It seems that from Broward Boulevard to NE 7th Street is becoming restaurant mile! Just within a block of the Victoria Park Shoppes are restaurants including Jalisco (Mexican), Christina Wans (Chinese), Shuck & Drive (seafood & Cajun), Jamba Juice (smoothies, plant based foods), Pokehouse (Sushi), SipJava (coffee house), Jersey Mike's (Subs), Farm to Fork (fresh meal delivery) and, just recently along with Jersey Mike's both the Flagler Pizza & Pasta House (guess what they serve?!) and Churn & Scoop (yes, ice cream) have opened. And that is just on the east side of Federal.



Last week, with a coupon from the back of our Winn-Dixie receipt for BOGO pasta dishes at the Flagler Pizza & Pasta House, we decided to give it a try. It is a fairly small place with about 8 tables lined up around one side of the restaurant and the open kitchen on the other. The young lady waiting on tables was busy with customers at all the tables and aside from cleaning tables and serving she was answering the phone, taking to go orders, etc. They did have someone delivering orders and people were coming by for take out but they, obviously, need another person on the floor. I do believe there were 2 cooks and a dishwasher but they didn't help the server.



Regarding the pasta Allen had the rigatoni while I had the linguini with white clams and though both were tasty neither were special and, as in most restaurants today the prices were a bit high and I don't know whether they were trying to save money but there wasn't any bread served with our lunch. With so many Italian restaurants in the area I don't know how they will make it but having the new Churn & Scoop opened right next to them maybe the pair together will make it. I know we went for ice cream there after the pasta at Flagler!