Betty’s Soul Food

Few places offer a taste of Black Southern cuisine as complete and inexpensive as this place, tucked between Sistrunk Boulevard and 22nd Road. The menu boasts pig tails, catfish, fried chicken, and of course chitterlings. Try the oxtail with collard greens, pillow-soft cornbread, and candied yams.

Big Al’s Steaks – Coconut Creek

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 […]

Big Bear Brewing Co.

This restaurant and brewpub handcrafts its own award-winning beers, like the Black Strap Porter, made with molasses, or the rich and dark Belgian Dubbel. Just five bucks will buy you a pint of the freshest brew you’re likely to get in all of Broward.

Big City Dogs II

The hot dogs and sandwiches hail from New York and Chicago at this popular lunch counter. Franks this good could hold their own in any big city: The Polish ($5), a spiced, hot dog/sausage hybrid topped with saut

Big City Hot Dog Stand

The hot dogs and sandwiches hail from New York and Chicago at this popular Commercial Boulevard lunch counter. Franks this good could hold their own in any big city: The Polish ($5), a spiced, hot dog/sausage hybrid topped with saut

Big City Tavern

This classy bar and restaurant is one of Las Olas’ key pickup scenes. Dinner is served in over-sized, circular booths, from which the diners can eye the folks at the bar and vice versa. Big City Tavern is reminiscent of the classic, traditional taverns of New York City, Chicago, and Boston. With a dozen international […]

Big Dog Station Sports Bar & Cafe

Big Dog’s Station is a casual indoor/outdoor Oakland Park watering hole and sports bar with a sizable, generally middle-aged local following. Flat-screen televisions that play football and baseball packages line the top of the bar and one inside wall. The long U-shaped bar is lined with people during happy hour, and a small outside bar […]

Billy’s Tavern

Friendliness and casual comfort define the sports haven Billy’s Tavern in Davie. Located on the tail end of a strip mall, Billy’s gathers Pittsburgh enthusiasts and football regulars whose hearts pump black and gold blood and whose eyes are glued to the large projection screen on Sundays. But Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens fans don’t […]

Bistro 1902

In Hollywood, Bistro 1902’s menu of bistro-style classics encourages adventurous orders: frogs’ legs, boeuf bourguignon, foie gras, and escargots.

Bistro Mezzaluna

There’s something inherently elegant about white tablecloths. At the Zagat-rated Bistro Mezzaluna located in Lauderdale’s yachting district, it’s not unusual to find yacht crew and boat captains dining in a pair of shorts alongside an affluent regular crowd. Executive Chef Brian Rutherford has prepared an eclectic menu with an Italian touch of simple, comfort foods […]

Blue Moon Fish Co. Lauderdale by the Sea

Blue Moon Fish Co. is a more-or-less perfect seafood restaurant with a more-or-less perfect location on the Intracoastal. Try the Mahi in citrus butter, jumbo lump crab cakes, or oysters on the half shell, and don’t forget about the bottomless bloody mary’s and mimosas for Sunday brunch.

Blue Mountain Restaurant

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 […]

Bluepoint Ocean Grill

Like most of Hard Rock Casino’s restaurants, they do drinks well here. Unusual combinations of the classics (cherry mojitos) and traditionals (dirty martinis with fat olives) will keep you busy while you await a table. It’s a modern, warm space, with a view of the fountains. The chefs are peek-a-boo from the glass-walled kitchen, where […]

Blue Willy’s Barbecue

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 […]

Blue Willy’s Barbecue

There’s barbecue, and then there’s good barbecue. At Blue Willy’s BBQ in Oakland Park, you’ll get some of the best Texas-style barbecue around, meats such as beef brisket and pork spare ribs prepared the same way chef-owner Will Banks’ grandfather cooked them at the family’s butcher shop-turned-restaurant. It all starts with the meat, delivered by […]

Boatyard

Boatyard’s decidedly contemporary-American menu highlights fresh fish, wood-fired premium steaks, and fancy seafood charcuterie. Make sure to try the Bimini bread, the original restaurant’s most iconic offering: puffy blocks of sugar-sweetened, butter-bathed bread served with whipped honey butter.