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Restaurants
Garrett’s hospitality group will have plates focused around a Mediterranean diet and fresh ingredients, according to the restaurant’s Instagram account. 1103 E Las Olas Boulevard, yamastaverna.com
Maple Street Biscuit Company, Pembroke Pines
Biscuit-based creations are the big attraction at this Jacksonville-born fast-casual chain bought by Cracker Barrel in
2019. Maple Street dishes biscuit sandwiches like the Squawking Goat (fried chicken breast, fried goatcheese medallions, pepper jelly), topped with choice of sausage or shiitake mushroom gravy, plus hash brown cakes, fried green tomatoes and collard greens. This will be its first South Florida location. 10280 Pines Blvd., Suite 102; MapleStreetBiscuits.com
Matchbox and Big Buns Damn Good Burgers, Fort Lauderdale
Two Thompson Hospitality restaurants are coming to Society Las Olas, a mixeduse space along the New River. Matchbox will take on a larger space serving items like the “ginormous meatball” and “hangover burrito.” Big Buns Damn Good Burgers will offer all types of stacked burgers or burger bowls with side options like Jammin’ sprouts (fried Brussels sprouts, bacon jam, sriracha drizzle) and milkshakes that can be boozy or not. eatbigbuns.com
Tacocraft Taqueria and Tequila Bar, Plantation
Expanding Tulum vibes into west Broward, this Mexican-themed eatery’s fourth location is set to open inside the new Plantation Walk complex. The restaurant from Handcrafted Hospitality (Henry’s Sandwich Station, Pizzacraft) touts an expansive tequila selection and homemade tortillas expected to hit booths and bar counters inside the new 4,200-square-foot space this December. 333 N University Dr.; Tacocraft. com
Ramen Lab Eatery, West Boca
This will be the third Palm Beach location specializing in ramen and other bowl concepts including donburi and poke bowls. Noodles are made in-house and toppings range from pork chashu to a seasoned poached egg. There are also Izakaya tapas and a beer/ sake selection from Japan. Address TBD; RamenLabEatery.com
Sushi Maki, Fort Lauderdale
For entrepreneur Abe Ng, what began as his father’s Chinese takeout empire is now a thriving dynasty of sushi houses, the latest of which will debut this fall inside the former Beehive Kitchen on Las Olas. The 2,500-square-foot Sushi Maki will feature poke bowls, sushi boats, pad Thai and wok-fried rice. 200 E. Las Olas Blvd.; SushiMaki. com
Throw Social, Delray Beach
A 12,000-square-foot entertainment village on Delray Beach’s Atlantic
Avenue will open in November inside former clubby Italian grill il Bacio. The project is the second location of Throw Social’s Washington, D.C. flagship, and will feature ax throwing, darts, shuffleboard tables, two outdoor stages pumping live music and a menu of gastropub fare. 29 SE Second Ave.; 800-5610755, ThrowSocial.com
Asbury Ale House, Fort Lauderdale
Owner Matt Gullace will expand his New Jerseyborn gastropub into its second location this October on the ground floor of hip residential tower Society Las Olas, and feature a menu of coal-fired pizzas, burgers and the Drunken Bite (or pasta that is breaded, deep-fried and dipped in vodka sauce). The 10,000-square-foot restaurant also will have 50 beers on tap, sports on dozens of TVs and an outdoor patio filled with Jenga and cornhole. 300 SW First Ave.; AsburyAleHouse.com
Pascal and Cathy Bakery, Pompano Beach
This husband and wifeowned French bakery will be open for breakfast and lunch, offering fresh baked items daily including: viennoiseries, pastries, sandwiches and paninis. 998 N Federal Highway, Suite 4-5; bakerypascal.com
Mitch’s Downtown
Bagel Café, Fort Lauderdale
A self-avowed “old school” New York-style deli with a website that cheekily proclaims, “no bearded hipster baristas here,” Mitch’s nonetheless will debut in October in hipsterfied Flagler Village. The bagel shop will showcase Angus hamburgers, deli sandwiches, avocado toast and all-day breakfast sandwiches. 540 N. Andrews Ave.; 954-446-6446, MitchsDowntown.com
Pagoda Kitchen, Delray Beach
Decorated restaurateur Burt Rapoport (Max’s Grille, Deck 84, Prezzo) is behind this new restaurant opening this October at Delray Marketplace. Billed as “home-style Chinese cuisine,” and inspired by the pan-Asian travels of chef Bryan S. Emperor (one of Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs in America), the menu features Peking duck, bao buns, glazed Chinese barbecue spare ribs and shaved ribeye with shishito peppers. 14817 Lyons Road, Suite 100; PagodaKitchen. com
Bruno’s Eats, Fort Lauderdale
Owners Bruno “Chef Max” Maxino and Peggy Ann Blain, who’ve been a food-truck power couple since 2013, will open their first storefront on Fort Lauderdale’s 13th Street. Dishes, which mash up Haitian, Jamaican, Latin American and New York street-food influences, include the griot burrito stuffed with pulled pork, red and green peppers, mushroom rice and secret sauces. 603 NE 13th St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-864-9679
Lickie Stickie BBQ, Sunrise
Pitmaster Juliette Johnson’s popular Southern Caribbean food stand — and sellout brisket— is restaurant-bound. After setting up at farmers’ markets around Broward County every weekend for seven years, Chef Juliette says she’s ready to offer her popular items all week long including: spare ribs, salmon, chicken, cheesy grits, collard greens and her homemade jerk and barbecue sauce. Her catering services will also continue. lickiestickiebbq.com; 954-638-2324n
Buoy Bites, Fort Lauderdale
The first sister location of this Oakland Park roadside seafood shack will take over the space formerly occupied by Phat Boy Sushi & Kitchen. Buoy Bites features oysters on the half-shell, buckets of mussels and clams, crab cakes, fish-fry baskets, lobster clambakes and New England clam chowder. 4391 N. Federal Highway; BuoyBites.com.
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Effe Café, Cooper City This 1-year-old pop-up bakery that opened in the bright corner of Cooper
City Marathon gas station will close Oct. 30 after a deal for a new storefront “fell through at the 11th hour,” the restaurant posted this week on social media. Married chefs Nunzio Fuschillo and Patty Lopez, who both cooked at a Michelin two-star in Italy, plan to keep serving homemade roast beef on fresh sourdough, guava-cheesecake rolls, s’mores brownies and other fresh-baked pastries until they close. 10295 Stirling Road; 954-680-0716, Instagram @ effecafe.
Burger 21, Davie
The first — and final — South Florida location of this Tampa-born fast-casual burger chain, which had several Broward eateries at its height, has shuttered in Davie. The restaurant’s phone line also has been disconnected. Along with Angus burgers, the joint featured all-beef hot dogs, buttermilk-breaded chicken tenders, craft beer, milkshakes and a condiment bar touting flavors from chipotle mayo to toasted marshmallow. Other Florida locations remain open in Tampa and Lakeland. 2451 S. University Drive; Burger21. com
Tailgators Sports Bar & Grille, Deerfield Beach
This neighborhood tavern specializing in burgers, wings, gator bites and other pub grub announced via social media Sept. 24 that they would “close until further notice,” and customers have since noticed “For Rent” signs posted at its front entrance. A phone call to the property’s real-estate broker confirmed Tailgators has closed and its lease is up for sale. 1825 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach; 954-4209787, TailgatorsSportsBarGrille.com
Char-Hut, Fort Lauderdale
Juicy charbroiled burgers are no more at this Fort Lauderdale Char-Hut franchise, which shuttered in August after seven years in the Northridge Shopping Center. Its sister Char-Huts in Davie, Pembroke Pines and Tamarac are all still open and owned by Michael and Tony Cammisa, whose father Joe opened the first in 1976. 753 E. Commercial Blvd.; OrderCharHut.com
Ally’s Comfort Café, Sunrise
This café-diner dishing sandwiches, soups, burgers, cinnamon-roll pancakes and other belly-warming breakfasts has closed its Sunrise outpost, according to Ally’s website. Owner
Ally Perfecto’s namesake diner also featured a kid’s corner filled with coloring books and a book nook for adults to peruse over coffee. Ally’s flagship on State Road 84 in Davie remains open.