Mickey Byrne’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night while kicking back a few brews at this downtown Hollywood spot. The bar offers 18 choices on tap, from European favorites like Smithwick’s and Chimay to Domestic ales like Starr Hill and Magic Hat. It’d be difficult not to find something that suits your palate. Mickey Byrne’s […]

Mimi’s Ravioli

Other than your Italian relatives’ house on a major holiday, this is the place to be for fresh homemade pasta. The place got its start in 1970 when Joe and Mimi Termine brought a couple of ravioli machines from New York City. Joe figured he’d make some ravioli, maybe sell a bit, and have a […]

Mojo Donuts

Oh Mojo Donuts, whatever did we do without you? We were resigned to the tired, assembly-line style donuts of a Dunkin or a Krispy Kreme. But the doughy creations at this small sweet shop in Pembroke Pines introduced us to the wonderful world of maple bacon, Fruity Pebble and peanut butter deliciousness (not all at […]

Mystic Water Kava Bar

This bar brings a taste of mysticism to Hollywood with its unique kava based drink offerings and one of a kind interior. Kava is a root that creates mildly euphoric effects in users. Trees snake through the space and create an organic feeling in the heady atmosphere. On an open mic night you may be […]

Organic Brewery

Get drunk while doing some grade-A people-watching, or just contemplate the world’s vastness over a pint and a dramatic view of the ocean. Pull up a seat on the porch of Organic Brewery along Hollywood’s Broadwalk for both. Four great beers are brewed on-site, and they don’t carry the pretentious price tags often associated with […]

Pepper’s Chinese Restaurant and Lounge

Pepper’s is nicely decorated with dark wood and soft lighting, but it’s great for takeout too. Owner Jason Xiu offers a full menu of the dishes you know and love, plus a second menu featuring some of the best, most diverse regional Chinese cooking in the area, including authentically prepared Taiwanese and Szechwan. Indulge in […]

Pho 78 Vietnamese Restaurant

It’s sooo much more than just “soup.” At this Pembroke Pines pho house, the Asian dish consisting of noodles, steamy broth, assorted meats, veggies, and fresh herbs takes you on a ritualistic trip through Vietnamese cuisine. Pho 78 takes its pho (pronounced fuh) so seriously, in fact, that it comes with instructions. Step one – […]

Pho Vi

Vietnamese cuisine has exploded on the contemporary food scene, thanks in large part to a filling and fun-to-eat dish called pho (typically pronounced fuh) – beef broth and noodle soup that’s considered the national dish of Vietnam. For years, Broward residents had to trek west to 441 to find good Vietnamese, so Pho Vi’s opening […]

Point Royal

Point Royal, which opened in February 2017, sits on the ground floor of the newly renovated Diplomat Beach Resort. The restaurant is billed as coastal American, the type of place you can stop by for a burger and beer or for some oysters and a glass of wine. Once the site of the hotel’s breakfast […]

PRL Euro Cafe

Amid the upscale restaurants and lounges in Hollywood’s downtown district is the tiny beer aficionado hangout, PRL Euro Cafe. Wedged in next to Mauro’s pizza, the extremely low-lit bar’s atmosphere bodes that of a PBR-peddling dive bar, but the plethora of unique lager choices and casually hip clientele suggests otherwise. In the front of the […]

The Professionals Billiards

If you’re a serious shark; a hustler of billiard balls; a sharp shooter — you’re not interested in bells and whistles. All you need is tables, balls and sticks. And maybe a little chalk. And at the Professional Billiards, that’s pretty much what you’re going to get. That, and cheap beer. This Davie outpost has […]

Quarterdeck Dania Beach

Quarterdeck expands its lineup with a sixth South Florida location situated on top of the pier in Dania Beach. Taking up a sizable portion of the wood-planked pier, this neighborhood restaurant and bar is undoubtedly the most glamorous of the six locations, featuring panoramic views of the ocean, walls lined with large LED screens playing […]

Quickie’s Burgers & Wings

Quickie’s, an old-time drive-through with locations in Pembroke Pines and Hollywood, has a unique approach to burger making. All of its one-third or half-pound patties are cooked over hickory to give them a smoky, wood-fired flavor. Those juicy burgers are then topped with onions crisps and Quickie’s own special sauce, a spicy mayo-based sauce with […]

Rainbo Cafe

The room, with its plush old banquettes, is comfy and cool in coffee-shop fashion. Service is cheerful, the menu exactly as you expect: Hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, club sandwiches, BLTs, chef salads — need we continue? This is formulaic diner food, meaning decent, filling, relatively cheap, and thoroughly satisfying when the mood strikes. We particularly […]