Downtown Fort Lauderdale spent most of the last two years working around a construction fence at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue. That fence came down in January. What sits behind it now, paired with a summer restaurant slate that is unusually front-loaded, has quietly turned the slow months into the best window of the year to be a resident here.
The read is simple. The rooms opening this summer are the ones you can still walk into. The rooms opening in the fall are the ones you will be trying to book by October. If you live downtown or on the beach, the calendar is telling you where to spend July and August.
The Park That Used To Be A Shortcut
For a long stretch, Huizenga was the block you cut through on the way to something else. That is no longer the geography.
