Author: Lyn Dowling

Bars and restaurants across the Space Coast are featuring holiday themed drinks to celebrate the season.

Whisk & Grind is clever but not cute, stylish but not trendy in appearances as well as menu. It is also immaculate

Lello’s in Rockledge may not be fancy, but it’s a friendly neighborhood spot with some of the best pizza in Brevard County

If you’re not in the mood to cook this year, these Space Coast restaurants, from Melbourne to Titusville and everywhere in between, are open

They’re not quite breakfast, and not quite dinner, but these Brevard brunches are sure to give your weekend a delicious start

No emergency closure orders or administrative complaints were handed out to Brevard restaurants and food trucks in the past week

For 41 years, the Black Tulip was a favorite for date nights, business lunches. The business has been sold and will become a Mexican restaurant

We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at Hoffman’s Table in Titusville, and can’t wait to go back for dinner

While Melbourne ice cream shop faces temporarily closure by inspectors, a Cocoa Beach ice cream spot earns a perfect score

Breakfast in Havana is crowded, noisy and totally worth the trip to West Melbourne for fried masitas, croquetas de jamon, grits and Cubanos

No Space Coast restaurants faced closure during inspections last week, according to state reports.

Restaurants in Cocoa Village, Cape Canaveral and downtown Melbourne earn perfect reports, as do 3 food trucks and 1 caterer

The shrimp and cheese appetizer at Marino’s in Cocoa Village was the star of the meal.

Melbourne food trucks, soon-to-open Eau Gallie wine bar earn perfect scores from restaurant inspectors

New Palm Bay restaurant and Melbourne food truck earn perfect scores during recent inspections

Lunch was comprised of the mixed grill platter with tawouk, kafta and beef tenderloin; tawouk ; and chicken shawarma, each served with rice

In addition to 3 restaurants, inspectors award perfect scores to a West Melbourne movie theater, a Palm Bay hotel and a Rockledge food truck

Senzu Noodle Bar in West Melbourne is a little Japanese, a little Chinese and a little Vietnamese

Brevard restaurants fared well during past week’s inspections, with none facing temporary closure and only 1 receiving an administrative complaint

Port Canaveral restaurant, 3 food trucks ace recent inspections, and no restaurants faced closure, though several were cited for multiple violations