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Olive & Sea Delivers Top-Notch Greek Meze in Fort Lauderdale 

The rooftop waterfront restaurant serves colorful and bold Mediterranean-style dishes.

| Sean d'Oliveira

The latest addition to the Fort Lauderdale dining scene will undoubtedly make a memorable impression on diners looking to combine fine Greek dining with an unbeatable view of the famous Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal. Olive & Sea opened this month with 156 indoor and outdoor waterfront seats, including a 14-seat bar facing the Intracoastal against floor-to-ceiling windows, providing guests with an ideal view of people and yacht-watching. 

If more than the view is needed, where the restaurant truly shines is its Greek meze offerings. For those unfamiliar, Greek meze offers a variety of bread and dipping sauces designed for sharing (basically Greek tapas). Olive & Sea’s take on the traditional appetizer is highlighted by freshly baked pita and house bread with various savory sauces for dipping, including baba ghanoush, red pepper relish, hummus and tzatziki. 

Olive & Sea also specializes in family-style meals to further elevate its Mediterranean cuisine. The Mediterranean-inspired menu offers signature lunch and dinner items, including locally sourced daily seafood specials, including branzino al ha’esh and grilled gulf snapper. Other menu options include pizza served on freshly baked laffa bread crust and skewers served with spiced tomato sauce, tehina and coriander-chili relish. 

Of course, the Greek meze offerings would only be complete with refreshing cocktails, and Olive & Sea offers a wide variety of carefully crafted fusion cocktails. One of its signature drinks is the Espresso Martini, prepared with in-house Turkish Coffee, liqueur 43 and Ketel One Vodka.

Diners looking for more than just fantastic food and creative cocktails can get their fix with Olive & Sea’s 17th Street Causeway location, ideally suited for guests enjoying Fort Lauderdale’s vast waterways while experiencing an expertly blended Greek menu. 

Olive & Sea is open seven days a week, serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Happy Hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and dinner service from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Brunch will kick off Labor Day weekend hosted each Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For reservations, call 954-527-6716 or email hello@oliveandseaftl.com. Complimentary valet parking is available. For more information, visit Oliveandseaftl.com.

Photo Credit: Kenneth Smith

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.