Pembroke Pines

[hummingbirdkiss]

I would love to call and order my folks a gift certificate near their home in Pembroke Pines ..there has to be something good there? ..they keep telling me there isn't anywhere to go??? ...they love well prepared foods ...they will eat ethnic ...love spicy foods...and just really anjoy nice guiet casual ...good dining experiances ...not upscale just good..

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

it would be so fun to surprise them with a night out they really would enjoy it I know !

thanks in advance

[annecros]

Michy's, discussed in another thread here, sounds like what you are looking for, and is not a bad drive from the Pembroke Pines area unless they live way out west.

Are they east or west of the Turnpike?

[hummingbirdkiss]

Michy's, discussed in another thread here, sounds like what you are looking for, and is not a bad drive from the Pembroke Pines area unless they live way out west.

Are they east or west of the Turnpike?

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yikes I dont know!!! I know my mother will NOT drive anywhere on the freeway if that helps ...I will see if I can find it and mapquest it from her home addy ..thanks so much for the rec can you tell me anything else about this place?

[Rebecca263]

Michy's is kind of far from Pembroke Pines, and they'd have to hit the highways for it, too.

Do your parents care for Italian/ Argentinean style food? I honestly don't even know if this place is still in business, but it's worth a try. Costumbres Argentinas 954-443-5037 is the telephone number in my book. They are/were in a strip mall on Pines Blvd, and the food was really decent. It was very family style, not fancy decor at all. The owners' names were Veronica and Carlos, it seems that they were pretty friendly, or I wouldn't have made a note of that.

Now, if you're looking for funky, and your parents are adventurous, you could send them to Sango's 954-432-5828. It was Chinese/Jamaican, also in a strip mall, on Pines Boulevard. Do you get a sense of the theme here? Anything decent in Pembroke Pines is a little 'off the beaten path', and your parents may not care for that if they are not foodies.

There is also another Argentinean steak place called The Knife on Hallandale Beach Boulevard, towards the beach. I don't know the telephone number. It's a big place, and one of my friends told me that you get a bottle of Argentinian wine included with your meal, and that the desserts were good, varied and unusual, i.e. not the typical chocolate cake from sysco. I have a notation in my book to try them if I ever get back to South Florida.

That might be my pick for a gift certificate, ifI had tried it myself already.

Good luck!

[hummingbirdkiss]

Thank you so much I will check it out ...they would most likely enjoy all of what you suggested so I will see if I can make the contact!!

much appreciated!!!

They lived in Grand Cayman for almost 20 years and it is kind of a culture shock for them now ..my mother will drive 100 miles out of her way to avoid driving on the freeway!

[annecros]

Thank you so much I will check it out ...they would most likely enjoy all of what you suggested so I will see if I can make the contact!!

much appreciated!!!

They lived in Grand Cayman for almost 20 years and it is kind of a culture shock for them now ..my mother will drive 100 miles out of her way to avoid driving on the freeway!

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Well, it would depend upon wether or not she considered 6 lanes, divided north and south, a freeway. That would be Biscayne Blvd., and living half a block north of County Line Road, two major intersections south of what becomes Pines, that's the way I would go to get to Michy's.

It's not I-95 by a long shot. I go surface streets to Little Havana and Coconut Grove. Faster, if you want to know the ugly truth. 441, or NW 2nd in Dade, is not a bad north/south corridor either.

The big thing about Pembroke Pines is that it extends so far out west into the Glades, and is relatively large in area for these communities down here. In some parts of Pembroke Pines you could sneeze and be in Ft. Lauderdale, or Hollywood, or Hallendale Beach, or Dade County. You could also be in the swamp.

It all depends.

Here is the thread on Michy's:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...&hl=michy's

ETA: If they are very far west, say west of 441/SR 7 an afternoon at the Hard Rock Casino on the Indian Reservation in Hollywood might be fun for them.

http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/

There are several restaurants with varying price ranges, a mall, some shopping. Not sure how they feel about that sort of place, but we spent a day there when my stepdaughter and her hubby came to visit last month. That's not everyone's cup of tea, though.

Edited February 22, 2007 by annecros (log)

[hummingbirdkiss]

Thank you so much that place completely confuses me when I go there it is one strip mall after another and there are all these hospitals that have the same name!!! My dad was in "Memorial" you know how many "Memorial's" there are there???

she will drive on Biscayne or has with me anyway so I will check this out as well ..I do appreciate this ..it is so hard to buy older folks gifts when they have everything they need ...eating is still the most favorite thing for them ....they are not in Century Villiage.... but kind of across and down the road from it and right now for the life of me I can not think of the name of the area!!!

Thank you so much I will check it out ...they would most likely enjoy all of what you suggested so I will see if I can make the contact!!

much appreciated!!!

They lived in Grand Cayman for almost 20 years and it is kind of a culture shock for them now ..my mother will drive 100 miles out of her way to avoid driving on the freeway!

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Well, it would depend upon wether or not she considered 6 lanes, divided north and south, a freeway. That would be Biscayne Blvd., and living half a block north of County Line Road, two major intersections south of what becomes Pines, that's the way I would go to get to Michy's.

It's not I-95 by a long shot. I go surface streets to Little Havana and Coconut Grove. Faster, if you want to know the ugly truth. 441, or NW 2nd in Dade, is not a bad north/south corridor either.

The big thing about Pembroke Pines is that it extends so far out west into the Glades, and is relatively large in area for these communities down here. In some parts of Pembroke Pines you could sneeze and be in Ft. Lauderdale, or Hollywood, or Hallendale Beach, or Dade County. You could also be in the swamp.

It all depends.

Here is the thread on Michy's:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...&hl=michy's

ETA: If they are very far west, say west of 441/SR 7 an afternoon at the Hard Rock Casino on the Indian Reservation in Hollywood might be fun for them.

http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/

There are several restaurants with varying price ranges, a mall, some shopping. Not sure how they feel about that sort of place, but we spent a day there when my stepdaughter and her hubby came to visit last month. That's not everyone's cup of tea, though.

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[annecros]

Thank you so much that place completely confuses me when I go there it is one strip mall after another and there are all these hospitals that have the same name!!! My dad was in "Memorial" you know how many "Memorial's" there are there???

she will drive on Biscayne or has with me anyway so I will check this out as well ..I do appreciate this ..it is so hard to buy older folks gifts when they have everything they need ...eating is still the most favorite thing for them ....they are not in Century Villiage.... but kind of across and down  the road from it and right now for the life of me I can not think of the name of the area!!! 

Oh, bless your heart, and I understand your confusion. I know about all the Memorial Hospitals. I think that is how half of them were built.

There are several Century Village's scattered throughout Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade counties. It is actually a big business down here, Century Village that is.

I think I know the one you are talking about, though. The Aventura Mall area? If so, Michy's wouldn't be so bad for them.

I have actually been teased for driving like a Grandma, and down here that is not all that friendly! But those I love do it, and I don't have a problem with Biscayne, in the daylight.

I know how hard it is. Just talked to my Mom today.

Good luck.

[hummingbirdkiss]

I did not know there were so many Century Village's ..that place is so confusing to me ..it is one Strip plaza after another with no landmarks in the distance I can not find my way at all! I am directionally impared anyway and used to at least having a mountain or something to know I am heading the right way ..when I go to Florida the only way I know I am going the correct direction is if I am righ on the water and the beach is on my left or right side depending!!! Other than that ..I am lost!

They live close to I-75 and Pines? does that sound right? I should just ask but then I am afraid of ruining the surprise!!

[Miami Danny]

There's a new soul food restaurant called Mahogany owned by former Major Leaguer Andre Dawson in Miami Gardens that was just given a nice review in the Miami Herald (miami.com). It's about 20 minutes (all surface streets) from !75 and Pines.

[annecros]

I did not know there were so many Century Village's ..that place is so confusing to me ..it is one Strip plaza after another with no landmarks in the distance I can not find my way at all! I am directionally impared anyway and used to at least having a mountain or something to know I am heading the right way ..when I go to Florida the only way I know I am going the correct direction is if I am righ on the water and the beach is on my left or right side depending!!!  Other than that ..I am lost!

They live close to I-75 and Pines? does that sound right? I should just ask but then I am afraid of ruining the surprise!!

OK, so they are closer to the Pembroke Lakes Mall, then. They are kind of west, and I can understand how they would feel about "not having" anywhere to go out there.

I have heard good things about Mahogany as well, but I cook my own soul food and only rarely eat it out.

Have they tried Las Vegas for Cuban? It is at Pines Blvd. just east of the 820. Shouldn't be too hard to get there, homestyle Cuban, family owned and operated they have three restaurants now. 954-443-7440 - Hubby does lunch at the Plantation location all the time and loves it, inexpensive.

For thai there is Supunnahong Thai also on Pines, just east of Palms. 954-431-1008 Moderate prices, although I have never been there, trusted friends have and they have said good things.

Italian is Capriccio's on University. I have been there and love it. 954-432-7001 It is on University Drive just south of Sheridan Street. Great seafood risotto and lots of veal. The owner actually sings Frank Sinatra in the dining room, a real hoot.

All three of these are close, and they should have no trouble finding them.

Other than that, I would consider something in the Hard Rock or really try to get them to do the drive to Michy's. Where they are coming from, Michy's would be a bit of a haul, but worth the fight.

Sorry I haven't been online lately. It's been a zoo here.

[hummingbirdkiss]

Thanks so much for the advise to both of you!

I have taken them to Las Vegas twice it was good ...

they other places I will check out .. The soul food place sounds like something they would enjoy for sure ...I would love to be able to have a line up and just spread out the dinners over the next year ..like send them a gift cert every couple of months..

it is hard being this far away from them ...I try to go four times a year but it still does not seem enough ...and time goes by fast!!!...things like sending them to dinner or movies kind of makes me feel a bit closer I guess ...