I was hitting Berns in the 80s....Sooo much better then. @TheOriginalCane remembers Charlie's Steakhouse on OBT....Excellent steaks at a very reasonable price. Now closed unfortunately.
Ft Lauderdale has Ridiculous Italian spots...but as far as Pizza (what your used to in the N.E) forget it....some spots are good...but pale in comparison to N.Y/PA/NJ Pizza.
Go to Brocato's...."Warning" their Sub sizes are Small...Medium...and Large...The medium is wayyy more than enough. Get a Med Italian and Thank me later.
With the yeast portion of making dough, it comes down to "Dry Yeast"...or "Yeast" that was added to water, and allowed to bloom. Also, Honey is a major factor in making Pizza dough....God only knows how much I've made in my life.
Lucali and Totonno's are the best. Lombardi's is America's 1st pizzeria (touristy now) but Totonno was Lombardi's original pizza maker before going off on his own and opening Totonno's in Coney Island.in the early 30s
It's really not only NYC water (best in the US...straight from Niagara falls) but the type of oven means as much. You cannot have a Coal fired oven in NY.....Been outlawed....unless you're grandfathered in.
It's not......it's a friggin casserole......Lol at ANYONE who thinks Chicago Pizza being better than NYCs....Even New Jersey's pizza lays waste to that crap.