El Oasis North-East Corner of: Foster Rd. and Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI I’ve been coming to El Oasis for several years now and am just now getting to a review, what’s that about?  Anyways, I remember going to El Oasis for the first time…  My friend Jacob’s place was just up the street and a [...]

Filed under: Affordable, Awesome, Beef, Chicken, Dan, Delicious, Dining Out, Enjoyable, Lansing, Mexican, Michigan, Pork, Street Vendor, Vegetarian by Native
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Tropical Smoothie Cafe 1201 4th Street North Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 (727) 821-3100 First, I’d like to thank Google Streetview’s camera-van for grabbing a great picture of the front of Tropical Smoothie Cafe.  When I went and grabbed a bite to eat there, I didn’t have any plan to review the place.  In fact I [...]

Filed under: Americana, Enjoyable, Fast Food, Matt, St. Petersburg by Matt
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Mykonos ‘Authentic Greek cookery’ 628 Dodecanese Boulevard Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-3130 (727) 934-4306 Mykonos is located in a tourist area of Tarpon Springs.  This particular spot is populated by Greek people, and the primary trade (other than trinkets and ‘Florida’-baubles) is sea sponges.  So despite it being fairly chilly for Florida in December, you could [...]

Filed under: Awesome, Beef, Delicious, Diner, Enjoyable, Family Joint, Greek, Lamb, Matt, Moderate, Seafood, Tarpon Springs by Matt
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Michael’s BBQ or Michael Southern Style Jack Daniel BBQ .  The name is quite a mouthful, and so is the food. South east corner of: Mt. Hope and S Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Lansing MI, 48910 I recently moved back to Lansing, and kept driving down MLK and seeing this corner BBQ stand called [...]

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I have rare occasion to leave the confines of Greensboro for other cities in the Triad. When I do, eating out becomes a necessity. Thus I found myself in OMBU on a Saturday night with a work colleague, his wife, and a blind date. This wouldn’t have been my first choice for a restaurant on a blind date, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

Filed under: Americana, Beef, Classy Joint, Enjoyable, Expensive, Seafood, Winston-Salem by RJ
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…I was in a touristy spot, so I had to eat at a touristy place. I don’t know why, but I like Hard Rock Cafes. They scored major points in my book back when I lived in Japan as they were the only restaurant that had free refills on sodas. It’s the little things…

Filed under: Americana, Beef, Chicken, Delicious, Diner, Dining Out, Enjoyable, John, New York, Niagara Falls, Over-Priced by rockstar
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La Bamba 4815 W Laurel St Tampa, FL 33607-4507 (813) 287-2575 My first impression of La Bamba is that it looks like a very ‘Florida’ kind of restaurant. As you can see in the shot above, even the curbs are a bright and vibrant color. I first came to La Bamba on the good word [...]

Filed under: Affordable, Diner, Dining Out, Enjoyable, Experience, Florida, Pork, Restaurant Type, Restaurants, Spanish, Tampa by Matt
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