Last Minute Trip to Lauderdale

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Originally Posted by massphatness

Grace has a conference in Ft. Lauderdale this week (Jan 4 - 8), and I've been able to arrange my schedule to meet her down there next weekend for a little mini-vacation.

Can any BOTLs in the area give me some input on the following restaurants:

YOLO
Teal Bistro
Joseph's on the Water

Any other recommendations?

I don't mind paying decent coin if the food and ambiance are worth it, but neither am I opposed to bargain hunting for good food in places that might be a little rougher around the edges.

My preferances:

Steak
Italian
Seafood

Italian, in Ft. Lauderdale? Cafe Materano
A bit further north in Boca Raton..............Matteo's.
Having grown up around old school Italian families and their cooking, these two are the only ones that do it for me. They remind me of LaMella's or Pelligrino's in Little Italy (NYC).

Steak? In Ft. Lauderdale, Capital Grille, Ruth's Chris and Shula's.
You also have a fantastic Argentinian Steak house on the water on Ft. Lauderdale beach, Las Brisas. Great ambiance. Lots of famous people have been there. Last time I was there, so was Bobby Knight. All of these are in the same price range more or less.

Seafood, just about anywhere. However, I would do the trip down to Miami Beach to Joe's Stone Crab House as they are in season now and that is a neat place to go to.

Tom,
The one you allude to that Kris took you to sucks now. Went downhill.