Food service director, Daniel Diaz is serving up a beach side bistro
as his choice for freshly made food in Earshot of the ocean. He says the lively vibe
and the on point service makes it great spot to meet up with friends and family for relaxed,
laid back meal and good conversation. It's in Lauderdale by the Sea and it's called 101 Ocean.
My name is Anthony Delia. I am the general manager of 101 Ocean.
Being on the beach and in Florida, we want to be open air, inside outside dining.
We have a very wide selection of food. We don't have to go after any particular demographic,
so we do offer salad, sandwiches, seafood,
pastas. 101 is a happy, fun, casual place with great food, great drinks and great employees.
So this is a really busy spot and a great neighborhood.
What's unique when you come in, to the left you'll see a seating area. Very quiet,
very subdued, people talking, to the right would be the bar. Outside, you have that cafe.
They also have pizzeria on the far end also. One of my favorite things about 101 is it's the only
place in that area where you could sit down and have a quiet conversation. You could people watch.
So what did you eat this last time you went?
I had the shrimp and grits, with the andouille sauce, andouille sausage it's delicious. The
shrimp were grilled, the grits I loved. They were cheesy grits. They were served in a square.
So it was a crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside grit?
Yes. Delicious. Doris, my partner, she had the plantain crusted grouper, and they put it over
a bed of like sweet potatoes, and then the coconut sauce over it. Delicious.
That sounds delicious. Well Trivel, you seemed to enjoy the stroll from the parking lot.
I liked all the people that were out. it just felt really comfortable. And
it was a nice breezy night. I was greeted immediately and it was very nice,
a very nice environment. It was a party of five for us. So I tried the crispy duck. It
was two legged thigh part, it looked like it was almost air fried, but I preferred
actually the asparagus and the mashed potatoes. The party that was with me, they had mussels,
they had wings with mango habanero, which is really interesting it was really spicy.
Were they fried or grilled wings?
They looked more grilled. The sauce was just covering so it's hard to tell,
and there was no coating on it. So that was good.
Colin.
So I really loved this place. It really surprised me how much I liked it because
it's in such a great area, and it's filled with tourists and locals alike. So,
I've just become accustomed to those places being kind of mediocre a lot of time
More touristy.
Yeah. They really added some unique elements that I appreciated. And I thought the food
was really good. We got some oysters. And I'd never heard of getting oysters
in a white wine garlic sauce. You could get 'em raw or in that. And I was like
Oh, so they cooked the oysters for you too.
Yeah everything in the raw bar, clams, oysters, muscles, you can get two ways raw
How smart. That's interesting to eat.
And the sauce was delicious. I was drinking it out of the shells that was really good.
That's great.
And then I got the lobster mac and cheese on our servers recommendation, which is another
one that always sounds better than it is, I find this was good. This lived up to it. And
it had sun dried tomatoes in it. It had lobster chunks throughout and broiled grilled lobster
tail on top. Wow. And my wife had the Greek salad and it was huge and fresh, and loads of feta.
I had the beet salad, the beet salad was wonderful. It was cheese,
the greenly like spinach, and then of course it was yellow beets. So was really good.
Which has a very different flavor not as sweet as a red beet.
More like, the ground, the earth. It was good.
Really good.
You had to wait a little while is that true?
15 minutes, but as Trivel was saying, it's such a great neighborhood and
I mean literally steps from the beach.
Trivel tell me a little bit about the service.
The service was great. The waitress came out with the menus, like within
seconds. Very knowledgeable of the menu which was great.
'Cause it's an extensive menu.
It's very extensive though.
Yes. I would think it would be really hard to pick.
You're right. We did spend a lot of time about choosing which entrées which
appetizer, we were pretty much full. So the portion size were pretty good. So
That's great. Any drinks, cocktails, wines, anybody.
I think I had a Florida sunrise mango vodka type of thing.
That's sounds okay.
Really good.
We were talking about the extensiveness of the food menu, but I was really surprised also by the
beer menu, they had like 40 to 50 beers I would say. And they're a lot of local beers.
I was gonna ask you if they had a little local
I had one from Miami, It was lovely. It was like an Orange
IPA. I also had a half of iced from Hollywood. I'd never had these and
they were great. I really appreciate when places down here really own the South Floridian thing.
One of the friends that joined me got real excited when she saw the beer menu,
she said, "Oh my gosh, they have this." She was quite surprised by it.
Well, Daniel 101 was your pick. Sum it up for us please.
From little snacks to main meals, different kinds of drinks and right by the beach.
Trivel.
If you want to bring your out town guests, a nice walk and good service go to 101 Ocean.
Colin.
It will surprise you how good it is, how generous it is. And I
think how fairly priced it is given what you get.
Well, you could wander on over to 101 ocean located at 101 East Commercial Boulevard,
open daily for lunch and dinner. And for a brunch on the weekend. Reservations are
not accepted on the weekends. And the average price for dinner without drinks is about $45.