Florida Agenda

A Touch of Paris in South Florida Rendez Vous Bakery1576 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Oakland Park, FL 33334-4425 (954) 563-2228 By TIM SLIVINSKI Sometimes we all need to get away from the usual. Of course, a European vacation visiting the countryside of France would be a great venue for that. But when busy schedules and/or [...]

Zuckerello’s Maintains Their Reputation as a Consistent Delight By TIM SLIVINSKI Amid the openings and closings of new restaurants in the world of food, it is sometimes way too easy to forget those restaurants which have been serving delicious food to our South Florida community for several years. Zuckerello’s is one of those places that [...]

The Riverside Grille 125 N. Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach, FL 954-941-2499 By TIM SLIVINSKI If you are looking for a taste of Old Florida and what defined this area before “the boom,” then take a trip up A1A to Pompano Beach and have dinner at The Riverside Grille. Open since 1993, this unassuming restaurant along [...]

It’s Easy to Fall in Love with Over Easy Over Easy Cafe – 318 East Oakland Park Blvd – (954)561-1177 By TIM SLIVINSKI We all have those mornings when, for whatever reason, we wake up famished. We down a cup of coffee or two, but we really need some food, something to energize us for [...]

By TIM SLIVINSKI In years past, the bar in a restaurant was often a place merely to hang out while waiting for your chance at a table. It was sort of akin to a “waiting room”. Restaurant bars often lacked identity or ambience, and frequently seemed to be mere holding rooms for hungry, anxious restaurant [...]

Big City Tavern on Las Olas Blvd in Fort Lauderdale By TIM SLIVINSKI After enjoying a spectacularly sunny Sunday afternoon soaking up the sun and bopping to the beats at the Depot Cabana Bar’s inaugural poolside Tdance, my partner and I decided we required something a little more sedate and out of the sun for [...]

By TIM SLIVINSKI Sometimes a craving hits you; it may not hit that often, but when it does, it begs to be satisfied. That defines my relationship with burgers. Truly, I don’t eat them often, but when that hankering for a burger hits, it hits hard. Not just any burger will do, however. And trust [...]

Pamper Your Palate at SAIA By TIM SLIVINSKI The B Ocean Hotel, on the site of the former Holiday Inn, continues the evolution of Fort Lauderdale Beach. Tucked in the left corner of the sleek and spacious lobby is its signature restaurant, SAIA. I am told the name is a play on the hotel’s location: [...]

Legendary songstress Glenda Grainger entertains every Friday and Saturday night at Cha Cha Rooster during a $30 three-course prix fixe dinner that includes a glass of wine. Glenda, star of stage and screen, has appeared in over 40 major TV variety shows (including the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, the Merv Griffin Show, and the Dean Martin Show), [...]

BY TIM SLIVINKI Photo: Make yourself at home at The Wine Cellar. Current food trends suggest that diners are moving to fresher, farm quality ingredients. Organic is a new buzz word to entice people to healthier eating habits. Styles of cuisine are in one month and then quickly out again the next. Keeping up with [...]