Jacksonville Beach

Dolphin Depot
704 N. 1st St.
904/270-1424

Intimate, inviting setting for some of the best crab cakes to be found, along with fillets of fresh fish, and landlubbers' specialties from the low country. Dinner entrées, $19 to $42.

Fort Lauderdale

Bistro Mezzaluna
741 S.E. 17th St.
954/522-6620
bistromezzaluna.com

Don Davis oversees the upbeat Italian bistro with superior servings of anything out of executive chef Brian Rutherford's kitchen, from sesame-seared rare tuna with tamari vinaigrette to veal chops. Dinner entrées, $19 to $50.

Winter Park

Chef Henry's Café
3716 Howell Branch Road
407/657-2230
chefhenryscafe.com

The place for Hungarian gulyas, the real thing, and for veal and pork schnitzels and great duck served with the required honest potato dumpling, red cabbage and baked apples. Remember to save room for the strudel. Dinner entrées, $14 to $25.