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Fort Lauderdale Southern & Soul Food Guide

FRI public-record essay for southern & soul food restaurants in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale has 190 validated Southern & Soul Food entries organized by county and public-record status. This versioned list is generated from public records. Price and service-format claims are withheld until observed, locally normalized evidence is available. 0 candidate evaluations were routed to the audit log.

Updated 2026-09-30 15:09 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk · Vibe list · openings/closings route through the audit log at output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 190 · ·
Confirmed closures 1 · ·
Inspection/safety overlays 54 · ·
Filtered candidates 0 · ·
High-turnover addresses 2 · ·

Broward

Notables

POPEYES

  • Unverified

9373 W Atlantic Blvd, Coral Springs

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 8 event(s) (Rodent activity, Fly activity).

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BISTRO CREOLE

6130 W Oakland Park Blvd, Sunrise

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 8 event(s) (Roach & fly activity, Roach activity, Roach & rodent activity).

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LA CARAVANE TAKE OUT RESTAURANT

560 Ne 44 Street, Pompano Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 6 event(s) (Roach activity, Rodent activity).

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POLLO CAMPERO

  • Unverified

2451 N Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 6 event(s) (Flies, Roach activity).

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SONIC DRIVE-IN #6653

6200 West Sample Road, Coral Springs

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Fly activity).

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CUISINE LAKAY RESTAURANT

119 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Rodent activity).

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LA BELLE JACMELIENNE CAFE

3328 S University Dr, Miramar

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Roach activity, Rodent activity).

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WILL'S CAFE CREOLE RESTAURANT INC

5460 N Sr 7 Ste 104, North Lauderdale

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 3 event(s) (Roach activity).

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LA BELLA CAFE CARIBBEAN SOUL FOOD

230 S Cypress Rd Ste L, Pompano Beach

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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DIXIE PIG

4495 N. Dixie Hwy, Oakland Park

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Rodent activity).

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MOBYS FISH & CHICKEN

3356 S University Dr, Miramar

Notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.1x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

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FABULOUS SOULFOOD

  • Unverified

4924 Pembroke Rd, Hollywood

FSQ popularity 0.96

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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BISTRO CREOLE RESTAURANT INC

7316 Southgate Blvd, North Lauderdale

FSQ popularity 0.94

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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HUEY MAGOO'S CHICKEN TENDERS

  • Unverified

9216 Wiles Road, Coral Springs

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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JOE'S WOOD GRILL

  • Unverified

1504 S Federal Hwy, Dania Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Rodent activity).

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KFC

  • Unverified

5850 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach & fly activity).

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KFC

  • Unverified

7107 W Mcnab Rd, North Lauderdale

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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KFC/ TACO BELL

  • Unverified

8221 W Broward Blvd, Plantation

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach & fly activity).

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

191 of 191 candidate evaluations published (100.0%); 92 marked unverified (no identity match), 74 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.

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