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 [...]

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 [...]

Tom Yum Thai & Sushi

Written by Matt

Tom Yum Thai & Sushi 104 Patricia Avenue Dunedin, FL 34698 (727) 953-9898 When Sia and I first moved to Clearwater we had a hell of a time finding a sushi restaurant.  From Sia’s tireless research using Google reviews she eventually found a couple acceptable places.  Tom Yum was one of those joints.  Our first [...]

Mykonos, but this ain’t no Fleet Foxes.

Written by Matt

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 [...]

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