I drove up to Pompano Beach and went to Fish Shack.
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/12/1629409/restaurant/Miami/Fish-Shack-Pompano-Beach
I somehow found it straight away....it was off the main road and my GPS went nuts when I put in the address.
I got fried oysters + a fried mahi sandwich and cole slaw.....Key Lime Pie for desert. All that and a few drinks for $30. It was top notch....exactly what I was looking for.
Awesome! I had to step out so I couldn't reply back.
Since you are solo, some of the "Top 10" lists are sort of a waste unless you are a total Foodie.
My parents have a couple units down at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea that has been in the family for 50 years.
Ocean 101 you may have hit up...I like it and Aruba's down there too....they aren't the best of best, but have a nice vibe and on the weekends they shut down that intersection and have live bands.
Chuck's Steak House is up the street on Commercial and is a nice family owned steak house with a great salad bar and nice pricing.
There is a famous sub place down there that the name is slipping me. It's got like an hour long wait at times.
There is a pizza place I love called Ferro's Pizza up on University in Tamarac. My dad was the lender that helped them start (not his own money, but he was the VP at the S&L) and believed in the guy's business. That was back in the early 80's and since then it's explained). It's real New York Pizza.
If you like the show Diner's, Drive-in's and Dive's these made their list:
http://www.tvfoodmaps.com/s4/Diners-Drive-Ins-Dives/FL/Fort Lauderdale
The three numbers below are "Thumbs Up", "Thumbs Down" and "Recommended/Try"
Blue Marlin Fish House
2500 NE 163rd St Miami, FL (305) 957-8822
Seafood
All Kinds of Classics
BRONZE for Blue Marlin Fish House
10 1 20
Creolina's Dixie Take Out - CLOSED
209 SW 2nd St Davie, FL
Cajun & Creole
2 3 6
Grampa's Bakery
17 SW 1st St Dania Beach, FL (954) 923-2163
SILVER for Grampa's Bakery
30 2 22
Sonny's Famous Steak
1857 NW 66TH Ave Hollywood, FL (954) 989-0561
Steakhouse Pizza
BRONZE for Sonny's Famous Steak Hoagies
19 7 29
Whale's Rib Diners,
2033 NE 2nd St Deerfield Beach, FL (954) 421-8880
Seafood
SILVER for Whale's Rib
35 3 39
There is a nice little restaurant at the private airport on Commercial called Jet Runway Cafe. It's by my office and tends to fill up at lunch (parking is very limited). However; I have seen some pretty nice private aircraft land there just for lunch.
NewTime's puts out a paper every year that rates the best of the best in several categories, this is a typical page:
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/c...l_best_places_to_hand_out_fort_lauderdale.php
HTH, I grew up down there.