In the article "High school confidential," published in Creative Loafing's 2012 Food Issue, Yuri and I visited Saigon Deli on Armenia and New Soul on Willow, both in Tampa, as a part of our "10 Restaurants Under $100" challenge. Unfortunately, by the time the deadline came around, those were the only places we'd dined. Now free from the constraints of time and the printed page, here are our reviews of the next four restaurants we sampled. The remaining four on our list are currently underway.
As a reminder: Taste will be judged on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest; price will be assessed as $, $$ and $$$ — or cheap, reasonable and unjustifiable.
This article appears in Jun 21-27, 2012.