
The husband-and-wife restaurateurs behind Big Apple (a pizzeria-turned-trattoria that ran for 22 years in Pompano Beach) and Sunset Catch (which shut in early 2022 after nearly a decade) are back with this coastal Italian sit-down, which debuted July 28 in the space that was formerly Cafe La Buca. The names Mario and Nadia Spina are instantly recognizable to anyone with long memories of Broward County dining. Sea Mario Italian Restaurant, Pompano Beach 2006 NW Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton 56 /GallaghersBoca Along with steak entrees, the restaurant serves seafood towers, shrimp and lobster dumpling starters, and mashed potatoes and creamed spinach as sides. “I know some of our Boca Raton guests will have visited our New York location already, but I’m just as excited to welcome first-timers who will realize that Gallaghers is so much more than just a steakhouse,” restaurateur Dean Poll said in a news release. Gallaghers, replacing the former Madisons New York Grill & Bar, ages its steaks within an in-house meat locker for 21 days before firing them on hickory coal grills. This 96-year-old steakhouse - a midtown Manhattan shrine to Broadway stars, gangsters, gamblers and celebrities dating to the Prohibition era - brought its white-tablecloth grandeur and dry-aged beef to Boca Raton when it debuted July 19.
