13 Even

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 […]

Angelo Elia Pizza Bar Tapas

The menu here is full of tapas, pizzas, salads, calzones, and other traditional Italian eats. More than a dozen varieties of pizza with red or white sauce dominate the menu and arrive perfectly crisp from a wood-fired oven that anchors an open kitchen.

Angelo Elia Pizza Bar Tapas

This restaurant in a former home is cozy and warm, and you can’t go wrong with pretty much any order. Expect richness and decadence from menu items including veal bone marrow served with pane casareccio, homemade bucatini with wild boar ragout or carbonara.

Beauty and the Feast

Reclaimed wood and brick, Edison bulbs, tufted leather booths, small plates, and an emphasis on craft seem to be the main ingredients for a trendy restaurant these days. Beauty and the Feast Bar | Kitchen on Fort Lauderdale Beach has all of the above. Set in the ground floor of the boutique Atlantic Resort & […]

Bull Market

Inspired by the ups and downs of the stock market, this downtown Fort Lauderdale bar is all about offering deals on drinks – that is, if you stick to the ticker. Every seven minutes, prices on the screen adjust to reflect demand on drinks. While the selection is mostly of beer (with a nice selection […]

Cafeina

One day, 23rd Street might resemble Ocean Drive, but for now, it’s a dark street on a dark block on a dark side of town. This bar and lounge, the Wynwood Café District’s first, is an oasis. The venue includes a spacious outdoor area with couches under glowstick-lit tree branches, a goth-like candlelit interior, an […]

Candela Restaurant

In South Florida, where the recent small-plate obsession has tainted our palates (and pockets) with pricey, upmarket concept foods, we have no understanding of the Spanish art of celebrating food and drink. But at Candela Restaurant in Wilton Manors, you can get an idea of what it’s all about. Just one block south of Oakland […]

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 […]