Shula's on the Beach

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Shula's on the Beach

321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Category: Restaurant > Seafood

Region: Out of Town

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321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-355-4000.

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More About

• Don Shula
• Karen Carpenter
• Food and Cooking
• Eating Out

As we were finishing our entrées, the woman with the Karen Carpenter voice had an announcement to make. She paused before a rendition of "Son of a Son of a Sailor" to let the dozen or so tables in a cavernous, beachfront dining room know that a couple was celebrating a special night. "It's their 52nd wedding anniversary!" It came as no surprise, considering the average diner here could probably recall when Don Shula played football in Cleveland (that's 1951, by the way). At least they picked a decent place to celebrate, because even though you'll likely be the only local in there, Shula's is as solid as it's ever been. Sure, the menu might be dated — the "signature" cowboy steak is on every menu now, and Burger King also brags about Black Angus — but it still has some highlights. The wedge salad is a fine rendition, with the appropriately crispy bacon, and the house-cured, bone-in pork chop, filled with Gruyère cheese and apples, comes well flavored with tarragon and rosemary. Stay away from Shula's signature starter, because the barbecued shrimp comes wrapped in bacon that tastes like hot dogs and is draped in what may have been heated-up cocktail sauce. Shula's is about the steaks, and the dish named after Don's wife, Mary Anne, won't disappoint, with a simple cognac sauce and a pair of five-ounce, finely charred fillets. At the end of it all, a chocolate molten lava cake might not sound like any culinary risks have been taken, but after 52 years of marriage, you know a good chocolate cake when you see one.