The Other Critics: All Italian, All The Time
• The food at Coopers Resto Bar sounds tasty and comforting, and the menu offers lots of "happy classics:" French onion soup, Caesar salad, steak au poivre. Not exactly what we'd call "New American," as the menu claims, but sometimes, all you want are the classics. [Miami Herald]
• The service at I Corsini sounds like a nightmare. The pastas are good, assuming you end up with the one you ordered. [Miami New Times]
• Giardino Gourmet Salads on Miami Beach offers bases of spinach and/or other greens plus 62 toppings (62!) so you can make whatever kind of salad you like. [Miami Herald]
• Chef Tetsu Hayakawa of Marumi Sushi told Rochelle Koff: "Tell readers there's no atmosphere, but there's good, home-style food." Yes. We want this man to feed us. [Miami Herald]
• The fare at Casa D' Angelo is "textbook Northern Italian cuisine" — simple techniques, quality ingredients, and a delicious product. [Broward-Palm Beach New Times]
• More Italian: Acquolina serves great homemade pastas family-style. [Sun-Sentinel]
• It's like pasta overload around here. Another Casa D' Angelo, this one in Boca Raton, owned by the same people as the Fort Lauderdale original. Sounds like either location would be a great spot for dinner. [Sun-Sentinel]
