BLU ISLAND BISTRO – Restaurant

Blu' Island Bistro opens at half past seven every morning on South Tamiami Trail and closes at two, which tells you what it is about: breakfast, all day, done properly. Buttermilk pancakes come generously sized with blueberry, strawberry, banana or pecan folded in. Corned beef hash is slow-cooked with secret spices; cream chipped beef arrives over thick white bread. Benedicts run to jumbo lump crab and asparagus, whiskey bacon under a glaze, and corned beef hash on a house biscuit. There is a New Jersey pork roll sandwich, a Blu burrito with chorizo, and three-egg omelettes. Come hungry, leave happy.

Cuisine: Restaurant