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routinely named 'Best in America' by the likes of
GQ
. Expect a wait, both for seating
and for cooking time. It's worth it.
Casablanca Cafe
MEDITERRANEAN$$$
$$$
( 954-764-3500;
www.casablancacafeonline.com
; 3049 Alhambra St; mains $10-38;
11:30am-2am)
Try to score a seat on the upstairs balcony of this Moroccan-style home
where Mediterranean-inspired food and Florida-style ocean views are served. Live music
Wednesday through Sunday.
Rustic Inn
SEAFOOD$$$
$$$
( 954-584-1637;
www.rusticinn.com
; 4331 Anglers Ave; mains $14-30; 11:30am-10:30pm
Mon-Sat, noon-9:30pm Sun)
Hungry locals at this messy, noisy crab-house use wooden
mallets at long, newspaper-covered tables to get at the Dungeness crab, blue crab and
golden crab drenched in garlic.
Drinking & Entertainment
Bars generally stay open until 4am on weekends and 2am during the week. Meander the
Las Olas Riverfront
(SW 1st Ave at Las Olas Blvd)
, with stores, restaurants, a movie theater
and entertainment.
Elbo Room
BAR
(
www.elboroom.com
; 241 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd; 10am-2am)
Featured in the movie
Where the Boys Are,
Elbo Room hangs onto its somewhat seedy reputation as one of the
oldest and diviest bars around.
Lulu's Bait Shack
BAR
(
www.lulusbaitshack.com
; 17 S Atlantic Blvd; 11am-1am)
Get lured in by the buckets of beer,
bowls of mussels and fishbowl drinks at the ocean's edge.
Getting There & Around
The
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
( 866-435-9355, 954-359-6100;
www.broward.org/airport
;
320 Terminal Dr)
is served by more than 35 airlines, some with
nonstop flights from Europe. A taxi from the airport to downtown costs around $20.
Broward Central Terminal, with multiple daily services. The
train station
(200 SW 21st