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<\/p>\nGreed is good again at the new Caviar Club, a 1980s-inspired sit-down that\u2019s part steak-and-caviar restaurant, gilded martini lounge and members-only club, coming this October to Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Las Olas Boulevard.<\/p>\n
With a price tag pushing $10 million, the Caviar Club, at 833 E. Las Olas Blvd., is billed as an over-the-top Gordon Gekko fever dream of lavish excess: Picture dark burl walnut walls, gold-rimmed mirrors, tufted cheetah-print booths and Cartier gold-banded archways. Restaurateur Marc Falsetto\u00a0describes the vibe\u00a0as \u201cnostalgic, old-money elegance,\u201d \u201cfashion-forward\u201d and \u201cintentionally sexy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mike Stocker\/South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/p>\n
Caviar Club will take over the former Unique Treasures art building on the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Southeast Ninth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. (Mike Stocker\/South Florida Sun Sentinel)<\/p>\n
Here, past the doorman, table captains in custom-tailored Dolce & Gabbana tuxedos will carve dry-aged prime Wagyu steaks and Dover sole tableside, serve caviar pasta and French dips with au jus gravy in Baccarat crystal. An extensive caviar menu will offer a \u201cgrand tasting\u201d in the $2,000 range, while a library of 300 French wines and high-end Champagnes includes a $15,000 Bordeaux. In the late-night hours, DJs will spin an \u201980s-inspired soundtrack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the restaurant had a persona, it would be \u2018Wolf of Wall Street\u2019 meets the movie \u2018Wall Street,\u2019\u201d Falsetto tells the South Florida Sun Sentinel. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be full-on \u201980s glam, over-the-top, unapologetically bold and loud. A lot of martinis and a dining room like the interior of a Rolls-Royce. It\u2019s going to be exclusive and very hard to get into.\u201d<\/p>\n
So tough, Falsetto insists, that he expects reservations at the 4,200-square-foot Caviar Club (which replaced the former Unique Treasures art store) will be booked months in advance. So tough that celebrities and VIPs \u2014 the club\u2019s dues-paying private members \u2014 will prefer using its private, secret side entrance rather than mingle with the wait-listers out front, he says.<\/p>\n
Why does Las Olas deserve a maximalist restaurant, one that\u2019s loud and lavish\u00a0in the mold of Bemelmans\u00a0Bar, The Polo Bar\u00a0and other stately New York drinking dens?<\/p>\n
Two reasons: Falsetto loves the 1980s, and Fort Lauderdale restaurants don\u2019t have \u201cenough luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis city is on fire economically,\u201d Falsetto says. \u201cThere\u2019s a huge demand from people who are doing very well, and they\u2019re tired of driving to Miami and Palm Beach for luxury. Every day, people are moving here from New York. They expect a different caliber of restaurant and we\u2019re going to give it to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caviar Club marks the first solo-owned restaurant to fly under his Falsetto Hospitality banner (formerly Handcrafted Hospitality), a rebranding he says reflects a pivot toward higher-end dining. He plans to open two more luxury Broward County restaurants over the next three years while still running Tacocraft, Pizzacraft and Anthony\u2019s Runway 84<\/a>\u00a0with other partners.<\/p>\n The man helping him romanticize the decade of Reaganomics, yuppie power suits and brick-sized car phones is New York designer Garrett Singer (Manhattan\u2019s Torrisi, Flyfish Club), in charge of its Art Deco-style lighting, dark wood tones and imported furniture and fabrics.<\/p>\n Falsetto Hospitality \/ Courtesy<\/p>\n A rendering of the 4,200-square-foot Caviar Club in Fort Lauderdale, which will serve classic American dishes, martinis and high-end wines. Owner Marc Falsetto says luxury cars will line the block around his new restaurant. (Falsetto Hospitality\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n Roughly half of the restaurant will be a 40-seat martini lounge, distinguished by low ceilings, pink Dolce & Gabbana chairs and \u201cmore animal prints than the Serengeti,\u201d he says, adding that his wife and sommelier, Danielle Falsetto, will curate a lineup of 300 French and American wines, including vintage Bordeauxs and Petrus vintages.<\/p>\n Yes, there will be a formal dress code (dress shirt, pants). Those attempting to slip past its red velvet rope in caps, shorts or flip-flops can take their business elsewhere, Falsetto says.<\/p>\n \u201cThat dress code will be enforced,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re going in the complete opposite direction of Fort Lauderdale\u2019s reputation for boats and flip-flops to the golden age of the 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n The menu, helmed by Falsetto\u2019s longtime executive chef Robbyns Martinez (Anthony\u2019s Runway 84), will feature prime rib, dry-aged steaks flown in from Chicago and Japan, and hamburgers ground on-site.<\/p>\n Falsetto says opening night at Caviar Club will be distinguished by a status symbol parked on Las Olas: A luxury 1989 Mercedes 560 SEC Widebody.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it will definitely have a car phone,\u201d Falsetto adds.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tfl-l-caviar-club-fort-lauderdale-02.jpg\")
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