For those seeking a grittier alternative to the suits and heels scene on Las Olas Boulevard, Fat Cat’s is a downtown Fort Lauderdale mainstay featuring dark, Americana-littered walls, an eclectic program of local live music, and a formidable selection of cheap beer. Active types dance and sing along an inch from the stage, while the […]
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For the longest time most people tended to think of all Chinese food in the same greasy, all-night delivery sort of vein. That started to change when somewhat swanky P.F. Chang
Owned by former Hell’s Kitchen contestant and New Times “Tastemaker” Robyn Almodovar, Palate Party explodes into “A party in your mouth every time!” Hey, it’s their slogan. All jokes aside, the truck serves some gourmet offerings you wouldn’t be surprised to find in a white-tablecloth establishment – without being stuffy, of course. Crab and corn […]
Fun. Food. Libation. Those are the words stamped above the door at the Parrot Lounge, one of Fort Lauderdale’s oldest bars. And you can bet that the folks inside stick to that slogan. Tucked inside a corner near the beach, the red-brick building is sandwiched between tattoo shops, and despite its close proximity to a […]
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Pelican Landing is the more casual watering hole adjoining the Hyatt’s Pier 66 (Grille 66 is the upscale neighbor). But you wouldn’t know it by the docks of million-dollar yachts you have to walk past to get there. Look east and the marina, peppered with sailboats and sports fishermen, seems to go on forever; look […]
The old Shirttail Charlie’s location is tricky to access by car (tucked in a maze of streets behind Andrews Avenue) but is one of Fort Lauderdale’s best. How many downtown restaurants boast 150 feet of waterfront on the New River? The biker/pirate motif is contrived but fun, and Pirate Republic is actually a step up […]
Started in 2006 by two Fort Lauderdale school buddies, Vaughn Lazar and Michael Gordon, Pizza Fusion opened in Deerfield purveying organic pizza. But the guys pushed their concept right to the cutting edge: delivering those organic pizzas in Prius hybrids, powering their website with wind, printing their menus and boxes on recycled paper, using biodegradable […]
Pizza fanatics went wild when Miami’s Pizza Rustica opened an outpost in Lauderdale — this is designer Tuscan pizza, thinly crusted, topped with imaginative combos like spinach and blue cheese, porcini mushrooms, prosciutto, yellow squash, four cheese, and arugula-rosemary-potato. The “campagnola” features sweet sausage, roasted peppers, sweet onions, and plum tomato sauce; the “putanesca” is […]
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Formerly known as Himmarshee Bar & Grille, PL8 specializes in small plates, which include seafood, sliders, skewers, pizzas, salads, and greens. A stylish dining room is anchored by bar tables of reclaimed wood and sleek steel. Abstract silk-screens and varied textures nod to nature. Accent lighting is easy on the eyes too, especially in the […]
A truly transcendent deli, the ultimate comfort food, is all about trust. Some will quibble over details — the altitude of the sandwich, the sourness of the pickle, the correct brand of house mustard. Step inside the Lauderdale landmark and take a look at the grinning, crinkled mugs working the counter and you simply trust […]
After being in business for what seems to be several decades, the Poorhouse has established itself as the go-to bar for downtown Fort Lauderdale’s barstool regulars, tattooed crowd, and music scene supporters. Although it was once covered in trash and nostalgia from days of yesteryear, the bar has since cleaned up its act. It even […]
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While it sounds like a nature reserve, Port Everglades is actually a powerhouse of cruise ships and cargo boats. This massive Broward County harbor has annual operating revenues of more than $66 million annually, and more than 5,300 ships call here in a year. Make no mistake, this seaport is a heavyweight hub for all […]
Posh Lounge is a full-service liquor and wine bar that sits in the lobby of the Waverly building. The bar, which has a pension for naming cocktails after resident
This Pittsburgh-based chain of sandwich and pizza joints is treated like a temple of all things greasy and delicious in Steeltown. Here in Florida, Primanti Brothers serves great Italian-American specialties late into the night. The place is most famous for its “Almost Famous sandwiches,” monstrous slices of Italian bread stuffed with meat, cheese, cole slaw, […]