Queen of Sheba, excellent Ethiopian

Written by Matt

Queen of Sheba http://www.ethiopianrestauranttampa.com/ 3636 Henderson Boulevard Tampa, FL 33609 (813) 872-6000 Queen of Sheba is celebrating their 4th Anniversary, November 11th and 12th. They are putting a full spread out each day, I would definitely suggest trying to visit during that time. Before coming to Queen of Sheba I had never had Ethiopian food. [...]

Honey’s of Tampa

Written by Matt

Honey’s The Original Honey’s Honey’s Family Sports Bar Restaurant http://www.gohoneys.com/Tampa.html 11115 North Dale Mabry Highway Tampa, FL (813) 264-1616 Let me preface this review with: Holy shit, Honey’s chicken wings. Other than Google confusing me on what I should list as the proper name of this restaurant, I couldn’t find anything wrong with my chicken [...]

Home Sweet Colombia

Written by Matt

La Pequeña Colombia Restaurant 6312 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL 33604 (813) 876-8338 Some life updates that may not have been reflected on HalfTon: 1. My twin brother Dan got hired by my company and he moved to Tampa. 2. I was able to get one of my best friends Jake hired at our company. [...]

Not to be confused with Pier 1 or Builders Square

Written by Native

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 [...]

An Oasis in this Deli-Desert

Written by Matt

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 [...]

Burger 21 in Westchase

Written by Matt

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 [...]

IKEA or Logan’s Run?

Written by Matt

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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