Tropical Acres Steakhouse

Steak house in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Address

2500 Griffin Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312

Phone

(954) 989-2500

Website

tropicalacres.com

About Tropical Acres Steakhouse

A dinner-only steakhouse and seafood restaurant serving prime rib au jus slow-roasted overnight, filet mignon, New York strip, Maine lobster and fresh fish, with a seasonal twin Maine lobster special and a happy hour. An on-site butcher shop sells the same steaks, chops and seafood for cooking at home, with call-ahead ordering and pickup. Banquet and private dining space handles breakfast, lunch and dinner events including wedding receptions and corporate gatherings. Reservations are taken by telephone only.

The restaurant traces to 1949, when Gene Harvey, a restaurateur from Yonkers, New York, converted an old frame house on Griffin Road into the original Tropical Acres with partner Pete Manfredi, building a reputation for char-broiled steaks cooked over an open pit. Harvey went on to open additional Tropical Acres locations in Yonkers, Boynton Beach and Pompano Beach, all later sold. After a fire gutted the Griffin Road location in April 1964, it reopened that November under Sam Studiale, a retired Naval officer and cousin of Harvey. A second fire in August 2011 closed the restaurant for six months; it is now run by the family's third and fourth generations, and employees have supported the Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Fort Lauderdale since 1996.

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