Restaurant review
Johnny V at X: After 10 years, Fort Lauderdale’s Johnny V has lost none of its flavor
Restaurants have a way of drifting from their original paths, relying too much on old menu items and old ways of doing things. Other times, they become so attached to novelty that the things that made them brilliant fade away.
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A tip of the hat to Cap’s Place, a South Florida institution worth a return trip
Eighty-five years ago, the spot now known as Cap’s Place opened as Club Unique. Popular through the 1940s as a supper club and casino operated by Eugene "Cap" Knight and his wife, Lola, it’s believed to be the oldest restaurant in Broward County. It even has a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hollywood’s Tipsy Boar an exercise in good taste and gluttony
The Tipsy Boar, the latest addition to the Sardelli family’s Hollywood restaurant fiefdom (Fulvio’s 1900, Vino, Sardelli’s on Hollywood Beach), is a gut-busting, beer-swigging delight.
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Luigi’s pizza hard to top
If you can’t make it to Italy this summer, you can find a little bit of Naples in a 50-seat corner restaurant in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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Faithful versions of everyone's favorites at Wild East Asian Bistro
Wild East may not be the Chinese restaurant of our dreams, but it serves faithful versions of everyone’s favorites. Best of all, it does so without as much fat and salt as other restaurants use.
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Mexican as it was meant to be at Fort Lauderdale's Casa Frida
"There’s Mexican food, and there’s the food of Mexico."
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Oakland Park’s Stout no ordinary Irish pub
Soon after opening Stout Irish Bar & Grill 13 months ago, the owners changed its name Stout Sports Bar & Grill. Owner Ed D'Ottavio and his three partners — all of them Irish — realized that customers were looking for much more than shepherd's pie and corned beef and cabbage.
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A fine new roost for Fort Lauderdale’s Texas Hold 'Em BBQ
It took nine years, but Jeremy "Jay" Armstead has found the perfect spot for his Texas Hold ’Em BBQ. He opened the doors last month of the quirky A-framed cottage on Federal Highway just south of Oakland Park Boulevard that has housed everything from Green Fish to Shuck’s on the Water. It backs up on the Middle River, and dockside seating is in the works.
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Smashburger: Thin patty, greasy fries make for less-than-smashing experience
I get why some folks love Smashburger. The restaurant chain uses never-frozen Certified Angus Beef, which is literally “smashed” into the shape of a burger on a 400-degree flat grill to “sear in the juicy flavor.” The beef is tasty. But after two visits, I’m just not impressed.
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Head to Hollywood’s Kussifay for the Argentine, stay for the Italian
Located in downtown Hollywood, Kussifay is an extension of a restaurant that opened six years ago a mile west. Both are owned by Yanina Arias, a transplant from Argentina whose family has operated pizza restaurants here and abroad.
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