*****  Bahia Cabana Restaurant & Patio Bar, 3001 Harbor Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 (954) 524-1555.

Let me start by telling you, that this American-style joint is located in the Bahia Cabana Beach Resort, which is a Days Inn. Let me send you to the hotel’s website www.bahiacabanaresort.com for menu/prices…there are also a handful of photos which will “tell” you that this indoor-outdoor restaurant is real casual and overlooks a yacht basin…eat outside, the view is absolutely great.

Now you know and I know, that most hotels try and rip your eyeballs out when it comes to food…not this joint. Very reasonably priced. No more expensive than your favorite sports bar. Bahia Cabana does breakfast-lunch-dinner 7 days a week.

Now let’s talk food. A recent lunch had me taste-testing…caesar salad, bacon cheeseburger, french fries, onion rings, crabcakes, conch fritters, baby-back ribs, philly cheese steak…Everything was right on the money and like I said before, you won’t go for your lungs here.

Cabana Bahia’s menu is loaded with appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches, meat/chciken/seafood entrees. Full bar. Very pleasant service.

I am telling you, this is a real-good place for a casual lunch…or for that matter, a breakfast or dinner. Nothing fancy, just easy-going South Florida.