Il Migliore Trattoria

This quaintly appointed Tuscan-style trattoria is a gem. The menu and cuisine are as elemental as can be, chef/owner Neal Cooper favoring fresh, quality ingredients over complicated cooking techniques. Actually there’s no cooking involved when it comes to cold appetizers of prosciutto, bresaola, and beef carpaccio, all lavishly portioned and plated in unadulterated fashion. Caprese […]

Juice & Java

If you wanna stay tanned, toned and beach ready a full 365, you can’t be making meals out of Burger King all too often. And this is food to feed a South Florida bod. Juice & Java doles out fresh juices, salads, pastas and lots of health-conscious options for beachgoing vegetarians and vegans. Fresh fruit […]

La Estancia Argentina

Argentine steaks are revered not because of how they’re cooked, but because the meat is incredible. The cattle roam the fertile pastures of the pampas and are never forced to exert themselves (because exercise makes the meat tougher). They are carted around the country in train cars. This special treatment produces beef that melts when […]

Mario the Baker

This is a classic New York-style pizza joint. There’s no decor aside from the requisite cheese and pepperoni art prints and a flashing neon “open” sign. Hurried servers juggle multiple slices as busy downtown workers expend their half-hour lunch breaks on cheap grub. The first Mario’s opened in 1969, and many branches have followed, with […]

Mo’s Bagels & Deli

The big, roomy 160-seat restaurant is more deli than bagel shop – specifically a New York neighborhood “kosher-style” deli. It serves soups, salads, Hebrew National hot dogs, and all manner of smoked fish and deli meats; matzoh brei; challah French toast; delectably sweet, vanilla-infused homemade blintzes; thick wedges of noodle pudding made the old-fashioned way […]