Florida in April

I had a recent trip to the south of Florida where I was able to visit multiple cities. One of my stops was in the Fort Lauderdale area and so I looked up what some of the hot spots were. According to www.10best.com, their number one restaurant in the Fort Lauderdale area is Canyon, so I had to check it out for myself. Located about a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, it is a tiny southwest-type, cafe-looking place from the outside; very chic looking from the inside. The restaurant only houses about 65 people and takes no reservations whatsoever. I went on a Monday night around 7:30pm and the restaurant was packed if that tells you something. All options looked amazing, but the Homemade Rigatoni with cabernet beef short rib, cremini mushrooms, baby arugula and manchego cheese stood out for me. The short ribs were absolutely fall of the bone delicious and the rigatoni soaked up all the cabernet, cremini and toasted garlic sauce. It was hard to put down the fork and it kept me going for more. For dessert, the waiter started the list with White Chocolate Bread Pudding and I had to interrupt him right there since there was no way you could go wrong with that. And right I was as the bread pudding was melt-in-your-mouth amazing and served with a warm compote of mixed fresh berries - the perfect ending to an amazing meal. Canyon absolutely deserves its first spot on the list of best restaurants in Fort Lauderdale.