"We decided we didn’t want it to feel tacky like a Disney attraction."
Forgive Deanne Crosby and Russ Twining their swashbuckling ways, but they think piracy can be delicious, and the proof is in their new Fort Lauderdale pub with $1,000 rums and upscale American-Caribbean cuisine.
Black Jack’s Rum Bar & Grille dropped anchor in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village on Monday, Jan. 26, with a gastropub menu of burgers, salads, prime-rib sandwiches and a rum wall stocked with 380 rare bottles. It’s Crosby and Twining’s second port-of-call in a year, after their flagship Black Jack’s debuted last January in Davie’s Zona Village apartment complex.
Aside from a Jolly Roger-inspired logo above the entrance, the pirate decor stops at Black Jack’s front door. Those expecting a dining room strung with ship riggings, rusty anchors and more buccaneer-chic theming will instead find a clean industrial space with wood-stained tables, flat-screen TVs, brass lantern lights and aquamarine epoxy floors that evoke the ocean. And that’s intentional, Crosby says.
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