Authorities investigating fire that ripped through restaurants on Hollywood Broadwalk
By Michelle Marchante and
Devoun Cetoute
Several restaurants on a Broward County beachfront promenade were damaged by fire early Thursday. The Little Venice Italian restaurant on the Hollywood Broadwalk was gutted.
At 4:54 a.m., Hollywood Fire Rescue was called to the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk to reports of a fire at Buchanan Street and North Surf Road, fire rescue said.
Several restaurants were significantly damaged, including La Brochetterie, Little Venice Restaurant, Hollywood Grill, Blue Wave and At Peru Restaurant. There were no injuries and no one was inside the buildings, fire rescue said.
It is still unclear what caused the fire, which is being investigated by the Fire Prevention Bureau, State Fire Marshall’s Office and ATF.
The Broadwalk is a two-mile stretch of beach, stores, restaurants and bars between Hollywood Boulevard and Sheridan Street.
This story was originally published October 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
