Big meat in Tampa

If you’re a serious carnivore and you’ve been to Tampa, you’ve probably eaten at Bern’s Steakhouse. I have another great steak place for you: Packard’s, at the Westin Innisbrook resort, at nearby Palm Harbor.

They bring out a cart-load of meat for you to stare at before you order, so you know it’s a classy joint. It looked so good, I wanted to eat it right off the cart, but I backed off because there were women in the room. They have cuts ranging from “mega-lumberjack” to “instant-death-by-cholesterol.” I got a barbecue shrimp appetizer and a filet with a hash-brown potato pancake, and I savored it like a caveman.

Man, nothing like 18 rounds at Copperhead and a belly-full of big meat.