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La Traila Barbecue, Hallandale Beach

This Miami Lakes barbecue area– established in 2021 by Texas pitmaster Mel Rodriguez and Buffalo Bills pass receiver Isaiah McKenzie (a Miami native)– has actually opened its very first station in the Carousel Club at Gulfstream Park, the trackside gathering spot from the hospitality group behindThe Wharf Fort Lauderdale The sibling place silently opened in lateOctober La Traila’s Carousel Club menu will be smaller sized than the one at the Miami Lakes flagship, shooting up smoked turkey BLT covers, a smokehouse sandwich with sliced smoked brisket, chicharrones, a hamburger and brisket elotes, and Mexican street corn topped with brisket, cotija cheese, crema and housemade sauce. 901 S. Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach; 954-228-3378; CarouselClub.com

Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop, Fort Lauderdale

Former Miami firemen Derek Kaplan has actually brought his toolbox of well-known pies, cakes and cookies to downtown Fort Lauderdale, with this third location, situated across the street from The Dalmar hotel. Delayed from its organized opening last spring, Kaplan’s 1,500-square-foot store brings an extensive menu of cheesecakes, brownies and bread pudding, plus hand-churned ice cream and mouthwatering products such as homemade casserole and empanadas. Most of Kaplan’s sugary foods are baked daily at his Little Haiti commissary. Future growth strategies consist of a station inPalm Beach County 250 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; FiremanDereks.com

La Fuga, Fort Lauderdale

There’s a great deal of newness at this place a couple of blocks far from the sands of Fort Lauderdale beach. La Fuga (Italian for “the escape”) debutedOct 24, the day after its predecessor — Botanic — closed. The restaurant’s hotel base has actually altered too: The previous Kimpton Goodland Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort is now the just recently rechristenedKimpton Shorebreak Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort Under the auspices of executive chef Michael Mayer, La Fuga expenses itself as a “seaside Italian food” principle. Dishes consist of veal meatballs with mascarpone polenta, puttanesca and parmigiano for $16; housemade pasta Bolognese for $28; grilled swordfish with lemon-oregano vinaigrette and fingerling potatoes for $36, along with pizza with pesto, parma ham, fig, pine nuts, goat cheese and rocket (arugula) for $24. 2900 Riomar St.,Fort Lauderdale 954-908-7301, ext. 3; ShorebreakFortLauderdale.com.

Willie T’s Seafood Shack, Fort Lauderdale

A replacement for Elliot Wolf’s pandemic-closed sandwicherie, Lunchroom, this seafood home from Virginia’s Thompson Hospitality openedNov 7 inside the Harbor Shops on 17thStreet Willie T’s, which has areas in the Washington, D.C., location, serves baskets of white shrimp and catfish filets, jumbo swelling crab and lobster rolls, hushpuppies, mac ‘n’ cheese and Old Bay- experienced, crinkle-cut french fries. 1824 Cordova Road, Fort Lauderdale; WillieTsSeafoodShack.com

Sushi Lab, Pompano Beach

Father- and-son vibrant duo Hank and Brandon Freid have actually brought their Sushi Lab New York principle to South Florida and put it inside the Residence Inn Marriott atPompano Beach “It’s exploratory sushi, both conventional and untraditional, with various kinds of pieces that you would not typically discover elsewhere,” statesHank Freid In Manhattan, the Freids are understood for The Sanctuary Hotel, Haven Rooftop andThe Ameritania Hotel “Sushi is still an untapped market in Pompano,” includesBrandon Freid “Sushi Lab is a raised, top quality, oceanfront omakase and sushi experience, however it’s friendly.” Entrees cost $20 to $35 and the omakase is $50 to $100. 1350 N. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach; 954-937-7366; SushiLab.com

Death by Pizza, Delray Beach

Koby Wexler’s popular pizza pop-up has actually started slinging Detroit- design pies out of its brand-new brick-and-mortar in Delray Beach, on the corner of Northeast Second Street andSouth Federal Highway Early in the pandemic, clients who saw Death By Pizza’s enticing rectangular shapes (and death metal-reminiscent logo design) on Instagram initially needed to prepay online, then wait all week for Wexler’s “pizza drops” the following Wednesday orSunday The structure of his pizza crust is sourdough, developed with a 9-month-old starter Wexler fed daily out of his household’s Two Fat Cookies pastry shop offAtlantic Avenue The brand-new area provides him breathing space– and provides clients flexibility to consume pies on-site or buy them to-go. Death by Pizza orders will no longer be filled at Two Fat Cookies, its initial pop-up. 528 NE Second St., Delray Beach;DeathByPizzaDelray com

Ma-Prao Thai Cuisine, Fort Lauderdale

This Thai street-food dining establishment registered to Kamolwan Kawpunna debuted in mid-October throughout the street from Holy Cross Hospital, changing the previous Thai Bayshore Restaurant that closed this summertime. Touting 5 levels of heat (from “infant” to “hot mom”), the dining establishment includes tom yum and duck noodle soups, pork dumplings and spring rolls. There are likewise Thai staples such as pad Thai and malang tod, a meal of deep-fried silkworms. 4838 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 954-651-8242; Ma-PraoThaiCuisine.com

Amado Market, Wilton Manors

This Argentine market and sandwicherie registered to Elisa G. Gonzalez and Amado G. Elgadban, which started its life as a Miami- location food truck, has actually opened on stylish Wilton Drive, changing the Nicaraguan dining establishmentFritanga Managua The restaurant, which debutedOct 20, serves empanadas and canastitas (essentially open-faced empanadas filled with beef, spinach and cheese, and bacon and plum), together with beef Milanesa with french fries and a prosciutto and burrata sandwich. 2410 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors; 786-672-3759; Instagram.com/amadomarket.usa

Flamingo Seafood, Pompano Beach

An deserted Marathon gasoline station in between the Intracoastal Waterway and an Umberto’s is being restored as Flamingo Seafood, a raw bar, wholesale market and seafood seller. The store debuted Nov. 9, per social media, from owners Charles Parker andJamie Mattocks Owner Jamie Mattocks states the restaurant “serves sustainably captured, traceable, in your area sourced seafood, along with a choice of raw and treated fish, consisting of oysters on the half shell, ceviche, crudo and various caviar.” 2798 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach;FlamingoSeafood com

Portside Breakfast & & Lunch,West Palm Beach

This daytime diner-style dining establishment, registered to Francis Cecere Jr. and sons Phillip, Matthew and Francis III, opened in October in West Palm Beach’s Golden Lakes community. In addition to breakfast combinations with 8-ounce ribeyes and slow-roasted pork stomach, anticipate products such as french toast casserole and eggs benedict (salmon, Cajun shrimp). For lunch, attempt handhelds (shaved ribeye, Buffalo chicken), smash hamburgers and blue crab cakes. 8480 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 7, West Palm Beach; 561-619-7172; PortsideOnline.com

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, Plantation

Admirers of white clam apizza, put together: This precious shrine for New Haven- design pie lovers opened its first South Florida location on Oct. 24 inside the buzzy live-shop complexPlantation Walk Frank Pepe’s coal-fired pieces are baked at a super-hot 600 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple of minutes, yielding an oval pie with charred– not scorched– crispy-chewy crust and cheese like molten lava. At each brand-new place, the dining establishment recreates the exact same 104,000-pound oven it has at its New Haven flagship. The menu focuses on white clam pies and cheeseless tomato pies, together with salads, Foxon Park sodas, cannoli pie and tiramisu. A 2nd, 4,160-square-foot Frank Pepe is anticipated to open in the 2nd quarter of 2023 inDelray Beach 341 N. University Drive, Suite 800, Plantation; 954-906-7373; PepesPizzeria.com

The Madre’s Mexican Fresh, Wellington

This addition to The Mall at Wellington Green was slated to openOct 24. In addition to popular Mexican and Tex-Mex menu products, the kiosk in the food court includes build-your-own burritos, tacos, quesadillas, bowls and salads. 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.,Wellington 567-623-7157; Facebook.com/TheMadresMexicanFresh

Mama YaTai and Donut, Davie

Replacing the Cantonese/Hong Kong design restaurant Tasty Caf é in Davie, this Japanese dining establishment registered to Ngoc Chau and Loc Nguyen debuted in mid-October The area inhabits the popular Carriage Hills Plaza (likewise known as Foodtown), a strip-mall fantasyland of Asian food. Mama’s menu functions products such as yakitori (chicken on skewers), Japanese corn pet dogs and mochi doughnuts. 6477 Stirling Road, Davie; no site or telephone number yet readily available

Yellow Yolk, Coral Springs

Restaurateur Steve Tsatas just recently opened this breakfast and lunch principle at The Walk at University in Coral Springs, making it the brand name’s launching. (There are prepare for Pompano Beach to be the next website, potentially by year’s end.) The breakfast menu consists of choices such as triple-stacked pancakes; timeless egg Benedict; veggie- or meat-filled omelets; avocado toast on walnut and raisin bread with 2 poached eggs or a breakfast burrito filled with rushed eggs, cheddar cheese, salsa and guacamole. Lunch menu choices consist of house-made soups; handhelds such as smashed beef hamburgers, chicken and steak sandwiches; huevos rancheros; carnitas burrito with tomatillo salsa verde, and Florida crucial lime pie. 2864 N. University Drive, Coral Springs; 954-688-9862; YellowYolk.com

Saxies Restaurant & & Lounge,Lantana

An high end surf-and-turf scratch cooking area from owner Erik Betts, Saxies debuted in early September throughout the street from the new Water Tower Commons live-shop complex. The menu integrates steakhouse classics and pub-style home cooking, consisting of Maryland swelling crab cakes, Atlantic blackened salmon, infant back ribs, New York strips and filet mignon au poivre, together with Philly cheesesteaks and other handhelds, chicken wings and barbecue pulled-pork quesadillas, along with craft mixed drinks. 618 Lantana Road, Lantana; 561-355-0936; Facebook.com/SaxiesLantana

Sweetgreen, Palm Beach Gardens

This nationwide fast-casual chain, which promotes healthy seasonal warm bowls and salads, is quickly broadening in Florida with this seventh place opening late last month in the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens shopping mall. Sweetgreen opened in West Palm Beach in 2015 and debuted in Miami’s Wynwood community and Coral Gables in 2020. There’s likewise a pickup/delivery station in downtownMiami Exclusive to the South Florida restaurants, including this brand-new one, is theCitrus Shrimp Bowl 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens; Sweetgreen.com

Merci Bimini, West Palm Beach

This French-American café had its grand opening onOct 8 with a menu that consists of sandwiches, salads, and a signature vegetarian avocado toast baguette, along with pastries, coffee and espresso drinks. They likewise provide beer, red wine and champagne. “That is what makes us so distinct [in the neighborhood],” states ownerStephanie Bogdan “You can come for breakfast or lunch throughout the day and unwind with us at night over dessert or beverages.” Soon there will be unique occasions such as a Date Night andFrench Film Fridays 8480 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 5; 561-360-2645; MerciBiminiWPB.com

Blackbird, Jupiter

Blackbird Modern Asian restaurant has an impressive ownership team behind it: restaurateurs Scott Frielich (SubCulture Group) and Angelo Abbenante (Lynora’s) along with night life master Cleve Mash (Pawn Shop, Clematis Social) and executive chef Tim Nickey (Komodo, China Grill, Joe Namath’s Lucky Shuck). Taking the area left by Shipwreck Bar & &Grille, the two-story restaurant has a view of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and theLoxahatchee River The style– stimulating 1940s-era Shanghai– is the production of Kat Solomon, who worked side by side with Venus Williams at V Starr inWest Palm Beach The menu functions Pan-Asian food such as smoked salmon with whatever bagel ragoons; Shanghai soup dumplings; sweet and sour pork with pineapple and dragon fruit; Australian Wagyu tomahawk with truffle ponzu butter sauce; and Szechuan ribs inside a smoke-infused glass dome that’s eliminated tableside. 1511 N. Old Dixie Highway, Jupiter; BlackbirdModernAsian.com

Mystic Lobster Roll, Fort Lauderdale

This Beach Haven, N.J.-spawned seafood franchise debutedSept 10 within the Causeway Shoppes on Fort Lauderdale’s 17thStreet Causeway (It changes the previous Kubo, which moved into broadened digs at 745 SE 17th St.) Mystic Fort Lauderdale, which is owned by Harry and Jackie Stampler, focuses on Maine lobster rolls, lobster tacos, Alaskan king crab legs, lobster bisque, lobster mac and cheese, and whoopie pies for dessert. In Florida, Mystic currently runs areas in Boca Raton and Juno Beach, with one future station predestined forOrlando 753 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-999-5605, MysticLobsterRollsFTL.com

Snow Bunny, Boca Raton

This emporium committed to dim amount, bao buns, boba tea and other Asian deals with opened in early September inside Boca’s Fifth Avenue Shops plaza. Snow Bunny, which shares a shop with sibling restaurant Eat District, a build-your-own-Asian- bowl, is owned by Lemongrass Hospitality (Lemongrass Asian Bistro, Ramen Lab Eatery, Ganzo, and The Sea Kitchen). The store provides innovative ranges of boba, from ube taro to tiramisu milk teas topped with salted cream cheese or creme brulee, together with shakes, ahi tuna pizza, poke nachos and bao bun combination boxes. 1914 NE Fifth Ave.; 561-576-2046, SnowBunnyBoba.com

Kapow Noodle Bar, Boca Raton

Long leather banquettes, murals of mystical geishas, significant lighting and a revamped menu are amongst the boldly sexy upgrades at Kapow, the pan-Asian hotspot thatreopened Sept. 16 in buzzing Mizner Park Co- owned by Vaughan Dugan and Rodney Mayo, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant is double the size of its previous shop throughout the street and soaked in vibrant energy. For now, much of its old menu– consisting of Angry Shrimp Dumplings, Tuna Tartare Crispy Rice, Hoisin BARBEQUE Baby Back Ribs and Peking Duck– will be maintained, however brand-new additions under executive chef Anthony Williams and executive sushi chef Vincent Lau consist of Wagyu New York strip steak, King Prawn Banh Mi and, obviously, sushi. Meanwhile, a brand-new eight-seat omakase bar hosted by Lau will serve 10 courses on Fridays andSaturdays 402 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; KapowNoodleBar.com

Soba Asian Noodles, Fort Lauderdale

The 4th dining establishment to inhabit this shop in as several years, Soba Asian Noodles debutedOct 6 inside Fort Lauderdale’sImperial Shopping Plaza Soba is owned by Teera Jiriyasin, whose household likewise runs Tee-Jay Thai Sushi in Fort Lauderdale andWilton Manors The menu will consist of takoyaki (octopus), chicken bao buns, buckwheat soba noodles and other fast-casual meals. The noodle home changes Mr. Q Crab House (which closed this spring), Bufarella La Pizza Di Napoli (closed in 2020) and Hurricane BTW (2018 ). 5975 N. Federal Highway,No 103, Fort Lauderdale; 954-595-2923; SobaAsianNoodles.com

Subculture Coffee Roasters, Palm Beach Gardens

Palm Beach dining establishment impresario Rodney Mayo likewise has actually broadened his hip coffeehouse chain north to the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens plaza. Subculture, which debuted Sept. 29 next door to Whole Foods Market, serves golden chai and matcha lattes, cold brew and iced candied pecan espressos, along with stylish café food staples such as bacon quiche, pesto chicken empanadas, vegan zucchini loaves and frittata brioche sandwiches. 11702 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Suite 5090, Palm Beach Gardens; 561-323-7756; SubcultureCoffee.com

Blueprint Cookies, Boca Raton

This Flagler Village-spawned gourmet confection shop previously called Batch, theCookie Co accommodates cookie beasts in Boca Raton after hosting a grand opening of its 3rd place onAug 20. The confection store, from travelling pastry chef Max Santiago and service partners Adam August and Nick Hicks, bakes cookies with tastes such as frosted red velour, brown-sugar blondies and all-vegan, gluten-free blueberry-lemon swirl and brown sugar cinnamonPop Tart In a publicly shared Facebook post on Oct. 3, Santiago discussed that they picked to rebrand from Batch to Blueprint to evade a “claim headache” over calling rights with Batch Gastropub, a regional mini-chain. 5050 Town Center Circle, Suite 233, Boca Raton; 954-533-8200; BlueprintCookie.com

La Piazzetta, Hallandale Beach

Wood oven-fired pies differentiate this high end pizzeria, which reopened Sept. 23 after moving from its previous perch near Little Haiti to the trendy Atlantic Village shopping complex inHallandale Beach The menu functions Neapolitan- design pizzas, some with distinct garnishes (homemade pistachio and artichoke creams, pecans, oven-baked potatoes, spicy ‘nduja), together with fresh burrata, paninis, carpaccio and insalata. 701 N. Federal Highway, Suite 112, Hallandale Beach; LaPiazzettaMiami.com

Yo Momma’s Kitchen, Pembroke Pines

This breakfast-brunch café from owners Kimberly Ann Parks and Carlos De Las Salas debuted in early September inside thePembroke Lakes Shopping Plaza Along with café con leche, there are fruit-and-yogurt parfaits, chia-seed pudding, breakfast biscuits and the Momma’s Platter (2 eggs, option of meat, hash browns, toast). Pastries consist of pies, cupcakes, gelato and even funnel cakes. 10410 Taft St.; 954-362-4994

Bokamper’s Sports Bar & & Grill, Miramar

This place of the Bokamper’s dining establishment brand name closed inApril for remodellings and updates– and now it’s back with a brand-new chef and a brand-new menu. The lakefront dining establishment, which resumed onSept 20, still has a kids’ recreation room, personal celebration suite (with its own bar) and the extensive indoor/outdoor seating. Head chef Christian Zancolla has actually included perfect-for-game-day meals such as buffalo chicken tater kegs, which are tater kids packed with shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, Wisconsin cheddar cheese, cream cheese and cattle ranch dressing. Other brand-new menu products consist of rigatoni and meatballs, a Mediterranean grilled salmon salad and a range of tacos. In case you do not understand, Bokamper’s becomes part of the PDKN Restaurant Group, established by previous Miami Dolphins stadium excellent Kim Bokamper and partners P.J. Kavanagh, Damon De Santis andNoel Cullen The PDKN brand name consists of otherBokamper’s in Plantation and Fort Lauderdale There is likewise Bo’s Beach, La Playa Dayclub, Bo’s Pub, The Balcony and The Hidden Garden, all inFort Lauderdale 15500 SW 29th St., Miramar; 754-400-8558; Bokampers.com/miramar

Mari’s Kitchen, Fort Lauderdale

The Pellecchias have actually opened a 2nd place for their Italian fare of paninis, carpaccios and bruschettas. The household now has a kiosk at the food hall Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery inFort Lauderdale “Most of our clients are from Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton,” statesLuigi Pellecchia “It’s the exact same principle, however what’s brand-new is you can get fresh pasta here.” There is likewise the initial Mari’s Kitchen Rosticceria in the Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood, which opened in 2018 after the household descendant from Napoli, Italy, relocated to SoFlo from Venezuela (where the household ran 5 Italian dining establishments). Here in the States, Luigi and sibling Giancarlo aid run the household service with their dad Toni and mom Mari, the restaurant’s name. 115 NW Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale (Sistrunk Marketplace); 305-915-0408; mariskitchenmiami.com

Dope Vegan, West Palm Beach

What started as a vegan hamburger food truck that rolled around West Palm Beach throughout the pandemic is now owner Rhona Nain’s first brick-and-mortar dining establishment. Nain, who debuted Dope Vegan’s shop in early August on North Military Trail with partner John LeJeune, had actually just recently run as a Friday-Saturday pop-up inside Big John’s Eatery throughout the street from iThinkFinancial Amphitheatre Dope Vegan’s little menu promotes 4 plant-based hamburgers, plant-based fish and the DFC (Dope Fried Chicken), along with french fries and vegan chocolate-chip cookies. 175 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach; 561-788-5139; EatDopeVegan.com

Cucinova, Fort Lauderdale

Back in January, this fast-casual restaurant silently opened simply 3 blocks from the beach at State Road A1A andLas Olas Boulevard Then, similarly on the down-low, the dining establishment closed at some point in October without description. Cucinova provided “craft-your-own” pizzas, pastas and salads in the $8 to $15 variety. 2915 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale.

Casareccio Trattoria Italiana, Pompano Beach

This community Italian dining establishment established by co-owners Emylene Egusquiza and Salvatore Spina has actually closed its Federal Highway flagship after about 5 years. The little trattoria with 7 tables– which the couple serviced on their own– made no statement about its closing. Casareccio wove Sicilian specializeds and rustic heat into its Italian offering, which started with complimentary bread and a weekly-rotating menu that consisted of seafood arancini, housemade lobster-stuffed ravioli, cacio e pepe and chicken parm topped with fresh burrata. (At one point, a 2nd Casareccio was predestined for Pompano’s forthcoming Bite Eatery food hall, however prepares ultimately collapsed throughout the pandemic.) 1386 S. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach; 954-998-3642; CasareccioTrattoria.com

Botanic, Fort Lauderdale

Botanic sprung onto the local scene throughout spring 2021 and closed last month, onOct 23. The dining establishment was the cooking focal point of what utilized to be the Kimpton Goodland Hotel Fort Lauderdale Beach, just recently rebranded as theKimpton Shorebreak Fort Lauderdale Botanic– with its locally-sourced meals with Latino and Caribbean affects– has actually been changed by La Fuga, which is providing “seaside Italian food,” according to its site. 2900 Riomar St., Fort Lauderdale

Pizza Girls, Palm Beach Gardens

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The New York- design piece store that served the downtown West Palm Beach brouhaha because 1999 disappears. Phoebe Reckseit and Jennifer Morales, the “pizza women,” have actually offered their 2nd (and last staying) pie store in Palm Beach Gardens to the owners of neighboring dining establishment Allora, revealing the abrupt closure onSept 30. “Phoebe & & I have actually chosen that this was the very best time for us to Retire,” the brave duoposted on social media As with its downtown West Palm pizzeria, which debuted in 1999 and closed in 2020 thanks to COVID-related shutdowns, their Palm Beach Gardens sibling shop likewise blamed pandemic scarcities and rate walkings for its death. 10965 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens; 561-812-2400; PizzaGirls.com

Nonna Maria, North Palm Beach

This Italian community dining establishment with a French twist, run by husband-and-wife owners Francois Arsouze and Judy O’Reilly, has actually completely closed. The couple stated “arrivederci” on Nonna Maria’s site in October, revealing a sale of the dining establishment and their retirement to reside inFrance Although Arsouze and O’Reilly took control of the Northlake Boulevard restaurant in 2003, it had actually been open because the mid-1990s under previous ownership. 529 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach

Crush ‘d Beach House, Fort Lauderdale

This Himmarshee Village boîte silently opened in February and it appears it silently closed at some point in late August orSeptember At press time there has actually not been a reaction from the 2 owners, Teddy Verbich and Matt Lasinski, however the phone number has actually been detached, e-mails are returned “undeliverable” and the current posts on their Instagram page are fromJuly If you didn’t make it by there throughout the brief run, what you missed out on was a eatery/bar dedicated to Maryland’s unofficial-but-everyone-knows-it-to-be-true state mixed drink, theOrange Crush Both owners are from Maryland however believed SoFlo was a natural for the beverage so called since of the squashing movement that sends out the juice from a halved orange inside a juice presser into a glass where it signs up with triple sec, vodka and ice. The Crush ‘d menu consisted of treats like spinach dip and steamed shrimp, handhelds such as grilled cheese and meatball parm along with dessert choices consisting of fairy floss and funnel cakes. Before Crush ‘d the area was previously Tacocraft Taqueria & &Tequila Bar 204 SWSecond St 954-777-8600. CrushdBeachHouse.com,Instagram.com/crushdbeachhouse

Press Gourmet Sandwiches, Fort Lauderdale

What began as a mega-popular food truck focusing on premium, journalism-themed handhelds covered in synthetic paper– The Sentinel, The Reporter, The Gazette, and so on– has actually closed after 7 years at the Promenade at Bay Colony shopping mall. Johnson & & Wales graduates Chris De lPrete and Rand Carswell acquired a cult following for their pushed sandwiches and excessive sides (deep-fried mac ‘n’ cheese balls, crispy onion straws, Buffalo bleu cheese french fries). These budding culinarians even won Food Network’s “Food Truck Face Off” in 2015 quickly prior to opening their brick-and-mortar sandwicherie. The dining establishment shut without excitement in late August; it’s newsprint-style signs and decoration eliminated from the shop. 6206 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 954-440-0422; PressGourmetSandwiches.com