fake camera goodness. DEAL WITH IT. boston’s the gourmet pizza is the best the gourmet pizza place in the area. in fact, i don’t think there are any other the gourmet pizza places here. the gourmet pizza is surprisingly.. Read More

Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Mint Creams and S’mashing S’mores

while i was in california, i noticed an abundance of stores called “trader joe’s“. we do not have any of these stores around here, but i had heard of them from The Best Candy Blog on the Intarwebz™, Candy Blog. candy blog has reviewed countless millions (well, i’m sure one could count, but i’m not going to) of candy products produced by trader joe’s, and with each new review, i.. Read More

IN-N-OUT Burger

i spent the last week in los angeles, california. this was my first time visiting california, or even traveling west of texas, so i was pretty excited. NOT ABOUT THE SIGHTS, DUMMY. about the food! oh the food! so the first place i went, of course, was the legendary IN-N-OUT burger. i have heard much of the in-n-out burger over the years. i’ve read many claims that it is “the.. Read More

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

i’ve never been to a red robin before! i don’t know how this has happened, but it’s true. or at least it was, until today. today, when i went to a red robin. they just finished putting together this brand new location on the brand new SR 56 in the brand new wiregrass shopping center in wesley chapel. a lot of new shit in wesley chapel. i guess that’s a.. Read More