Nola Cafe http://www.nolacafe.com/ 301 W Platt St # C Tampa, FL 33606-2292 (813) 258-8778 I can’t believe how long it has taken me to review this place. I mean, dead grass and leaves starting to come back.. hell.. long sleeve shirts were still appropriate daytime attire.  Now it’s consistently in the 90′s and humid enough [...]

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Brocato’s Sandwich Shop 5021 East Columbus Drive Tampa, FL 33619-2401 813-248-9977     Our friends Jacob and Phil have recently moved down to Tampa, so lately we’ve been going to the same places for lunch and dinner, or cooking at home.  Falling into a habit of going to the same joints to grab a bite [...]

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Square 1 Burgers http://www.square1burgers.com/ 3701 Henderson Boulevard Tampa, FL 33609 (813) 414-0101 So I’ve been jonesing for a good burger dive for a while now.  I’ve dropped by a couple other local places and still haven’t been excited about any of them.  Lansing had Bonnie’s Place and Crunchy’s.  I like the hole in the wall [...]

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Gyro Land 3313 North Nebraska Avenue Tampa, FL 33603-6033 (813) 221-0022 Ever since I moved down to Florida I’ve been craving a well made gyro.  You would think it wouldn’t be too hard to find some shaved lamb on a spit in fresh pita with vegetables and tzatziki. Detroit seemed to be the land of plenty [...]

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Wright’s Gourmet House www.wrightsgourmet.com 1200 S. Dale Mabry Tampa, FL 33629 813-253-3838 After several fruitless years of searching in vain for a good deli in Tampa, a beacon of delicious light was shined upon me today after going out for a bite on my coworker Rob’s whim; Wright’s Gourmet House.  Eating at Wright’s left me [...]

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Burger 21 http://www.burger21.com/ 9664 West Linebaugh Ave. Tampa, FL 33626 813-475-5921 On the good advice of my coworker Derrick my family ventured out to Westchase to try Burger 21 on a sunny Tampa afternoon.  My first impression upon walking in was that Burger 21 was going for a classy-‘Five Guys Burgers.’  There is a roped [...]

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IKEA Tampa http://www.ikea.com/us/en/store/tampa 1103 North 22nd Street Tampa, FL 33605 (800) 434-4532 Dan and I made our very first trip to the monolith of Swedish consumerism called IKEA.  We were both looking for new beds.  Dan was recently in the market for a bed because you can’t really fit a queen sized bed into a [...]

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