Tallahassee Good Eats

[*Sorry for the delay in posting this. I typed it up, saved it as a draft, and forgot to post it... Better late than never!]

With the big Florida State vs. Florida footbal game coming up next weekend, I figure now would be a good time for me to write the long overdue post about all the wonderful places to chow down in Tallahassee.  For those of you who are not yet following my blog, I made my yearly trip to Tallahassee in September for the Florida State vs. Wake Forest game for my birthday. While I was there I had the opportunity to drink some beer... and eat where the Seminoles eat.

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The first night in town I ate at Wells Brothers Bar & Grill, more widely known as Monk's.

Monk's is a tiny little place with seating indoors & outside on the patio. It gets very busy, especially on football weekends. Arrive early as there is usually a little wait to be seated... Trust me, their burgers are worth waiting for!

Monk's serves up one of the best burgers I have ever eaten. Try one of their specialty burgers like The Lip Smacker, The Panhandle, or The Gator-Hater... I chose The Panhandle Burger, topped with roasted red peppers, smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, and house-made bbq sauce on a sourdough bread.

Other options are also available on the menu for the non-beef eaters. (You don't know what you're missing!)

Happy people drink beer (and wine)...

Dad & I both ordered The Panhandle Burger with a side of fries.  This burger is a must have. I wish I made it up to Tallahassee more than once a year... Mom had a turkey burger (I think?) with fruit.

The food was great, but the management & staff at Monk's are outstanding. I'm looking forward to my next visit!

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After watching the 'Noles blow out Wake Forest 52-0 (read all about that here), we headed to Big Easy Snowballs for a treat.

Big Easy Snowballs is located on Lake Ella at: 1621 N. Monroe St. in Tallahassee, FL.  They have over 50 different flavored snowballs, and a few sugar-free flavors. You can also have your snowball topped with marshmallow fluff, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate syrup, or stuffed with french vanilla ice cream.

I had a Stuffed Tiger's Blood Snowball.

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You can't make a trip to Tallahassee without going to Momo's Pizza for a slice as big as your head. I'm not kidding!  Their 30" XL pizza barely fits through the door!

Momo's is located just of the FSU campus at: 1416 W. Tennessee St. in Tallahassee, FL

Their 30" XL pizza supposedly serves 8-10 people for a cost of $23.95 + $4 per topping. I smell a Man vs. Food challenge coming on!

That's all for this edition of Tallahassee Good Eats. If you have any suggestions for places to eat on my next trip to Florida State University, please leave me a comment below.

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Go 'Noles!

>>---F-L-O-R-I-D-A-----S-T-A-T-E----> College Football!

I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than watching the #5 ranked Florida State Seminoles play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in their ACC conference opener at Doak Campbell Stadium. 

  

I remember the first FSU game my Dad took me to when I was 11 years old, The Choke at Doak, Florida / Florida State game. Ever since, we have tried to make it up to Tallahassee for a football or baseball game at least once a year. 

   

Every year my parents ask me what I want for my birthday, and every year I tell them "nothing", or "I don't know", and just about every year around my birthday we go to a Florida State game. So on Friday afternoon we drove up to Tallahassee for my birthday weekend. Unfortunately, the rest of the family wasn't able to make the trip this time.

We stayed at the Days Inn just off of I-10. We couldn't figure out why the hotel parking lot was empty on a football weekend. The next morning we saw 3 charter buses with police escorts parked outside of the hotel conference room. The Wake Forest team was loading on to the buses to go to the stadium.

 

 

 

There were a lot of extra tickets floating around the stadium before the game. The scalpers were asking $20, but could easily be talked down to $10/ticket. We picked up 3 tickets in the Seminole Boosters section with padded chair backs for just $25, and headed into the stadium to watch the pre-game activities.

 

 

   

Pictures don't do Seminole gameday justice, here's a video the Seminoles taking the field.

Que the Warchant!

 

Game time!

 

Florida state was favored by 27.5 points in this game.

The Seminoles covered the spread with 9:42 left in the 2nd quarter on an 80-yard touchdown run by Chris Thompson.

 

Halftime Score: 38 - 0 

 

You're in good hands with Allstate.

 

 

Florida State played the 2nd and 3rd string in the second half. Backup QB Clint Trickett looked good, and he is only a redshirt sophomore. The defense is the best in the nation, only giving up 3 points all season.  Next week will be their true test when Clemson comes to town for the College GameDay Game-of-the-Week. As long as Lee Corso doesn't put the headgear curse on us, I think the Noles will beat Clemson on their way to the ACC championship.

 

That's the ball game!

 

Final Score: Florida State 52 - Wake Forest 0!!

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Check out my other post: Tallahassee Good Eats - Food reviews from where the Noles go to eat.