For over two decades, Casa D’ Angelo in Ft. Lauderdale has stood amongst the elite echelon of top restaurants (and arguably THE best Italian restaurant) in Broward County, under Chef / Owner Angelo Elia.   Chef Angelo grew up in Salerno, Italy, where he learned authentic Italian cooking the real way – in his mother’s kitchen.

Here, along with his father (a local butcher), Angelo learned to use fresh, locally-sourced meats, fish, and garden-fresh vegetables & herbs. “Farm-to-table” was not just a hip trend for Angelo – it was his way of life. So when the award-wining chef brought his eponymous ristorante to Boca Raton in 2008, I was thrilled — but cautiously skeptical if the master chef’s Tuscan-inspired magic might get a bit lost in the translation, as so often happens.