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07/12/11--13:38: Restaurant critic review: Café like a trip to a beachside Bavaria in Mebourne Beach (chan 1246846)

After an arduous day dodging waves at the beach, a hearty appetite almost requires a meal of meat and potatoes. But even if all you've done is slather up the sunscreen, the air conditioning at Café Coconut Cove in Melbourne Beach lends a chill to the air that makes winterish food somehow appropriate even in our heat.


07/19/11--19:00: Restaurant critic review: Menu at Vero Beach eatery a bit too diverse (chan 1246846)

Despite its casual menu and wood-burning stove, there's a sophisticated feel to Joey's, the dramatic looking restaurant and late-night dance club on Indian River Boulevard.


07/26/11--21:01: Restaurant critic review: Appetizers highlight new menu at Vero Beach cafe (chan 1246846)

It was a hot night and the new menu at Vero's Greenhouse Café was real chill.


08/02/11--01:00: Restaurant critic review: Vero's South Beach Pizzeria serves fresh take on pie (chan 1246846)

South Beach Pizzeria, a miniscule joint near the beach off A1A in Vero Beach serves an 18-inch pie oozing with cheese and tomato sauce.


08/09/11--13:21: Restaurant Critic Review: Bangkok offers a tasty mix of Japanese and Thai dishes (chan 1246846)

The myriad Japanese and Thai offerings at this popular downtown Vero Beach spot are very good.


08/16/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Shutters in Vero Beach delivers royal treatment (chan 1246846)

At Shutters, the all-day dining room in Vero Beach's Disney Resort Hotel, princesses and their servants alike will be treated like royalty.


08/23/11--09:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Pig and Whistle worth the visit (chan 1246846)

It's all bangers and mash and fish and chips at The Pig and Whistle, Sebastian's Merry Olde version of a corner pub across the pond.


08/30/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: The Wave combines Cuban and Continental fare (chan 1246846)

This latest restaurant at Gloria Estefan's Costa d'Este Beach Resort incorporates Cuban dishes with classic Continental entrees.


09/06/11--01:00: Restaurant critic review: Squid Lips breaks away from the pack (chan 1246846)

We arrived at Squid Lips hungry and tired the other Saturday night and immediately got our groove back.


09/13/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Fondues dominate at Vero Beach's Kilted Mermaid (chan 1246846)

This glorified bar provides a steady supply of live music and a delicious, if limited, menu.


09/20/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Flip-flops allowed at Vero's kistchy, casual Fishack (chan 1246846)

Vero Beach's casual new restaurant has a lot of tartar sauce, fried fish and the kind of good ole time encouraged by gettin' messy.


09/27/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Food and setting spectacular at Citrus Grillhouse in Vero Beach (chan 1246846)

With the Atlantic Ocean almost lapping at its doorstep, the setting for The Citrus Grillhouse in Vero Beach is spectacular. The food is, too.


10/04/11--09:10: Restaurant Critic Review: If you like fried food, Fellsmere's Marsh Landing has wide selection (chan 1246846)

The menu at Marsh Landing, a Cracker restaurant in Fellsmere, features fried frogs' legs, fried alligator tail, fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, fried catfish, fried okra and fried sweet potatoes.


10/11/11--01:00: Restaurant critic review: Avanzare's serves up stylish, humble fare in Vero (chan 1246846)

The walls of the Italian restaurant Avanzare are decorated with elegant, black and white photographs of humble Italians. There's an old man with wrinkles as rugged as the Amalfi Coast, a chubby woman in an apron stirring her ragu, beaming a crooked smile.


10/18/11--20:20: Restaurant Critic Review: Less familiar Italian dishes excite the palate at Bella Napoli (chan 1246846)

Tried and true.


10/24/11--21:00: Restaurant Critic Review: High-spirited atmosphere at Vero Beach's Mulligan's Beach House (chan 1246846)

When you go to Mulligan's, you want to concentrate on fun first. What's on your plate, no matter how good it is, comes second.


11/01/11--09:27: Restaurant Critic Review: Vero Beach's Saigon Sushi has delicious exotic offerings (chan 1246846)

The little restaurant Saigon Sushi in downtown Vero Beach has a big menu. Pages of delicious and exotic Pan Asian offerings, with an emphasis on sushi and sashimi, are almost overwhelming.


11/08/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Vero Beach's Amalfi Grill lives up to its Mediterranean name (chan 1246846)

The flavorful food and casual-chic ambience at the Amalfi Grille tricks you into thinking the Mediterranean is lapping up to Royal Palm Pointe.


11/15/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Vero's Noodle House's extensive Pan-Asian menu worth the visit (chan 1246846)

The Noodle House serves many variations of the edible squiggles that give it its name. But try the Pan-Asian offerings.


11/22/11--03:00: Restaurant Critic Review: Vero's Giorgio's Pizzeria is a slice of New York (chan 1246846)

Longing for a taste of Times Square? Giorgio's Pizzeria in the Causeway Shopping Center will bring you the real deal.The lights outside might not be New York neon, but the strings of little white bulbs still do twinkle.