JP’s Bagel Place

Judging by the name, I would assume this is a place to get bagels. At JP’s in Hollywood, you can get the house breakfast special for under $5 and their ham, egg and cheese bagel is no McDonalds. The ham is cooked and the egg is fried, a rebellion against fast food breakfast. Delivery is […]

JWB Prime Steak and Seafood

Forget cheeseburgers in paradise. At the Margaritaville resort in Hollywood Beach, you can get a perfectly seared prime bone-in rib-eye, local spear-caught fish, and a homemade banana cream pie that’s better than your mom’s – all in our own little slice of South Florida heaven. When the 17-story, 349-room Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort opened, no […]

Kids-n-Science

Nowadays, kid’s brains are basically becoming mush – what with iPads and streaming TV taking over the world. But don’t lose hope. At Kids-n-Science, you can get your offspring cool toys that’ll actually build up that brain matter rather than disintegrate it.

The King’s Head Pub

From the outside, the place looked like a little bed-and-breakfast that belongs in New Hampshire. From the inside, the place looks like somebody stuck a dining hall from the English countryside onto an Old World pub. The walls are covered in knick-knacks from the Old Country, including photos of old trucks and half-century-old alcohol labels. […]

Kuro

Sure, sushi and sashimi are in no short supply in Broward County, but that’s not all you’ll find at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s newest restaurant, Kuro. Named simply “Black” in Japanese, Kuro is the resort’s 9,500-square-foot showpiece, a custom-designed theater-style dining room set with booths and circular tables each presenting a clear […]

La Piazza Pasta Cafe

This Italian cafe on Hollywood Boulevard packs them in, its recipe for success based on the tried-and-true formula of aesthetic setting plus buoyant bar scene plus accommodating service plus fresh, accessible cuisine at affordable prices yields a wait to get in on weekends. It also helps that the menu is made up of ever-popular Italian […]

A La Turca Turkish Restaurant

Don’t let the beige motif fool you. With its vinyl banquettes and campy Mediterranean music, a La Turca is a Turkish diner with personality. But really, you’re here for the food. Mezes include greatest hits like baba gannouj, hummus, grape leaves, and kibbeh, though a table with an appetite should go for the chef’s-choice sampler […]

Lamp Post Lounge

Situated on the Hollywood border, the Lamp Post Lounge is an off-the-beaten-path watering hole. The two-story white-and-green-trimmed building looks as though it was a trading post in the Wild West. However, inside mimics that of just a casual, good-ol’-time bar. From videogames to a pool table and beer memorabilia, the drinking hole has all the […]

Las Brisas Steakhouse Oceanview

On the Hollywood Broadwalk since 1992, Las Brisas is more strip house than steak house, but don’t get excited — we’re referring just to the fact that of the seven grilled meats served, five are renditions of New York strip. That’s not much variety, but the steaks are thick, juicy, and well-charred. Chicken cooked in […]

Le Tub Saloon

Secluded waterfront tables, gigantic burgers, and a no-BS service attitude make Hollywood’s Le Tub Saloon worthy of our list. Sure, tourists tend to stop by to check out the GQ and Oprah-hyped establishment, but better than the burgers is the large wood deck with eclectic, kitschy South Florida decor, plenty of picnic benches overlooking the […]

Lola’s on Harrison

Lola’s menu draws on American home-style and Southern regional, gussied up with trendy international spices and flavorings and fresh seasonal vegetables. Sun-dried tomatoes are comfortable on the same menu with white anchovies, tobiko or American sturgeon, sesame seeds, red pepper marmalade, orange-horseradish gremolata, mangoes, wild Bolognese cherries, chorizo, and corn bread. It’s a worldly view […]

Master Cake Bakery

By now, we’re sure you’ve heard enough of us extolling the many virtues of the Pembroke Pines Master Cake Bakery owned by European-trained, Israeli-born pastry chef and second generation baker Mickey Grunberger, who opened the kosher bakery in 2013. The “cronut-like” doughnuts, or “dossants” as Grunberger likes to call them, are made from scratch daily […]

Mauro’s Pizza

Late-night slice-seekers rejoice. If you’re needing a blisteringly-hot slab of mozzarella-laden reliability, look no further than this boxcar-sized mainstay. Not only do the signs scotch-taped to the wall (“NO PARMESAN, DON’T ASK”) make you mind your Ps and Qs, but cashiers will laugh out loud at your debit card (better have a few dollar bills […]