{"id":170656,"date":"2026-02-26T22:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170656\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:34:26","slug":"old-heidelberg-review-fort-lauderdale-miami-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170656\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Heidelberg &#8211; Review &#8211; Fort Lauderdale &#8211; Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"chakra-text css-orc1vi\">This classic German restaurant in Fort Lauderdale has 68-ounce boots of beer, massive hunks of meat, and zero sense of irony when it comes to its kitschy dining room. Bring your parents to jog their memories of \u201880s Lauderdale, or come with a big group of friends who want to shout \u201cpro\u0301st\u201d while clinking pilsners and enjoying the Saturday night entertainment, which, on our visit, was a DJ in head-to-toe sequins who\u2019d occasionally grab a mic and start singing along. Old Heidelberg isn\u2019t just a glorified Epcot pavilion, though. The food is good, especially the most famous house special: a prehistoric-size pork shank that arrives at the table with a knife stabbing into its crunchy skin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"interior of old heidelberg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:contain;background-size:contain;background-position:0% 0%;filter:blur(20px);background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/the-infatuation\/image\/upload\/w_10,q_auto,f_auto\/images\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_01_fm4vpu&quot;)\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"interior of old heidelberg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:contain\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_01_fm4vpu.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-1acn4d0\">photo credit: Ryan Pfeffer<\/p>\n<p>Food RundownPancake Norway <\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text styles_text__v8tEd css-1kgbrq0\">Three perfectly fine potato pancakes with some smoked salmon. A nice appetizer, although we\u2019re not sure it\u2019s worth filling up on before your pork shank arrives. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"dish from old heidelberg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:0% 0%;filter:blur(20px);background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/the-infatuation\/image\/upload\/w_10,q_auto,f_auto\/images\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_04_clc1k8&quot;)\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"dish from old heidelberg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_04_clc1k8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-1pwiihz\">photo credit: Ryan Pfeffer<\/p>\n<p>Pork Shank<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text styles_text__v8tEd css-1kgbrq0\">This is on pretty much every table for good reason. The bubbly, golden skin of the pork sounds like a snare drum when you tap it. Inside, there are a few pockets of overcooked meat, but the majority of the thing is tender, juicy pork. There\u2019s no elegant way to take this down. Just start sawing like a lumberjack. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"chakra-image css-1dh3rz4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-1pwiihz\">video credit: Ryan Pfeffer<\/p>\n<p>Oktoberfest Mixed Plate<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text styles_text__v8tEd css-1kgbrq0\">In case it wasn\u2019t clear that this is a restaurant to consume a year\u2019s worth of protein, order the Oktoberfest platter. There are seven different cuts of meat on this plate. Get to the smoked pork chop before anyone else realizes how good it is. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"dish from old heidelberg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:0% 0%;filter:blur(20px);background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/the-infatuation\/image\/upload\/w_10,q_auto,f_auto\/images\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_02_zwzzig&quot;)\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"dish from old heidelberg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"background-color:#181818;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Miami_OldHeidelberg_RyanPfeffer_iPhoneContent_EDIT_02_zwzzig.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-1pwiihz\">photo credit: Ryan Pfeffer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This classic German restaurant in Fort Lauderdale has 68-ounce boots of beer, massive hunks of meat, and zero&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-170656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}