Florida Agenda

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN STORK’S BAKERY, COFFEE HOUSE & CAFÉ 2505 NE 15th Ave. Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-567-3220 We admit it. We’re a sucker for a Pilgrim Wrap. Although we were first introduced to the sandwich years ago while living in Provincetown, Massachusetts, land of the Mayflower, we recently reacquainted ourselves with the joy [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Masked in the guise of a neighborhood pizza parlor, Fort Lauderdale Pizza & Pasta is a family-run trattoria that divines some angelic dishes beyond the expected fare of 12”, 14” and 16” thin crust pizzas ($11- $18.00), plus Stromboli ($7.50), Calzone ($6.50) and Sausage Roll ($6.00). Located in a typical strip [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN   We admit it. We’re an absolute sucker for pupu platters—the kind of nibbles that come sized for two or four, and we end up eating all by ourselves. In some places, these are called “tapas,” but at Wilton’s Bier Garden, that just-on-the-bend dive of merriment and sex appeal, these are [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN There are certain things you can count on when ordering fish in Key West. First, it will be fresh. Second, it will be moist and flaky, and probably dusted with coconut, or some Jamaican conch seasoning strong enough to set your mouth ablaze. And third, it will be accompanied by many, [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN What a mess! We just walked out of MUGS Sports Grill, and we’re still licking our fingers from the incredible BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich served with onion straws (that should be sold as a separate menu item). Like all great pork barbecue, this one was dripping with taste and was an [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Happiness. It’s the first thing we felt when walking through the front door of Lemongrass, the Asian fusion bistro on North Federal Highway. The host was smiling, the servers were laughing, and the sushi chef was animated in this oasis from stress. That this is a chain of restaurants (there are [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN   Tijuana Flats on Sunrise Boulevard is a one-room joint of the placeyour- order and-wait-for-themagic- to-happen type. Around 7 p.m. on any night, the place is a chatty, crazy kind of fun where it’s likely you’ll end up becoming best friends with the folks at the next table. Everyone, from the [...]

FIORE OF TEDESCO’S 2460 E Commercial Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-493-9233 BY RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN   Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. We know this is absolutely the truth because we’ve heard him sing about it 1001 times. And every single time, he convinces us again that his heart is still back [...]

BY RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN   Galanga Thai Kitchen has been an established haven of gastronomic delights on Wilton Drive for years. And as a result, it’s hardly unusual to find the free valet parking lot full, and patrons, dressed date fancy, waiting to be seated. But on a recent raining Thursday night, we stopped by [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN So there we were walking up Wilton Drive on our way to have some Japanese food, when we got sidetracked by the sound of laughter coming by way of Rosie’s Bar & Grill. Not the ha-ha stuff of comedy shows, but belly-laughs the size of Cleveland. Happiness being in short supply [...]