- Longtime Sarasota barbecue queen Nancy Krohngold trades her street food gig for a downtown location. Foodies feast on Caro- lina-style pulled pork at Nancy’s Bar-B-Q. Order at the counter; dine on the porch.
- Don’t expect to see a freezer or microwave
at BurgerFi. The mantra here is “made fresh.” Add
this new burger joint in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea to your list. The Angus beef patties on homemade potato buns pair really well with the hand-spun custard shakes. - Trio On The Bay brings together alfresco dining with sunset views, nightlife with A-list appeal and New American cuisine compliments of one of Miami’s longtime talents, chef Klime Kovaceski. Try the shrimp cakes and pecan-crusted trout.
- Summer’s here when a new shiny Airstream trailer appears in Seaside. Chef Jim Shirley tames beach- bound hunger with grilled gourmet cheese sand- wiches oozing with Gouda, Gruyere and cheddar. Stop at Meltdown On 30A before or after the beach.
- Most Florida chefs are seafood lovers, but none more so than Dean Max at 3800 Ocean on Singer Island. Dine, facing the Atlantic, on his coconut
ahi tuna ceviche. - At Sustain Restaurant + Bar in Miami’s Midtown, chef Alejandro Pinero fills his kitchen with meat and fresh veggies from local sustainable producers. Florida lobster salad with avocado and hearts of palm gets high points.
- Across the street from the stunning northwest Gulf of Mexico shore sits “V,” Scenic Highway 30A’s newest beach-meets-SoBe restaurant. Drift- wood chandeliers, floor-to- ceiling windows and chef David Cunningham’s whole flounder with crab-boiled red potatoes dazzle diners.
- Techies love Carmel Café & Wine Bar in Clearwater, where placing your order is as simple as touching an iPad. Modern Mediterranean dishes like chickpea fries and lamb lollipops with tzatziki keep the neighborhood crowd coming back.
- The Atlantic Ocean Club claims a corner on Delray Beach’s eats-oriented Atlantic Avenue. Try the salt-crusted yellowtail snapper en croûte, which pairs nicely with the nautical theme. After dark, the place morphs into a lounge.
- French restaurateur Matthieu Mineo brings Mediterranean flavors from the South of France to South of Fifth with the opening of Tagliatelle on South Beach. Dine on frutti di mare risotto at a sidewalk table, where views of SoBe’s see-and-be-seen crowd are plentiful.
- Limoncello, tucked in the famed Cheeca Lodge on Islamorada, is a prime spot in the Florida Keys to drink in an ocean view along with an island cocktail. Order pasta with shrimp and wine sauce from the Italian menu.
- The Hot Shot Bakery & Café in St. Augustine serves tasty paninis stuffed with skirt steak, red-pepper pesto, provolone, mushrooms and more, but it’s the hot sauce that gets the attention at this newbie. Locally grown datil peppers turned into sauce are bottled with second- to fifth-degree burn levels.
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