Now health educator, Trivel MacKire brings us a spot for healthy portions of Southern
style seafood. She says locals line up for the made-to-order breakfast and lunch specials
dished up by friendly folks who are truly invested in their community.
Her pick is in Pompano Beach and it's called Bojo's Seafood Kitchen.
My name is Brandon Smith, and I am the owner of Bojo's Seafood Kitchen.
My father owned a restaurant for seven years in Pompano Beach. And once he retired,
I went to college and after college, I decided to reopen the family business. And
my father's restaurant was Lambos. They called him Lambo. And my mother's name was Betty Jo.
So I put Bo and Jo together and created Bojo's.
Some of our most popular dishes are the shrimp and grit bowl, salmon patties, it's very popular. One
thing I could say is that we take our time and we cook it with love. We don't through it together.
We actually care about how it comes out. It's just home cookies, just like you would cook at home.
Bojo's Seafood Kitchen is legacy family oriented and exciting.
I am so excited to talk about this little restaurant.
What is drawing the lines and lines of crowds?
I remember their family, their parents owned a restaurant called Lambos. And as a child, my
I Knew Lambos.
Yeah. My parents would bring fish home from Lambos.
So I was super excited that they opened the restaurant, several years ago
and every weekend honestly, I would go there to get fried snapper.
Now it's all pretty, no frills right? Fried snapper is just fried snapper right?
Fried snapper. Exactly. So I guess this time that I went, I wanted to try their breakfast,
and I tried the salmon patty with cheesy grits and scrambled eggs.
Nice and fluffy. It was very good, very good portion sizes as well.
Was that your first breakfast ever?
That was my first breakfast there.
And I love that they still have fish and seafood on the menu.
On the menu.
Colin, is this your first venture into that part of town?
I'm so glad we got a chance to go there. I mean, I loved this place.
Did you?
Yeah. I agree. No frills simple. What we got was Southern cooking and I mean,
I'm not a seafood in the morning person, but those were some of the
best shrimp and grits I've ever had. It's just buttery in the best way.
So were the shrimp fried sauteed, grilled?
I think they're grilled. Okay.
Huge pile of 'em and we had leftovers.
Yeah.
What else did you all try?
So I didn't even order the shrimp and grits. That was my wife's dish. And she just gave me
a lot of it. And she often does. But I actually got the corn beef hash bowl on the woman at the
register's recommendation. She recommended those too. I don't even think we looked at the menu.
It was maybe yay big, but very filling and it was like $4 or something ridiculous like that.
Were there eggs on it?
It was a layer of cheesy grits,
a layer of scrambled eggs, a layer of fresh meat corny hash, which I
That sounds so good
Is a fav yeah.
That was my daddy's favorite.
No complaints and I very full.
I bet. I bet. So tell me a little bit about the neighborhood.
There's a community center across the street
was very nice. There's some new apartments next to it. It looks like a pretty newly built building.
Daniel. This isn't too far away from your hood right?
I passed there all the time. I never really saw it, but
I'm glad I found it and now. They're very busy. And I figured, let me try to shoot in around 11,
before lunch. Well, they were busy. They got a nice parking lot, big parking lot. You go in
you order. I had the shrimp and grits, a bowl and the salmon and grits bowl I tried the two.
Inside, all the tables were taken, but they have a lovely outside.
Patio. It's like a covered patio type thing with the fans and all. And then behind that,
there's a huge park. I mean, I'm sure they must take advantage of that for events and all, but
that was really neat. The young man at the front, he suggested the shrimp and grits
bowl and the salmon grits bowl. And he guided me on how to order them.
Why, is there a special way to order it?
Well, he said, how do you want the shrimp? So I told him grilled.
Then he said, you want the cheese right? So I was like, yeah, cheese. And then I wear hearing aids.
So I don't hear too good sometimes. So he said something else and I was like, no. And he goes,
"You don't want peppers and onions?" So I was like, "Oh yeah, peppers and onions."
Nice.
And like everybody else, we took food home and it was
Plentiful.
Plentiful and the price, um we had those two, and I tipped
and it was under $20. The seafood was just so fresh though.
That's wonderful.
Well, I have to say that the shrimp were beautiful. Nice size.
We were thinking that the shrimp and grits
had a maybe a more fine dining type of... I mean, that's a 30, $35 dish.
Easily,
Easily.
How good it was, the size. I mean...
Trivel, talk a little bit about the revitalization of that neighborhood.
Hmm. Well, I grew up in Pompano beach, so I have seen it go through changes, and for the better,
and there were a lot of old buildings where Bojo's now stands. So what they have done,
have greatly improved the area and they're continuing to do so. So, we do appreciate that.
That's wonderful.
For sure.
Definitely seemed like a neighborhood on the up and up, which is great. And
I've... it was great. I mean you easy parking, everyone was really nice.
That's wonderful.
Yeah. Well, Trivel, this was your pick, sum up Bojo's for us.
Well, if you want fresh seafood fried or grilled,
it's wonderful. Go to Bojo's I go all the time. Colin.
I don't think you can beat the prices and the generous portions and just how good the simple,
no frilled Southern cooking is.
Daniel.
Great food, fresh, wonderful service and awesome prices.
I love the three of you. You can order a breakfast feast at Bojo's Seafood Kitchen located at 731
Hammondville Road in Pompano Beach. They're open for breakfast and lunch every day but Sunday,
reservations are not accepted. And the average price for dinner without drinks is about $15.