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.

Hope’s Restaurant

Hope’s is all about perseverance — yours and the owner’s. Chef Audrey Hope, who has created one of South Florida’s best Caribbean/American spots (with a heavy accent on Bahamian cooking), serves all the best fried fish, fish stews, lobster tail, red beans and rice, and guava duff you could hope for. The entire Hope clan […]

Rock ‘N’ Roll Ribs

This Coral Springs rib joint from Iron Maiden drummer and South Florida resident Nicko McBrain feels just about as close to a backyard barbecue as you can get in a restaurant. The food isn’t exactly Memphis-style barbecue; rather, it tastes like what you might whip up with some friends huddled around a Webber grill. Ribs […]

Smokey Bones BBQ & Grill

There are about 70 locations of this Orlando-based chain, and it has diners lickin’ their fingers. Smokey Bones seems to be gunning for the Ale House demographic: men who want to hang out with buddies, have a few drinks, watch the game, and, most of all, eat meat. With the culture of BBQ being competitive […]

Smokey Bones BBQ & Sports Bar

Though it’s just another chain restaurant with a rather cold corporate feel, Smokey Bones in Plantation remains remarkably successful. There’s always someone young and perky at the front door; it feels family-friendly and festive inside; and they’re quick ‘n easy with the coupons and specials that make it cheap to eat and drink here. With […]

Swank Southern Kitchen

It’s no secret: Southern food is hot right now — and it has been for a while. But like much else in the food world, it took a while to find a home in Broward and Palm Beach. With a group of classically trained chefs from Miami on the stoves, at Swank Southern Kitchen you’ll […]

Texas Hold ‘Em BBQ

What a difference a move makes. When owner Jeremy Armstead decided to close his longtime Sunrise store and truck his barbecue downtown, it was a bit of a gamble. He packed up his collection of sports and music memorabilia that had for so long been a part of the place – like his antique Jack […]