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DINING: Blue Star Brasserie – Delicious dining in old downtown

When it comes to any discussion of favorite mainland restaurants, several in Vero’s old downtown always seem top ...

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DINING: Ristorante di Mare – Summer menu is something special

Over the last couple of years, our reviews of Ristorante di Mare have tended to neglect this South ...

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DINING: Maison Martinique – Will latest comeback bid succeed?

Is Maison Martinique, after several rocky years, poised for a comeback? If the question sounds familiar, that may ...

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DINING: Scoozi serves up delicious Southern Italian fare

In the years that we have been dining at the many Vero restaurants of Roger Lenzi, we have ...

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DINING: Cioppino at Cioppino’s sets gold standard for seafood stew

I love fisherman’s stews. When a restaurant’s offerings include an assortment of fish and shellfish in a broth, ...

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DINING: Dim sum – In search of ‘little snacks that touch the heart’

One of the small prices we pay for living in paradise is the absence of a good dim ...

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DINING: Vinz Wine and Dine is a pleasant place to unwind

As a growing number of people discovered this past season, there are few more pleasant island places to ...

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DINING: Cajun Cove on Royal Palm Pointe – Geaux for it!

Can a very good Cajun restaurant make it in Vero Beach? That was the question we were asking ...

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DINING: Chill & Grill – Oh, those addictive steamed clams

What keeps people flocking to a restaurant in the middle of nowhere – a smallish building in an ...

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DINING: The Patio Seafood Tavern – Pianos and lobsters

Last week, we checked back in at The Patio Seafood Tavern – the current incarnation of the historic ...

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DINING: New England Eatery offers up wicked good clams, lobstah rolls

From time to time, my husband – who was born and raised in Massachusetts – gets a craving ...

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DINING: Marmalade – A ray of sunshine in gloomy Old San Juan

Puerto Rico’s slow-motion economic crisis has cast a bit of a pall over Old San Juan’s once-vibrant art ...