Accept this comfortable beachside joint for what it’s meant to be: a bar-food-serving, sports-channel-showing, ’80s-greatest-hits-playing kind of place. Serving sliders, pizza, fish ‘n’ chips, paninis, peel ‘n’ eat shrimp 50 yards from the water.
American in Broward Palm Beach
Showing 1 - 22 of 151
A newcomer in the Boca food scene in summer 2013, this place has brought a piece of South Florida’s burgeoning foodie ethos to town. Owners Albert and Melanie Aletto opened the spot earlier this summer, and they brought in some heavy hitters from Delray Beach. Both chef Anthony Fiorini and general manager Oliver Tito have […]
13|Even, owned by the same couple that runs landmark lesbian bar New Moon just up Wilton Drive, is more a place to meet friends for drinks and fun than it is a dinner destination. If you get hungry, there is an array of globally inspired, fair-priced small plates such as a bruschetta, three-cheese-stuffed portabella mushrooms […]
Hidden off Sample Road, Allstars Sports Bar is the type of place that only the locals know about. A long bar surrounded by tables and chairs fills up the front area of the smoky bar. With TVs in every booth, sports fans can watch the game, no matter what. The more-than-casual Pompano drinking destination has […]
Despite its diminutive appearance, the Ambry has a maze of tables and booths and a healthy-sized bar from which to consume the thickest, frothiest brews in town. Beer steins adorn shelves, shadow boxes contain trinkets, and numerous woodwind instruments dangle from the ceiling. The crowded bar boasts a row of topped-off steins, and soccer team […]
advertisement
American Social (or AmSo, as it’s been affectionately nicknamed) is a trendy lunch spot for the working crowd by day, and at night, this craft-beer-centric spot transforms into a bustling bar.
Downtown Fort Lauderdale’s America’s Backyard, it turns out, is nothing short of a huge pool party where the pool is swimming with bartenders and the deep end overflows with sparkling alcohol. The pool, AKA the main bar, is a tiled fortress of smiles and cocktails, the centerpiece of this open-air shindig. Thursday is Game Night […]
As far as bars go, Aruba Beach Cafe is quintessential South Florida livin’. It hasn’t really changed much since it opened in 1983. Both tourists and locals frequent this classically Floridian (read: pastel-colored), upbeat eatery located on the water next to the Commercial Boulevard Pier. In addition to a menu of delectable seafood entrees, two […]
South of the commotion at Beach Place, Bahia Cabana is an oasis of local Fort Lauderdale culture. Tucked away between docks, the Bahia Cabana resort/hotel the bar boasts strong drinks and a ceiling littered with knickknacks, such as street signs and Florida license plates. With the beach across the street, locals and tourists alike drink […]
advertisement
The Balcony Las Olas will enthuse you with craft cocktails and infamous views of Fort Lauderdale’s trendy Las Olas Boulevard.
Drinker, partiers, and tiki bar lovers rejoice. Ocean Manor Beach Resort’s Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar has been the longtime go-to for Fort Lauderdale residents who want to daytime drink near the pool and in the sand. What more could you possibly want in life? As long as the sun is out — or there is […]
Bash American Bistro is holed up like a dark cave in a drab suburban strip mall, but the overall effect is as comforting as a pile of kittens wearing hand-knit, woolen booties. Starters include fabulous housemade hummus painted with spicy kimchi sauce and served with wedges of grilled pita; gooey spinach dip with freshly fried […]
Big Al Costillo and his son Adam migrated from Philly to South Florida expecting to find some place that compared to their favorite local cheese-steak shop, Geno’s. But they didn’t. So they opened one in a tiny space in a strip mall between State Road 7 and the Sawgrass Expressway, intent on re-creating the famous […]
In a world full of corporate chains, it’s nice to run across a hole-in-the-wall every now and then. Meet Blue Mountain, Fort Lauderdale’s Jamaican outpost that shirks convention by opting out of a printed menu and staying comfortably secretive. In addition to playing the poker machines, hearing DJ tunes and shooting the shit with the […]
This food truck — most commonly stationed at the corner of SE First Avenue and SE Sixth Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale — is gaining a reputation for the quality of the meats prepared. The staff uses a wood-burning smoker with hickory and pecan wood to impart a sweet, smoky flavor. The red truck serves […]
advertisement
Dolphins vet (and Plantation resident) Kim “Kimbo” Bokamper started this neighborhood hang to indulge his sports fetish, and it shows. Fifty plasma TVs enough for ya? If you know what most places with that sort of cathodic bling are like in terms of atmosphere, you probably have a good idea what to expect from the […]
Remember Friar Tuck, that rotund disciple of Robin Hood whose proselytizations involved food and booze more often than God? Well, if the goodly father had found his way from 11th-century England and somehow landed smack in the middle of Pompano Beach, he’d have quit the priesthood and opened Brother Tuckers, a saintly themed gastropub that […]
Adore the new girlfriend but still not sure whether she can handle your Sunday football fanaticism? Then take her to this game-day headquarters and test her endurance. If she’s a keeper, she won’t mind your attention drifting to one of several TVs broadcasting football, baseball, basketball, wrestling and NASCAR because she’ll be entranced in the […]
Adore the new girlfriend but still not sure whether she can handle your Sunday football fanaticism? Then take her to this game-day headquarters and test her endurance. If she’s a keeper, she won’t mind your attention drifting to one of several TVs broadcasting football, baseball, basketball, wrestling and NASCAR because she’ll be entranced in the […]