Big Louie's is one of my favorite restaurants in Fort Lauderdale and everyone I take there, whether local or visitor, agrees it is a good place to eat!

Allen and I went there this afternoon with his having Penne with Meatballs and I had Veal Parm with Baked Ziti along with 6 garlic rolls and we left completely satisfied.

Full disclosure for those who may not know: My last, and one of my best jobs, as a waiter was at Big Louie's for 3-4 years before I retired and it is one of the very few restaurants that I returned to eat after I stopped working there.

There will always be arguments about where to get the best pizza plus arguments of New York versus Chicago versus Neopolitian versus whatever but I will take Big Louie's New York style pizza with a good thick crust, a lot of sauce and cheese and varied toppings over the thin, 'burnt', tasteless ones made at nameless places.

Big Louie's has been a neighborhood restaurant now for over 30 years and its longevity attests to good food at reasonable prices.

P.S. Sheila was the manager when I worked there and was very good at her job and now that I left she is the best server there! LOL