| Recently I had lunch at Anthony's Runway 84 in | | | | new food garnish. |
| Fort Lauderdale checking out this $10 deal. I | | | | My friend and I were very comfortable sitting |
| invited a girlfriend to have lunch with me and | | | | there. The waiter was charming, pleasant and |
| assist me on this mission to gauge the $10 truth | | | | attentive. Anthony Bruno himself was there |
| and level of comfortableness at Anthony's | | | | keeping a cool yet watchful eye over his domain. |
| Runway 84 for two women to have lunch. | | | | He visited our table "checking on the ladies" asked |
| I'm here to tell you the $10 lunch is alive and well | | | | us how everything was and would we like |
| and filling. We had Anthony's Italian Salad it was | | | | anything else. He told us about Meatballs and |
| large enough for us to split and two hearty dishes | | | | Martini's on Thursday nights and invited us to |
| of Escarole and Beans. The salad was fresh, crisp | | | | come. When he left the table I said to my friend |
| and cold, exactly the way a salad should be. It | | | | how "dutiful" it is for the owner of a restaurant |
| was vibrant in color and taste with all the | | | | that's been around for 20-something years to still |
| vegetables darted throughout the over-sized dish. | | | | be "working" the room as Anthony Bruno was |
| The escarole and bean soup is thick, rich and | | | | that day. You'd think he'd be resting on his laurels |
| chock full of flavor. It is made to order. There is | | | | by now just "letting it all happen" and it's apparent |
| no soup kettle in the kitchen keeping this hearty | | | | he isn't. The man is sort of a "quiet-icon" in the |
| stock warm and ready-to-serve, so it took about | | | | restaurant business not showy, not press-hungry |
| ten minutes or so for the Chef to prepare the | | | | just calmly moving step by step to bigger and |
| soup. As we were waiting for our food we | | | | better. |
| chatted and took in all the ambiance that | | | | There are great value lunch items for $10 at |
| "Runway" has to offer. There was a steady | | | | Anthony's Runway 84 in addition to the Italian |
| stream of people coming in for lunch men, | | | | Salad and the Escarole and Bean that we had. |
| women, groups. Seems as if Anthony's Runway | | | | Next time I'm probably going to try Anthony's |
| 84 is the new go-to lunch spot in Fort Lauderdale, | | | | Burger or the Peppers and Eggs Panini, they |
| it's a refreshing change from downtown. I saw | | | | looked great as they were being served to the |
| many entrees being served as well as the lighter | | | | table next to us. So yes, whatever you fancy be |
| side of the menu in both the bar and dining room. | | | | it soup and salad or a burger or an entire entree |
| There were quite a few people working through | | | | a delicious and comfortable lunch is always had at |
| their lunch with files and laptops strewn about | | | | Anthony's Runway 84 in Fort Lauderdale. |
| their tables; sort of looked like the laptop is the | | | | |