It takes a lot of neighborhoods to make up a city. Each of them are different. Each of them are worth checking out. Broward\u2019s Oakland Park has a hip \u2018hood that\u2019s calling your name.<\/p>\n
Folks are buzzing about Oakland Park\u2019s culinary arts district. It\u2019s filled with exotic eats, cool comfort foods \u2014 and a pinball-pizza paradise.<\/p>\n
Dwight Slamp: \u201cThere\u2019s no chain restaurants, it\u2019s all cool, unique boutique properties.\u201d<\/p>\n
You get the best of both worlds at the Satellite Pinball Lounge and the Moon Pizza Pie.<\/p>\n
Dwight Slamp: \u201cPinball on one side, pizza on the other.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all food, fun, and games.<\/p>\n
Dwight Slamp: \u201cWhen I opened this business, I was opening it because I was in love with pinball, and now my new passion is pizza. I mean, I still love pinball, but I focus on my pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll focus on flipping the silver ball around the bumpers while you show the world that you\u2019ve got game.<\/p>\n
Dwight Slamp: \u201cYou can\u2019t play pinball on your phone. You can play fake pinball on your phone, but real pinball is a real game with real mechanics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lunch and dessert. Two different delights under one roof. That\u2019s how it is at BMC Smash Burgers and FMS Creamery.<\/p>\n
Jay Rok: \u201cBMC is a smash burger restaurant, FMS is a soda shop, ice cream shop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bringing the two together was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n
Jay Rok: \u201cYeah, they both fit. Burgers and ice cream go together.\u201d<\/p>\n
After your floats are made, you can float through the doorway, get your burger smashed, and your potatoes fried.<\/p>\n
Jay Rok: \u201cThin, crispy, juicy, lacey edges. We do beef tallow. We fry our fries and tater tots in beef tallow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The district\u2019s going through changes, and it\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n
Jay Rok: \u201cA lot of restaurants, hopefully, more foot traffic now that there\u2019s new construction coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even Moses knew something special was happening at the Red Sea.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cRed Sea Eritrean and Ethiopian cuisine is the only of its kind here in Broward County.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dishes from Eritrea and Ethiopia give you a true taste of East African cuisine.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cEritrean and Ethiopian cuisine is completely separated by itself, even from the African continent; you\u2019re not gonna get those two.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a good reason for that. It\u2019s all in the preparation.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cThe way they mix it and the way it\u2019s done is completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s made in the kitchen at Red Sea is sure to please any palate.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cWell, we have the Kitfo, which is a beef tartar, and we have another one called Awayze Tips, which is a lamb dish with a little bit of mild spice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t want meat? Don\u2019t stress.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cLike on the vegetarian, the beets, the red lentil, the cabbage, and carrot, as well as the chick peas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Red Sea Restaurant has found a home in the culinary arts district.<\/p>\n
Yoseph Kidane: \u201cDowntown Oakland Park is the right place because of the diversification.\u201d<\/p>\n
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