Margate's "Next Food Network Star"
It’s sundown on Thursday and Trattoria Bella Cibo is packed. Happy hour is jamming and a short wait for the dining room has people mingling in the lounge. This busy downtown eatery in Margate is the ‘new kid on the block’ and its Chef, Tommy Valdes, is quickly making a name for himself.
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Party like a Patriot. Eat Pig at Mugshots!
Mugshots Bar, known for cold draught beer and bartenders with firm buttocks invites everyone to eat pig, chill-out and drink cheap on July 4th starting at 4 p.m.
Mugshots is located on the corner of State Road 7 and Margate Boulevard (1049 N State Road 7). The beer is cold, they’ve got munchies and the place is host to some extraordinary live music. Jams start at 7:30 on Mondays and karaoke at 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.
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Mannino's Restaurant: a taste of Margate history
Vinnie Mannino moved to Margate with his Dad Joe, Mom Annette, and his two sisters back in the early 1970s. They came from the south side of Brooklyn, Mill Basin to be exact. The family opened Mannino’s in Margate’s Bell Plaza in 1974. The restaurant was an instant success, and people came from miles around to enjoy tasty Italian delights.
Vinnie was 12 years old when he made his first pizza.
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Seminole Casino not just for gamblers
While the Seminole Casino is located in Coconut Creek, it’s close enough to Margate to call home. Free laser light shows and music in the parking lot, mini Cooper give-aways, a charity chocolate extravaganza during the holidays and nickel slots for gamblers on a budget.
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Good Jamaican Food in Margate
We’ve been looking for homemade Jamaican beef patties for some time…and we found ‘em! Alexsandras Caribbean Restaurant in the Dunkin Donuts plaza just west of Rock Island Road on Royal Palm Boulevard. They do dine-in, take-out and serve up the tenderist, tastiest slow-cooked jerk chicken, oxtail, brown chicken stew and curried goat this side of Montego Bay. You’ll leave full and it won’t cost you a bundle.
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Margate Soul Food
Even for those of us who didn't grow up in Puerto Rican neighborhoods in New York or on the Island, the Latin Café offers foods that are comforting and familiar, yet boasting special flavors that make them exciting and different.
Tucked in the mall behind CVS on the corner of State Road 7 and Coconut Creek Parkway, the restaurant is nothing special from the outside. In fact, you could easily pass it by.
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Margate Welcomes Taco Maker
There’s a new taco joint in town that serves up freshness and fun. The international chain, Taco Maker, boasts stores in India, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, the Continental United States and is now open in Margate’s Palm Lakes Plaza (just behind Starbucks).
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Fish City Grill Just Okay
In today’s poor economy, good intentions in the restaurant business are good for one thing: one visit. Blow it the first time, and customers aren’t coming back. For us, the jury’s still out on Fish City Grill.
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Smoke in your customers face
During a recent MargateNews.Net on-the-town survey of area restaurants, we found a common thread. An unhealthy, unattractive habit that restaurateurs might do well to break: employee smoking.
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When is Bella Cibo gonna open?
Tommy Valdez of He Brew's Café fame in Margate and partner Gary have transformed a failed corner in Margate’s CRA district into Trattoria Bella Cibo, a full-liquor, full-service Italian tavern – ala al fresco dining – with live entertainment, fresh gelato, Sunday brunch and more.
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Pasta and...
“Pasta and…” is a charming 30 seat Italian bistro in Margate specializing in homemade pasta and sauces. The restaurant’s bold, rustic colors are inviting and the walls chock full of photographs and posters depicting life on the Mediterranean.
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