This sunny Italian restaurant with exposed brick and a simple, spacious dining room offers a number of $9.99 lunch specials daily. For that price, you get a house garden or caesar salad with crisp croutons, a soda or iced tea, and one of a dozen specialty panini or Italian dishes like lasagna or pizza. We […]
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A beachside hideaway for the local drinkers is found within Fort Lauderdale’s Treasure Trove. Nautical trimmings and beer knickknacks are scattered along the walls where locals sharing stories occupy the high top tables and barstools. The jukebox fills the room with rock ‘n’ roll favorites, and the ocean breeze blows through the open-air dive. The […]
Trina is closed. Now occupying the same space is East End Brasserie. For more information on this eatery, click here.
Ever since 1949, long before I-95 connected South Florida and high-rises covered the coasts, Tropical Acres Steakhouse has sat on the outskirts of Fort Lauderdale, serving steaks, formality and a taste of the good life. More than six decades after opening, and after surviving two restaurant-gutting fires, the menu has grown but remains centered on […]
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When you walk into a local joint and encounter a table of cops tucking into the grub, it’s generally a pretty good sign. After all, peace officers, like couriers, often have a leg up on some of the best out-of-the-way places to score a solid meal at a good price. Cuban sandwiches are a big […]
On the West Coast, taco trucks are as ubiquitous as Starbucks. But alas, South Florida isn’t so lucky. But we do have Tropical Tacos, which serves up tasty meals on wheels right off of Fort Lauderdale’s State Road 84. They serve Mexican style street food, from Baja-style fish tacos to burritos, quesadillas, nachos and even […]
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This quaint little coffee and tea shop in Fort Lauderdale is like a hobbit hole for adventurous minds. At Undergrounds Coffehaus there’s a jam station equipped with piano, guitar, and bass and a bunch of board games for busting out with friends. The walls are lined with local art, and used books are stacked around […]
The already upscale Valentino’s Cucina Italiana has received an upgrade. The restaurant moved from a small storefront in one of the many shopping centers that line Fort Lauderdale’s South Federal Highway to shiny new space a few blocks north. The food, as innovative and trendy as ever — venison tartare, grilled sardines, ham and egg […]
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Valentino’s Northern Italian menu is not something your Nona would have recognized, with its beet purées and warm goat Brie. Trendy specials — whole bronzino; grouper with rock shrimp; turbot with lobster; skirt steak rollatini; a stuffed zucchini blossom appetizer or a special salad made with corn and mushrooms; pasta with lobster sauce, hot chilies, […]
