The Chimney House

After six years and rolls of red tape Frank and Yaddi Rodriguez opened The Chimney House, a casual Pan-Latin eatery on West Las Olas Boulevard in early September. The idea behind the restaurant was to open up a fair-priced homestyle neighborhood restaurant for the wester part of Fort Lauderdale. On most Latin dishes The Chimney […]

El Tamarindo Café

El Tamarindo’s menu is all over the map – a map of the American continents, anyway. The proprietors have come up with a brilliant strategy to attract every Latin-food-loving soul within 100 miles: They’ll dish up your meat and veg in the style of Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, Honduras, or Mexico. Just pick your […]

Jimmie’s Chocolates and Cafe 47

In 1946, Jimmie Vonglis and his family escaped war-torn Europe for a new life in the States. A year later, he opened the doors to Jimmie’s Chocolates in Dania Beach. Vonglis is long gone, and the shop has changed hands several times since then, but his legacy lives on at his original storefront, which is […]

La Costa Honduran and Latin Food

West Broward now boasts at least three Honduran restaurants. La Costa, housed in an old doughnut shop across from a car dealership, is popular with Central Americans and curious gringos. If you’re just getting hip to Honduran cooking, try the baleadas (Spanish for “single shot”) first. Served everywhere from Tegucigalpa to La Ceiba, baleadas are […]

Latin House Grill

Five years ago, the name Michell Sanchez would have meant nothing to a South Florida foodies. Today, they know the Latin House Grill chef-owner for more than just a restaurant, and a menu. Many of them are his followers — patrons from the Miami food truck, where he got his start. They are still obsessed […]