Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery
Written By: Gail Clifford | Published By: Weekend Notes | September 21, 2022
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A dozen kiosks and an exclusive experience pack a vast warehouse providing an incredible number of endless seeming appetizers, salads, entrees and sweets at the Sistrunk Marketplace and Brewery. Start by scanning a QR code, order from the menu, sit back and wait or check out the store, or grab a drink at the bar and wait for a steady parade of food to arrive at your table.
If you’re fortunate, you can get a tour of the Shady Distillery next door and return, with your appetite renewed. They claim to have something for everyone, change the protein, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, lactose intolerant, or even (gasp) lactose-free so you can’t enjoy the ice cream.
It is sad to be celiac and not be able to taste Juan’s empanadas which contain cage-free chicken or grass-fed beef, ham and cheese, the sweet guava and cheese, or savory broccoli and cheese. Juan offers spicy chicken or spicy beef empanadas, or a truffle infused chicken or beef empanada. He tells me their best seller is the caramel and cream cheese empanada, which is quite sweet and may well 2000 or 3000 on a weekend.
Juan Cobain has been in Fort Lauderdale since before the days of the Voodoo Lodge. He serves bottled, cold-pressed juices made by his friend Judy of 305 Squeeze. The local area code, 305, Judy’s juices are now available through Whole Foods.
Juan also offers what he describes as a “Brunch Five,” served Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This empanada contains egg, cheese, red and green pepper, and onion and remains a savory favorite. My colleagues are sad we won’t still be here this weekend to return and try more of his dishes.
When the empanadas arrive, a choice of four, beef, chicken, ham and cheese, and guava and cheese were greedily devoured. The beef does have a hint of spice and the chicken melts in your mouth, but it’s the flaky crust that takes your breath away and makes you want to indulge in these luscious pastries for many meals to come.
Next, staff delivered their Woke Burger, with lettuce, Pickles, tomatoes, and onions, which can be made to choice or even to take away. My colleagues, able to eat the bun, said they wouldn’t change a thing. We never even opened the ketchup or mustard offered with it. It needed nothing but a light beverage to accompany it. Perfection.
The star of our culinary festivities this fine evening with our four merry travel writers was the pulled pork fries. The pulled pork is served with mac and cheese and initially the “really good” from those who enjoyed the Mac and cheese to “absolutely incredible” for the serving they delivered without the macaroni and cheese for a non-cheese eater. One of our writers was even able to eat two plates of fries, and that says a lot about how delicious they are since the food was just extraordinary in both quantity and quality. These pulled pork fries came from the Chop Shoppe Meat Provisions section of the market.
Gail Clifford
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