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1321 E. Commercial Blvd. Oakland Park, FL 33334

954-771-2220

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Best Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood Bar
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): American, Barbecue, Italian

Features: Takeout
Serving: Late Night

Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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2009 | Best Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood Bar

Alligator Alley's booze selection is nonexistent. But you won't need shots, because the Alley's beer selection is kickin'. There are two brews from Unibroue, those incomparable Canadian brewers. There are Caribbean ales. Key West ales. Triple-fermented craft beers. And the bar food is prepared with an attention to detail and inventive flair that's hard to find at other watering holes. Fried oyster poboys are better than much of the competition in New Orleans, and mind-bending spicy gumbo... More »
2008 | Best Bar Food

There are two things you cannot school Kilmo on: playing the bass and cooking great bar food. Alligator Alley is Kilmo's joint, and it's his knack for combining freely flowing live music with a southern/Cajun menu that keeps us stopping in for dinner year after year. Ideal bar food must be absorbent, and the Alley has the best selection of fried in town. Kilmo uses a secret batter, but there have been less sober moments late in the night when he's dropped a few clues to its components:... More »
2004 | Best Club Owner

The self-described "owner/manager/resident bass player/bottle washer/toilet cleaner/you-name-it" of Alligator Alley keeps his doors open not because he makes any money but because he is an otherworldly creature from Planet Rock Star, sent here to deliver us some serious tuneage and keep the scene alive. The walking, talking music encyclopedia purposely keeps his club free of televisions, darts, and pool tables so you focus on the badass sound system. With Kilmo here to nurture them, great,... More »
2003 | Best Live Music in a Restaurant

You've got the music factor -- live blues, funk, groove, tribal, rock, and jazz bands nearly every night of the week. Not teeny-bopper local acts either but nationally acclaimed artists such as Pat Travers and Rosco Martinez, who no doubt agree to play here in exchange for bowls of the award-winning gumbo. 'Cause that's the other part of the equation for a sum of popular outcome -- the truly high-end bar food like Kilmo's killer chili, oyster po' boys, and sautéed or deep-fried gator... More »
2000 | Best New Venue for Live Music

No neon bar sign. No pool table. No TV. At Alligator Alley there's just sweet, sweet music rolling out of a state-of-the-art sound system as hot and clean as any you'll hear in Broward County. Proprietor Carl "Kilmo" Pacillo and a consortium of investors opened the 10,000-square-foot club early last October. Since then an encouraging bevy of local and national acts has kicked out the jams from atop the Alley's huge main stage, with Leon Russell, the Wailers, Maynard Ferguson,... More »
2000 | Best Place To Speed

South Florida is congested as hell. Yet it seems that every other car on the road is a Corvette, Porsche, or some other high-horse ride that was born to run. What to do You can take the tack most do around here and drive like a freakin' idiot from stoplight to stoplight, or you can point that pony west and open 'er up on Alligator Alley. We recommend the latter for three reasons: (a) It's straight and flat as a pool table, which means that (b) there aren't many places for the cops to hide,... More »

Best Pulled Pork Sandwich

By | Thu, May 12, 2005

When it comes to creating the perfect barbecue experience, there's more involved than putting a rib on your plate. Alligator Alley has all the requisite trappings: a down-home vibe, the Meters on the jukebox, and icy Native Lager on tap (because ... More »
Alligator Tales

By Jen Karetnick | Thu, October 10, 2002

The alligator lay sprawled across the entranceway to the walking path at Shark Valley, as stopped and unmovable as a battery-dead wristwatch, absorbing the distant warmth of the winter sun. The only way around the six-foot creature, if we wanted t... More »

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bpbnewtimesbestof | Palm Beach, FL | 139 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

There are two things you cannot school Kilmo on: playing the bass and cooking great bar food. Alligator Alley is Kilmo's joint, and it's his knack for combining freely flowing live music with a southern/Cajun menu that keeps us stopping in for dinner year after year. Ideal bar food must be absorbent, and the Alley has the best selection of fried in town. Kilmo uses a secret batter, but there have been less sober moments late in the night when he's dropped a few clues to its components: buttermilk, specially seasoned breadcrumbs, and "love." Check out their shrimp po' boy: this generous hoagie overflows with shredded lettuce, breaded and deep fried tiger shrimp, and remoulade sauce. It's enough to make Atkins quiver in terror and us squeal in delight. The rest of the menu offers fried gator, fried oysters, gumbo, ribs, and more. Everything is great. To eat a bad dish at this bar, you'd have to phone in an order to another restaurant and have it delivered.
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Marqus | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 33 Reviews

| Wed, November 3, 2010

Closed. This place is history
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dre422 | Plantation, FL | 36 Reviews

| Mon, July 20, 2009

KILMO ROCKS AND SO DOES HIS FOOD

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Alligator Alley - CLOSED

1321 E. Commercial Blvd. Oakland Park, FL 33334

954-771-2220

Description

2009 | Best Fort Lauderdale Neighborhood Bar

2008 | Best Bar Food

2004 | Best Club Owner

2003 | Best Live Music in a Restaurant

2000 | Best New Venue for Live Music

2000 | Best Place To Speed

Best Pulled Pork Sandwich

By | Thu, May 12, 2005

Alligator Tales

By Jen Karetnick | Thu, October 10, 2002

bpbnewtimesbestof | Palm Beach, FL | 139 Reviews

Marqus | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 33 Reviews

dre422 | Plantation, FL | 36 Reviews

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