There are three coffee houses (a Starbucks, a
Stork's and
Java Boys) within a ten-minute walk from my apartment, but only Starbucks makes tea the way I like it, so that's where I go (I rarely drink coffee unless I'm away). The coffee scene is parallel to, but different from, the bar scene here in Wilton Manors, and tends to be extremely cliquey and just a bit smug.
The closest diner is
Courtyard Cafe, which pretends that it's not a greasy-spoon joint (but it so completely is). I never consider eating dinner there anymore (after some pretty gruesome plates were put on my table), but it's fine for a late-night/pre-dawn breakfast, presuming you want a hearty dollop of gay with your eggs. It's right there in the middle of everything, across the street from Java Boys.
I have a friend who insists on going to a truly retched local diner, after the bar where I work closes, called
The Peter Pan. The Pan conforms to the most lurid expectations of noxious, greasy American cuisine, and the photos printed on their enormous, ten-page menu all seem to have been photographed under a red light, making everything look like raw liver. The yuck factor is high, IMO, but he loves it, so we go.
The Floridian has already been mentioned, and is far superior, both in terms of food and service, but that's really not saying much. I've yet to find a late-night diner in FtL that can serve multiple meals in a hot, appetizing and timely manner.
